Solved Unable to install IrfanView on clean new Windows 10 - recognized as threat

[stawebnice]

Hi,

I freshly reinstalled my Windows and wanted to install IrfanView.exe and it always gets blocked by I don't know what, maybe Windows Defender.



Translation> User accounts management

This application has been blocked for your safety.

Administrator prevented you from running this application. Contact the administrator.

publisher> Unknown
File origin: Hard drive on this computer
File location>

It does the same with plugins


I am administrator on my computer. I even tried running the exe file as administrator and adding an exception to Windows Firewall...


then I installed Irfanview using Windows store that works...Problem is that I am not able to install plugins (it does the same as when installing the app)

So I downloaded plugins for 64bit as zip and unzipped it into the folder (actually, it did not want to allow it to the folder where it is installed from Windows Store> C:\Program Filess\WindowsApps\some insane folder name
so I copied it to Program Files to folder IrfanView and unzipped the plugins zip to C:\Program Files\IrfanView\Plugins

but still when I open the app using the shortcut to this new location, the plugins do not work (I need batch conversions and save for web functions because I think that your program is the best for this and I even recommend it to all my friends and customers for batch image resize...

Please help, I am already clueless how to install it to make it work

Thank you!

Petra

[JendaLinda]

The latest version of IrfanView 4.56 is digitally signed by the developer and it's not blocked anymore.

https://www.irfanview.com/64bit.htm

[stawebnice]

Hi, I solved it by unzipping zip files to other than system disc drive, then it works, so I use it as portable.