The word "setup" appears alongside the program name after digital signing.

[chap h]

Hello,

I have a simple issue: when I create a program—let's call it "app1"—and generate an exe file using Inno Setup, the output file is named "app1.exe," which is fine. However, when I sign the program with a digital signature from Certum, the resulting file becomes "app1 setup"—meaning the word "setup" is added to the program's name. Is there a solution to this problem?

[Martijn Laan - Inno Setup]

Hi,

Inno Setup itself doesn't append anything to the output file name.

By the way, you should use SignTool or SignedUninstaller to sign. It sounds like you're signing your installer manually afterwards, that will leave it only partially signed.

Greetings,
Martijn

Op 24-8-2026 om 22:00 schreef chap h:

Hello,

I have a simple issue: when I create a program—let's call it "app1"—and generate an exe file using Inno Setup, the output file is named "app1.exe," which is fine. However, when I sign the program with a digital signature from Certum, the resulting file becomes "app1 setup"—meaning the word "setup" is added to the program's name. Is there a solution to this problem? --
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[Gavin Lambert]

On Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 4:19:36 PM UTC+12 chap h wrote:

I have a simple issue: when I create a program—let's call it "app1"—and generate an exe file using Inno Setup, the output file is named "app1.exe," which is fine. However, when I sign the program with a digital signature from Certum, the resulting file becomes "app1 setup"—meaning the word "setup" is added to the program's name. Is there a solution to this problem?

The name that appears in the UAC prompt is whatever you pass with /D when using signtool.

If you're not passing /D at all, then it sounds like it's defaulting to the VersionInfoDescription value, which defaults to "AppName Setup" if you haven't specified that.

In neither case is it based on the actual setup exe filename.

[chap h]

Thanks to everyone for the replies and interest.

I use SignTool to sign an .exe file via the Command Prompt (cmd).

I use a digital signature from Certum, with the following format:

signtool sign /n "Asseco Data Systems S.A." /t http://time.certum.pl/ /fd sha1 /v aplikacja.exe

Where should I place "/d" in the command line. thank you.

[Otomatic]

Hi,

I use signtool intregrated into Innosetup.

In Tools -> Configure Sign Tools :

Custom=$qc:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.26100.0\x64\signtool.exe$q $p

Adjust as required to suit your setup

At the end of [Setup] section:

SignTool=Custom sign /fd sha256 /tr http://timestamp.sectigo.com/rfc3161 /td sha256 /d $q{#MyAppName}$q /n $qYour name$q $f

Adjust as required to suit your setup.

With #define MyAppName 'What you want'

[chap h]

Many thanks to you; I appreciate your interest.
I will try using your method.

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