Hi All,
Need some help. I am presently stymied with trying to update one of my apps AquaSnap.
Author apparently added authenticode to his program. When I try to run it via launcher it will not load, same with Gord and even developer himself. However when he removes the authenticode all works as it was before and as expected.
So basically my questions is is the launcher checking and if so what is it checking? Otherwise I lost.
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The launcher does nothing with Authenticode. It just launches the EXE with the parameters and environment you configure it to. Most of our apps are digitally signed (Firefox, LibreOffice, etc) as are our own launchers and installers for said apps.
Is AquaSnap checking its own internal signature? Is there a chance the publisher is signing it incorrectly? It should be signed using an SHA-256 security certificate but signed with an SHA-1 hash. Otherwise it'll break on many versions of Windows. We found that out the hard way a while back. A quick check seems to show it is being signed as such.
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I will double check with him I have been in talks with him for 22 days and Gord as well here is what he had said.
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I did some testing on this for vf2nsr before he posted here, and the following is what I was able to determine:
I'm not sure what to try next.
Same results as me and then Gregory stated he ran it with launcher with his app not having authenticode, just seems odd. I appreciate. I have tried it also on 7 and 10.
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See, and that doesn't make sense - Authenticode simply adds a digital signature to the file, which doesn't have anything to do with physically running the file (Ok, technically running an installer is blocked by default when a signature isn't supplied, but that's a separate issue).
I am seeking out help from you John as well as anyone else. (BTW I Sent john fwd of our email with all the info) Is it possible that our authenticode for
launcher is interfering with his?
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I compiled a dead simple NSI file with:
Name "AquaSnapTest" OutFile "AquaSnapTest.exe" Caption "AquaSnapTest" VIProductVersion "0.0.0.1" SilentInstall Silent AutoCloseWindow True RequestExecutionLevel user LoadLanguageFile "${NSISDIR}\Contrib\Language files\ENGLISH.nlf" Section "Main" Exec "$EXEDIR\AquaSnap.Daemon.exe" SectionEndThis also causes AquaSnap to fail to start. This means it's definitively not something with the PortableApps.com Launcher code causing the issue. Likely it's one of the programming libraries in use by the developer (Qt, etc) if the developer themself is not checking for the Authenticode signature. This error was introduced in version 1.6.0 of AquaSnap and exists in 1.6.1 as well.
For the publisher to test with: https://portableapps.com/downloads/temp/AquaSnapTest.7z
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Will get this to him ASAP appreciate, so this shows why when he does not sign it it works as expected?
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All this does is run AquaSnap.Daemon.exe when placed in the same directory. That's it. It doesn't affect environment variables, paths, or anything else.
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Thanks again, the really odd thing is if you just run the AquaSnap.Daemon.exe direct from the folder by running it with no launcher it behaves properly.
I truly appreciate all your help, I been wracking my brain over it two days, then reached out to the Developer as well as Gord and only after then did I post it here at Gord's suggestion
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