Code Signing Cert Needed - Smart App Control blocks app

[picknassaro]

Preflight Checklist

• [X] Running microsoft-edge:https://google.com redirects successfully
• [X] Microsoft Edge is selected in any "How do you want to open this?" box

Install Type

New Install

Install Mode

Active Mode

Steps to reproduce

Do anything that triggers MSEdgeRedirect whatsoever

✔️ Expected Behavior

MSEdgeRedirect should work

❌ Actual Behavior

MSEdgeRedirect was blocked by smart App Control

Microsoft Windows version

Version 22H2 (OS Build 22621.1992

Other Software

No response

[rcmaehl]

100% not surprised. Will likely NOT be fixed until US Tax Season. I'll probably need it for WhyNotWin12 as well.

[mjmatthiesen]

100% not surprised. Will likely NOT be fixed until US Tax Season. I'll probably need it for WhyNotWin12 as well.

Any chance this can be accelerated?

[micwoj92]

@mjmatthiesen donations welcome https://ko-fi.com/rcmaehl https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/rhsky

[mjmatthiesen]

@mjmatthiesen donations welcome ko-fi.com/rcmaehl paypal.com/paypalme/rhsky

How much to make this happen?

[rcmaehl]

@mjmatthiesen donations welcome ko-fi.com/rcmaehl paypal.com/paypalme/rhsky

How much to make this happen?

Looking at prices for the extended validation certificate needed, it looks like the cheapest for a single year is SSL.com's EV code signing certificate at $349. The certs are cheaper if you buy multiple years at once

Microsoft has a page of recommended providers (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/dashboard/code-signing-cert-manage#get-or-renew-a-code-signing-certificate) linked for their page on getting setup with Smart App Control (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/develop/smart-app-control/code-signing-for-smart-app-control).

I haven't bought one yet because I don't have $349+ dollars to spare most of the time but it's definitely being bought next tax season because Windows 11 Smart App Control completely blocks the app unlike Windows 10

[mjmatthiesen]

Sorry for the delay, been swamped. I was going to throw in 50 but had a question. Maybe a silly question. Do you know if either of those can give me a tax receipt? My company does donation matching, but not in all situations. If it gives a tax receipt, great starting point, if not, oh well.

Also if you have a preference for either of those two let me know.

[micwoj92]

If you pay with paypal (ko-fi or directly) then yes https://www.paypal.com/us/cshelp/article/does-paypal-offer-tax-receipts-for-donations-help226