https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=172101
Bug ID: 172101
Summary: Windows 11 (sort of) refuses to run LO installer, says
it has "protected my PC"
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Installation
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
I recently downloaded an LO nightly build installer, and tried to run it. My
Windows 11 brought up a blue-background window telling me that "Windows has
protected your PC" or "Windows protects your PC", and that it refuses to run
the executable since... frankly, I don't quite remember the reason, it must
have been missing some signature, or being unknown to Windows, or something.
There is not even an "Install anyway" button - there is a "More Info", and when
you click it, then you get an install-anyway button.
I don't know whether this happens for actual releases or not (I use Chocolatey
to install LO regularly). What I can't say is that it doesn't happen twice: The
second time I run the same MSI, I get a confirmation prompt, but it's just a
confirmation:
"“LibreOfficeDev_26.8.0.0.alpha0_Win_x86-64.msi” is an executable file.
Executable files may contain viruses or other malicious code that could harm
your computer. Use caution when opening this file. Are you sure you want to
launch “LibreOfficeDev_26.8.0.0.alpha0_Win_x86-64.msi”?
questionable, but more tolerable than what I saw before.
Now, you could say that the "protected your PC" is NOTOURBUG, but - it deters
people from installing LO, especially if it also happens for releases.
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