Failed to start program. Path or permissions wrong?
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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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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. -
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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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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Windows is automatically marking some files based on their names (especially if they contain something like "setup" or "install").
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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".
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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.
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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 :-)
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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?
@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
