texstudio icon indicating copy to clipboard operation
texstudio copied to clipboard

Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon texstudio-org

Unable to upgrade TeXStudio on Windows 10

Open friendly opened this issue 1 year ago • 4 comments

IT at my university installed Microsoft Defender Smartscreen, and now I'm unable to install an upgrade because Microsoft does not recognize TeXStudio.

The IT guy explained: "As part of the campus-wide switch from Trend Micro Apex One Antivirus to Microsoft Defender for Enterprise, a component call SmartScreen was enabled. This component protects systems from installation of potentially unsafe, unsigned software. To achieve this, Microsoft keeps a list of the executable hashes of known software, and while their list is extensive, certain lesser known but legitimate software may not be on the list. This causes the blue blocking pop-up you're seeing."

The solution seems to be to register TeXStudio with Microsoft.

friendly avatar Jan 05 '24 16:01 friendly

can you run the portable version of txs, it does not need installation ...

sunderme avatar Jan 05 '24 16:01 sunderme

by the way, as it is open source, anybody can try to get txs whitelisted by Mircrosoft.

sunderme avatar Jan 08 '24 18:01 sunderme

Thanks. IT at my university applied to get it whitelisted.

friendly avatar Jan 08 '24 18:01 friendly

can you run the portable version of txs, it does not need installation ...

I just downloaded the 4.7.2 portable for windows and a SmartScreen warning appeared. Using the portable doesn't help.

Finni123 avatar Feb 14 '24 10:02 Finni123