Hi Frank,
I think would be better ask this kind of questions on the developer ML.
Cheers.

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Frank Sokolic <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> When using the Windows installer for QGIS 1.6 the shortcuts that are
> generated use nircmd.exe to execute a batch file called qgis.bat, which in
> turn loads and runs QGIS. However, I've noticed that some Windows anti-virus
> programs flag nircmd.exe as a virus and prevent the QGIS shortcuts from
> working. This can cause alarm amongst new users of QGIS and I've had people
> tell me they "don't trust Quantum GIS because it is a virus".
>
> What is the reason for using nircmd? Would it not be better to run the
> batch file directly instead of running it via nircmd?
>
> Frank.
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