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TIMOTHY_MANGAN's avatar
Mar 11, 2021

Installing package with a service "Unknown Program"

When you install an MSIX package that has a service as a standard user, the UAC popup requesting permission labels the program needing permission as "Unknown Program".  'nuff said.

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  • I had this issue a few weeks ago, but a few days later after I got the prompt, when I was about to file a bug with MSFT I couldn't reproduce it anymore :(. I didn't spend more time hunting it down.

    Maybe you need some OS updates?

     

    What was even worse is that the prompt had a field called "Verified Publisher" which listed Microsoft as the publisher of the package I built and signed with a test certificate. (Probably because the publisher information was extracted from the app installer OS client, and not from the package - see attachment)

     

     

    • TIMOTHY_MANGAN's avatar
      TIMOTHY_MANGAN
      MVP
      I am seeing this on insider build 210320 today. I'll have to go back and check if this is just the preview appinstaller or if this also exists on 20H2.
      • Bogdan Mitrache's avatar
        Bogdan Mitrache
        Iron Contributor
        It seems it's on 20H2 too (build 19042.867), I just noticed it again while trying to convert the Logitech G HUB Installer.

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