Code-Signed .exe File Publisher Name Issues in Windows 11

Trevorgolo 0 Reputation points
2025-01-05T16:06:52.2333333+00:00

Hello! I developed a program and purchased a code signing certificate from SSL.com to distribute it. However, when signing the .exe file, the publisher name includes my state and hometown instead of just my name. SSL support tested the program on various Windows 10 machines, and the publisher name appeared correctly. They concluded that this issue is specific to Windows 11.

(SSL mentioned that newly signed programs may not be trusted by Windows until they gain more downloads, which is why the following images show a Windows Defender error.)

Here is the issue in question: the publisher name listing my town and state in Windows 11 (the town is the first blocked-out word):

Windows 11

Here are the signature details of the program:Signature Properties

Here are the images that SSL.com provided, which show the publisher name displaying correctly outside of Windows 11:

Normal 1Normal 2 Normal 3

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you so much in advance!

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