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  • K koahnig

    @mrjj @kshegunov
    It gets more ridiculous.

    Reopened the large session (has 20 entries BTW). Opened another test project and now all works again.

    However, a bit more testing showed that it might have been the naming of the project. I used always "Setup" in the name. Before i had often removed my failures. This time I made sure that the project name was new "SetupHelping", it failed again.
    When creating another project with the name "S_E_T_U_P_Helping" it works.

    That is really ridiculous.

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    wrote on last edited by kshegunov
    #10

    @koahnig
    That indeed sounds ridiculous. I tried on my machine and it works fine, but I wouldn't expect problems, as I'm developing on Linux (Qt Creator 3.6.1 if you're wondering).

    Any updates on Qt/Qt Creator when you changed the windows version?
    What about Win10 security policies and/or antivirus software, those could be interfering with the debugger?
    I think MS introduced some changes with the security in Win10, and I believe it also reflects the debugging APIs, so perhaps it's worth taking a look into that? One thing you could also try is to start a console debugging session with gdb and see if it starts okay. If it doesn't I'd search for some debugger/OS incompatibility.

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      #11

      @koahnig said:
      SetupHelping

      Wow. That I never would have guess in a million years.
      I can reproduce it.
      If I make brand new project and name it SetupHelping
      it cannot run.
      and
      "Failed to start program. Path or permissions wrong?"

      Win 10, Qt 5.6. mingw

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      • mrjjM mrjj

        @koahnig said:
        SetupHelping

        Wow. That I never would have guess in a million years.
        I can reproduce it.
        If I make brand new project and name it SetupHelping
        it cannot run.
        and
        "Failed to start program. Path or permissions wrong?"

        Win 10, Qt 5.6. mingw

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        wrote on last edited by
        #12

        @mrjj

        That I never would have guess in a million years.

        Neither would have I.

        I can reproduce it ... Win 10, Qt 5.6. mingw

        What about the creator version? Can you perhaps start the application directly (not through creator/debugger)? Can you "run" it in creator without debugger? Can you start a console debugging session?

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        • kshegunovK kshegunov

          @mrjj

          That I never would have guess in a million years.

          Neither would have I.

          I can reproduce it ... Win 10, Qt 5.6. mingw

          What about the creator version? Can you perhaps start the application directly (not through creator/debugger)? Can you "run" it in creator without debugger? Can you start a console debugging session?

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          wrote on last edited by
          #13

          @kshegunov said:
          It cannot run from creator at all.
          I can start it in in deploy folder.

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            #14

            @mrjj @kshegunov
            I am using a self-compiled Qt creator 3.1.2 (rather old and compiled with MinGW 4.8.2 32 bit). Qt version 5.4.1 and 5.3.1 precompiled.

            I thought already that the issue has something to do with my AV-scanner bitdefender.

            @mrjj Which are you using?

            Possibly it could be the windows defender stuff too.

            It is the TARGET name you have to change. Simply changed in .pro to "TARGET = S_e_t_u_p_Helping" or "TARGET = Set_upHelping" and it works.

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            • mrjjM mrjj

              @kshegunov said:
              It cannot run from creator at all.
              I can start it in in deploy folder.

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              kshegunov
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              wrote on last edited by
              #15

              @mrjj
              That is very, very strange ...

              @koahnig
              To be honest I'm running out of ideas ... perhaps putting the target name into a variable (I quoted it to be sure) ...?

              MY_TARGET_NAME = "SetupHelping"
              TARGET = $(MY_TARGET_NAME)
              

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              • kshegunovK kshegunov

                @mrjj
                That is very, very strange ...

                @koahnig
                To be honest I'm running out of ideas ... perhaps putting the target name into a variable (I quoted it to be sure) ...?

                MY_TARGET_NAME = "SetupHelping"
                TARGET = $(MY_TARGET_NAME)
                
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                wrote on last edited by
                #16

                @kshegunov
                You are the only one on Linux. So, possibly limited to Windows or even Win10.

                @kshegunov said:

                MY_TARGET_NAME = "SetupHelping"
                TARGET = $(MY_TARGET_NAME)
                

                This does not do the trick.

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                • K koahnig

                  @kshegunov
                  You are the only one on Linux. So, possibly limited to Windows or even Win10.

                  @kshegunov said:

                  MY_TARGET_NAME = "SetupHelping"
                  TARGET = $(MY_TARGET_NAME)
                  

                  This does not do the trick.

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                  wrote on last edited by
                  #17

                  @koahnig

                  You are the only one on Linux. So, possibly limited to Windows or even Win10.

                  I'd even say probable. I don't experience any strange behavior by changing the target to the problematic one.

                  This does not do the trick.

                  Well, my "shot in dark" approach has met its demise ... sadly I have nothing further to suggest. :|

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                  • kshegunovK kshegunov

                    @koahnig

                    You are the only one on Linux. So, possibly limited to Windows or even Win10.

