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  • SGaistS Offline
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    SGaist
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    wrote on last edited by
    #36

    Did you stop your application before rebuilding ?

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      gkavrecic
      wrote on last edited by
      #37

      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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      • R Offline
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        Rolias
        wrote on last edited by
        #38

        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
          wrote on last edited by
          #39

          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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          • sierdzioS Offline
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            sierdzio
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            wrote on last edited by
            #40

            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
              wrote on last edited by
              #41

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

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                sierdzio
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                wrote on last edited by
                #42

                [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
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #43

                  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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                    wrote on last edited by
                    #44

                    [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
                      wrote on last edited by Vovchirshtain
                      #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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