Are you making a custom version of wyUpdate?
Renaming wyUpdate.exe, showing error message
https://wyday.com/forum/t/354/any-harm-in-renaming-wyupdate-exe/https://wyday.com/forum/t/685/can-i-rename-wyupdate-exe/
In the above threads, it is stated that there is no issue renaming the updater.
I am having an issue when I rename wyUpdate.exe, the following error message is displayed:Error trying to save file: Error downloading "http://autorecupdates.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wyserver.wys": Unable to connect to the remote server
However, if I rename it back to wuUpdate.exe, there are no problems. I have tested this with anti virus and firewall turned off.
Any ideas, thanks.
I am not.
I just wanted to rename the updater to ProductNameUpdater.exe so if users get a warning from Windows, AntiVirus, Firewall etc, they can associate the process with our product.
If they get message stating "wyUpdate.exe wants to access...", there is less chance they will allow it than if it was using our product name.
Changing the exe won't change the UAC error. To change that you need to re-sign wyUpdate with your own code signing certificate.
I know it won't change the UAC message, but I wanted to add wyUpdate to my app ASAP (and it works great), re-signing can be done down the line when I take the time to see what is required and then implement.
Either way, that is besides the point of my question Sam.
Is it no longer possible to rename wyUpdate.exe or has some bug been introduced in the current version that prevents it updating if the exe is renamed?
(Added info: Most of our customers are businesses, >90% are still on Windows XP, so signing for UAC is less important)
We can't reproduce this here. We use a different exe name included with wyBuild. So we're dogfooding this behavior with every release.
The error you're getting is very odd. You're saying changing the exe name changes whether it can download a file from your server.
Does that file exist on your server? Copy & paste the URL into your browser. Does the file download or do you get an error?
Sam wrote:> The error you're getting is very odd. You're saying changing the exe name changes> whether it can download a file from your server.> Yes that is exactly what I am saying.
Sam wrote:> Does that file exist on your server? Copy & paste the URL into your browser. Does> the file download or do you get an error?> I can download the file from the server, so can you, the URL is included in the first post.
so can you, the URL is included in the first post
I'm on my mobile right now, but I'll test it when I get back to the office this afternoon.
I can't reproduce the error you're getting. wyUpdate works fine when it's named wyUpdate.exe, or when it's called anything else. We don't make downloading dependent on the filename (that would be silly).
I know you said you checked your firewalls. But that's the only thing that I can think of that would block the request. That or an overly aggressing "heuristic" anti-virus.
Please bundle up the wyUpdate.exe (or whatever you renamed it) alongside your client.wyc file so I can try it on our computers.
I'll try it out on a few other computers here first, then I'll bundle it up for you.
I renamed the updater on another machine and it worked.
At least I can pinpoint the issue to software/ setup on my machine. Thanks for the comments.