                    I'd even say probable. I don't experience any strange behavior by changing the target to the problematic one.

                    This does not do the trick.

                    Well, my "shot in dark" approach has met its demise ... sadly I have nothing further to suggest. :|

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                    wrote on last edited by
                    #18

                    it doesn't even like
                    e:\build-mysetup-Desktop_Qt_5_6_0_MinGW_32bit-Debug\debug\mysetup.exe

                    I mean mysetup. ?!

                    occult name. i say..

                    Maybe others with win 10 can try.

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                      wrote on last edited by
                      #19

                      Hi, I remember Windows can be very sensitive to .exe filenames containing the words "setup" or "update", see discussion here

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                      • hskoglundH hskoglund

                        Hi, I remember Windows can be very sensitive to .exe filenames containing the words "setup" or "update", see discussion here

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                        wrote on last edited by
                        #20

                        @hskoglund
                        I was also my guess that it is a windows/AV scanner issue. However @mrjj could start the exe in the deploy folder. See further above.

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                        • K koahnig

                          @hskoglund
                          I was also my guess that it is a windows/AV scanner issue. However @mrjj could start the exe in the deploy folder. See further above.

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                          mrjj
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                          wrote on last edited by
                          #21

                          Hi
                          Just for test.
                          On windows 7, you can name it anything setup.
                          Still runs.

                          So its a win 10 feature. :)
                          Tonight I will reset my UAC and see if it actually try to warn.

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                            wrote on last edited by
                            #22

                            Hi, just tested with an empty widgets app, named TestSetup :-)

                            Compile/building it with a Microsoft compiler, for example MSVC2013 or MSVC2015 (32-bit or 64-bit same result) will give you an .exe which you can start both from Qt Creator and from File Explorer, without anyone complaining, in any version of Windows.

                            However compile/build with a MinGW compiler, for example 4.9.2 32-bit, will give you an .exe file that will fail to start from Qt Creator and give you a UAC prompt when started from File Explorer in Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 (but not in Windows XP).

                            The reason is that the MinGW does not include a manifest XML file, the crucial part of the manifest is this part:

                            <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
                                <security>
                                  <requestedPrivileges>
                                    <requestedExecutionLevel level='asInvoker' uiAccess='false' />
                                  </requestedPrivileges>
                                </security>
                              </trustInfo>
                            

                            (i.e. if I blank out that text in the .exe file which was compiled with a MSVC compiler, it will then also give you a UAC prompt.)

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                            • hskoglundH hskoglund

                              Hi, just tested with an empty widgets app, named TestSetup :-)

                              Compile/building it with a Microsoft compiler, for example MSVC2013 or MSVC2015 (32-bit or 64-bit same result) will give you an .exe which you can start both from Qt Creator and from File Explorer, without anyone complaining, in any version of Windows.

                              However compile/build with a MinGW compiler, for example 4.9.2 32-bit, will give you an .exe file that will fail to start from Qt Creator and give you a UAC prompt when started from File Explorer in Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 (but not in Windows XP).

                              The reason is that the MinGW does not include a manifest XML file, the crucial part of the manifest is this part:

                              <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
                                  <security>
                                    <requestedPrivileges>
                                      <requestedExecutionLevel level='asInvoker' uiAccess='false' />
                                    </requestedPrivileges>
                                  </security>
                                </trustInfo>
                              

                              (i.e. if I blank out that text in the .exe file which was compiled with a MSVC compiler, it will then also give you a UAC prompt.)

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                              wrote on last edited by
                              #23

                              @hskoglund
                              Doesn't this mean you're bound to use the M$ compiler (if there isn't a way to generate and embed the manifest with MinGW)? If so, this'd be terrible ...

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                              • kshegunovK kshegunov

                                @hskoglund
                                Doesn't this mean you're bound to use the M$ compiler (if there isn't a way to generate and embed the manifest with MinGW)? If so, this'd be terrible ...

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                                mrjj
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                                wrote on last edited by
                                #24

                                @kshegunov

                                But funny enough, it works on my win 7, Qt 5.5 and mingw :)
                                Here at work.

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                                • mrjjM mrjj

                                  @kshegunov

                                  But funny enough, it works on my win 7, Qt 5.5 and mingw :)
                                  Here at work.

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                                  kshegunov
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                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #25

                                  @mrjj
                                  Yep, windows is funny that way. ;)
                                  You probably had disabled the "new security features" at some point in the past, and that's why it works.

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                                  • kshegunovK kshegunov

                                    @mrjj
                                    Yep, windows is funny that way. ;)
                                    You probably had disabled the "new security features" at some point in the past, and that's why it works.

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                                    mrjj
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                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #26

                                    @kshegunov
                                    Yes, I have obligated the UAC on win 7. ( User Annoying Component ;)

                                    Will try the same on win 10 if still possible.

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