Microsoft Partner Centre application has been rejected for reasons I have addressed

Jill,

Sorry to contact you again on this, but nothing has changed: my application is still being rejected for the original reasons.

Silent Install

I cannot find any literature that hints at what form the MS silent install command should take (other than the standard one I entered: "myapp.exe" /SILENT ). Copilot was unable to help. Attempts to find the answer on other forums (e.g. stack overflow) have been dismissed as having nothing to do with programming!

It would be a great help if the application form listed sample strings.

Report This File As Safe

I purchased a Microsoft Authenticode Code Signing Certificate in November (for £300) believing that it would prevent users from encountering the Windows Defender screen when they installed my app. This proved not to be the case.

Sectigo, the vendor, couldn't tell me how I might overcome this hurdle, but suggested I might improve my chances of doing so were I to submit my app to the MS store.

This done, I discovered that I needed to 'Report this file as safe'.

Though I don't understand the logic of this (self-certifying, that is), I have tried to do so several times without success because:

(a) For three weeks or so, nothing happened when I clicked the button,

(b) When, finally, I was transported to a report form, filling it out and forwarding it to MS made no difference.

Surely, it would save everyone's time if someone from MS could tell me in layman's terms what I need to do to satisfy the application process.

Regards,

Richard