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    clouca
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    I don't know what to do i am desperated...

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      SGaist
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      Do you set the DESTDIR in your pro files ? If yes where do they point to ?

      Otherwise can you post (i.e. pastebin) your pro files ? So we can see if the problem lies with them or if we can eliminate that as a cause.

      Did you take a look at the build panel to see where things are built ?

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        clouca
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        no i don't have DESTDIR but in my project there is SUBDIRS : which points to subdirectories.. maybe this is the problem ?

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          SGaist
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          As I said before, without seeing anything from your project I can only make guesses.

          If you really can't share anything. The only solution I see for you is to start from scratch a new project using the subdir template with only one sub directory that contains a project for a hello world app. Make it build and run and once that is good. Take one by one the pieces of your other project and integrate it in the one building and running until everything works.

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            clouca
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            What do you want to share from my project ?

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              SGaist
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              As already mentioned, seeing the pro files could be useful

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                clouca
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                Ok.. just o moment to finish what i'm doing now..

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                  clouca
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                  I fixed the problem but i don't know how solved exactly.. I played with settings on kits...

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                    gkavrecic
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                    I've run today into same problem.
                    It appears a bit weird.

                    When this error occurs, the exe has the Windows' typical blue/yellow shield over the icon.
                    Interestingly, this can be changed only by changing the name of the executable in the .pro file(TARGET=).

                    As a first assumption I would say: If it contains the name of one of the parent directories this problem pops-up.

                    I run QtCreator 2.4.1on Win7.

                    Any comment on this?

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                      Did you stop your application before rebuilding ?

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                        gkavrecic
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                        yes.

                        Actually, I've did rebuilds after each name change.

                        First I tought about 8 char name, but was not the case.

                        My structure is something like:
                        @E:\Develop
                        projects
                        Proj1
                        Proj2
                        Proj3
                        AstDistpatch
                        source
                        build-Debug
                        build-Release
                        Proj5
                        @

                        When I used 'AstDispatch' or 'Ast-Dispatch' or 'AstDispatchX' the executable was marked with the shield.
                        If I named it AstDispatceh' it was ok.

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                          Rolias
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                          That shield is typically associated with User Access Control. As a test I would turn off UAC and see if your default .exe name works. Alternately (as a test only) you could try going to the properties and the security tab and see if Run as Administrator is checked. This won't be a fix though because I would suspect that if you check or uncheck it, it will go back to what it was when you rebuild. I once had a similar intermittent problem with Visual Studio. I believe my fix was to disable indexing on my development folder.

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                          "Integrating Qt Quick with C++"
                          http://bit.ly/qtquickcpp
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                            gkavrecic
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                            I understand the meaning of the shield.
                            My question is not what the shield means, but why this is related to the name of the file.

                            I don't want to remove the effect, but understand the cause.
                            Is this related to OS - Win7 decides this is a vulnerable exe based on the name? or to compiling - Qt marks the file differently?

                            in poor wording: the shield causes that the OS asks you if you would like to run this unsigned exe. When started from the designer it causes to fail due security reasons.

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                              sierdzio
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                              Windows is automatically marking some files based on their names (especially if they contain something like "setup" or "install").

                              (Z(:^

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                                gkavrecic
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                                Sierdzio,
                                do you have any link where this is described?

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                                  sierdzio
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                                  [quote author="gkavrecic" date="1415710094"]Sierdzio,
                                  do you have any link where this is described?[/quote]

                                  Here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709628(v=ws.10).aspx See the section called "Installer Detection Technology".

                                  (Z(:^

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                                    Rolias
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                                    BTW, manually add the closing parentheses to sierdzio's link the forum comment formatter appears to swallow it. "This shortened version":http://bit.ly/msuacrules should work.

                                    Check out my third course in the trilogy on Qt
                                    "Integrating Qt Quick with C++"
                                    http://bit.ly/qtquickcpp
                                    published by Pluralsight

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                                      sierdzio
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                                      [quote author="Rolias" date="1415733617"]BTW, manually add the closing parentheses to sierdzio's link the forum comment formatter appears to swallow it. "This shortened version":http://bit.ly/msuacrules should work. [/quote]

                                      Indeed, thanks for pointing this out. I have corrected my post, so now both links should work :-)

                                      (Z(:^

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                                      • G gkavrecic

                                        I've run today into same problem.
                                        It appears a bit weird.

                                        When this error occurs, the exe has the Windows' typical blue/yellow shield over the icon.
                                        Interestingly, this can be changed only by changing the name of the executable in the .pro file(TARGET=).

                                        As a first assumption I would say: If it contains the name of one of the parent directories this problem pops-up.

                                        I run QtCreator 2.4.1on Win7.

                                        Any comment on this?

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                                        Vovchirshtain
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                                        #45

                                        @gkavrecic Yes. Rename Target name and it worked. The directory where the project directory is located has the same name as the one in Target

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