This article describes how to digitally sign the LaunchAnywhere launchers installed by InstallAnywhere on Windows. After digitally signing the launchers, the Publish field of the UAC prompt will be populated rather than referencing an “Unknown Publisher”.
It is recommended that all executable files that are distributed to Windows target systems be digitally signed. This includes—but is not limited to—product files that have following file extensions: .exe, .dll, .ocx, .sys, .cpl, .drv, and .scr. It also includes the installer files and the LaunchAnywhere files.
If you do not sign your files and end users launch an .exe file or installer that requires elevated privileges on a Windows Vista or later system, the UAC prompt that Windows displays shows the unknown publisher type of UAC prompt.
If the files are signed, Windows displays a UAC prompt that shows the name of the publisher that is identified by the digital certificate.