How to: Configure the ClickOnce Trust Prompt

You can configure the ClickOnce trust prompt to control whether end users are given the option of installing Visual Studio Tools for Applications solutions. You configure the trust prompt by setting registry keys on each end user's computer.

The following table shows the configuration options that can be applied to each of the five zones (Internet, UntrustedSites, MyComputer, LocalIntranet, and TrustedSites).

Enabling the ClickOnce Trust Prompt

Enable the trust prompt for a zone when you want end users to be presented with the option of installing and running any signed Visual Studio Tools for Applications solution that comes from that zone.

To enable the ClickOnce trust prompt by using the registry editor

1. Open the registry editor:

   1. Click Start, and then click Run.

   2. In the Open box, type regedt32.exe, and then click OK.

2. Find the following registry key:

   \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\.NETFramework\Security\TrustManager\PromptingLevel

   If the key does not exist, create it.

3. Add the following subkeys as String Value, if they do not already exist, with the associated values shown in the following table.

   String Value subkey	Value
   Internet	AuthenticodeRequired
   UntrustedSites	Disabled
   MyComputer	Enabled
   LocalIntranet	Enabled
   TrustedSites	Enabled

   By default, Internet has the value AuthenticodeRequired and UntrustedSites has the value Disabled.

To enable the ClickOnce trust prompt programmatically

1. Create a Visual Basic or Visual C# console application in Visual Studio.

2. Open the Program.vb or Program.cs file for editing and add the following code.

   Dim key As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey
   key = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey("SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\.NETFramework\Security\TrustManager\PromptingLevel")
   key.SetValue("MyComputer", "Enabled")
   key.SetValue("LocalIntranet", "Enabled")
   key.SetValue("Internet", "AuthenticodeRequired")
   key.SetValue("TrustedSites", "Enabled")
   key.SetValue("UntrustedSites", "Disabled")
   key.Close()
   

   Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey key;
   key = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey("SOFTWARE\\MICROSOFT\\.NETFramework\\Security\\TrustManager\\PromptingLevel");
   key.SetValue("MyComputer", "Enabled");
   key.SetValue("LocalIntranet", "Enabled");
   key.SetValue("Internet", "AuthenticodeRequired");
   key.SetValue("TrustedSites", "Enabled");
   key.SetValue("UntrustedSites", "Disabled");
   key.Close();
   

3. Build and run the application.

Restricting the ClickOnce Trust Prompt

Restrict the trust prompt so that solutions must be signed with Authenticode certificates that have known identity before users are prompted for a trust decision.

To restrict the ClickOnce trust prompt by using the registry editor

1. Open the registry editor:

   1. Click Start, and then click Run.

   2. In the Open box, type regedt32.exe, and then click OK.

2. Find the following registry key:

   \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\.NETFramework\Security\TrustManager\PromptingLevel

   If the key does not exist, create it.

3. Add the following subkeys as String Value, if they do not already exist, with the associated values shown in the following table.

   String Value subkey	Value
   UntrustedSites	Disabled
   Internet	AuthenticodeRequired
   MyComputer	AuthenticodeRequired
   LocalIntranet	AuthenticodeRequired
   TrustedSites	AuthenticodeRequired

   By default, Internet has the value AuthenticodeRequired and UntrustedSites has the value Disabled.

To restrict the ClickOnce trust prompt programmatically

1. Create a Visual Basic or Visual C# console application in Visual Studio.

2. Open the Program.vb or Program.cs file for editing and add the following code.

   Dim key As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey
   key = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey("SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\.NETFramework\Security\TrustManager\PromptingLevel")
   key.SetValue("MyComputer", "AuthenticodeRequired")
   key.SetValue("LocalIntranet", "AuthenticodeRequired")
   key.SetValue("Internet", "AuthenticodeRequired")
   key.SetValue("TrustedSites", "AuthenticodeRequired")
   key.SetValue("UntrustedSites", "Disabled")
   key.Close()
   

   Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey key;
   key = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey("SOFTWARE\\MICROSOFT\\.NETFramework\\Security\\TrustManager\\PromptingLevel");
   key.SetValue("MyComputer", "AuthenticodeRequired");
   key.SetValue("LocalIntranet", "AuthenticodeRequired");
   key.SetValue("Internet", "AuthenticodeRequired");
   key.SetValue("TrustedSites", "AuthenticodeRequired");
   key.SetValue("UntrustedSites", "Disabled");
   key.Close();
   

3. Build and run the application.

Disabling the ClickOnce Trust Prompt

You can disable the trust prompt so that end users are not given the option to install solutions that are not already trusted in their security policy.

To disable the ClickOnce trust prompt by using the registry editor

1. Open the registry editor:

   1. Click Start, and then click Run.

   2. In the Open box, type regedt32.exe, and then click OK.

2. Find the following registry key:

   \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\.NETFramework\Security\TrustManager\PromptingLevel

   If the key does not exist, create it.

3. Add the following subkeys as String Value, if they do not already exist, with the associated values shown in the following table.

   String Value subkey	Value
   UntrustedSites	Disabled
   Internet	Disabled
   MyComputer	Disabled
   LocalIntranet	Disabled
   TrustedSites	Disabled

To disable the ClickOnce trust prompt programmatically

1. Create a Visual Basic or Visual C# console application in Visual Studio.

2. Open the Program.vb or Program.cs file for editing and add the following code.

   Dim key As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey
   key = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey("SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\.NETFramework\Security\TrustManager\PromptingLevel")
   key.SetValue("MyComputer", "Disabled")
   key.SetValue("LocalIntranet", "Disabled")
   key.SetValue("Internet", "Disabled")
   key.SetValue("TrustedSites", "Disabled")
   key.SetValue("UntrustedSites", "Disabled")
   key.Close()
   

   Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey key;
   key = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey("SOFTWARE\\MICROSOFT\\.NETFramework\\Security\\TrustManager\\PromptingLevel");
   key.SetValue("MyComputer", "Disabled");
   key.SetValue("LocalIntranet", "Disabled");
   key.SetValue("Internet", "Disabled");
   key.SetValue("TrustedSites", "Disabled");
   key.SetValue("UntrustedSites", "Disabled");
   key.Close();
   

3. Build and run the application.

See Also

Concepts

Securing and Deploying Add-Ins

Securing Add-ins by Using ClickOnce

How to: Sign Application and Deployment Manifests with Mage.exe

Deploying Add-ins by Using ClickOnce

Walkthrough: Integrating ClickOnce for a Managed Object Model

Other Resources

Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2.0