how can I add my publisher name into my delphi exe program?

Question

I do develop delphi programs that people do download. Problem is when downloading them, they receieve an alert

"The publisher cannot be verified."

How can I add my publisher name into my delphi programs ?

Answer 1

You need a code-signing certificate, and need to digitally sign your executable using that certificate.

Search for [windows] code signing here at StackOverflow. There are tons of questions here on the topic; any and all of them (regardless of language used) for Windows applications apply to Delphi as well. Here is a start for you., and here's another one with links to resources. (Both links are here at StackOverflow, and not external sites.)

Answer 2

This is how I created a test certificate for my setup executable (produced by Inno Setup).

I used:

makecert -r -pe -ss MyCertStore -n "CN=MyTestCert" MyTestCert.cer
signtool sign /s MyCertStore /n MyTestCert  MyApplication.exe

I could find these tools under:

"c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Bin\"

Dont forget to install MyTestCert.cer under trusted providers, otherwise the MyApplication.exe will still show unknown publisher. Check with certmgr.exe which I could find in the same folder.

Worked for me on Win7x64.

For final signing you need a commercial code signing certificate, the cheapest I could find was from Comodo (about $70 a year).