[@Bill]

Did this several times, I mean I ran the setup as Adm on my friends win 10 64 bit machine, yet the small windows of the interface just pops up and it soon disappears, and the program will not start or run properly.

Anyway, thank you for trying to help those of us who are experiencing problems with installing or running this program.

the installer don’t work.
windows 7 64

@Bill: Thank you very much!

REGARDING THE COMMENT: “After downloading the Aurora HDR 2018.exe file, I right-clicked on it and chose ‘run as administrator’. Doing it that way, the installation went fine and the program opened without problems.” UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS THE TYPICAL WAY VIRUSES AND MALAWARE INFECT COMPUTERS AND PROPAGATE TO OTHERS<<<IT’S A BIG BIG BIG NO-NO !!! Nothing can stop the propagation of viruses if people bypass all security features that are built-in Windows OS or Anti-Virus Programs . BOTH THE SHAREWARE SITE AND THE COMPANIES THAT SUPPLY FREE SOFTWARE MUST TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY

I agree with HM regarding the dangers of installing this program (or any) with Administrator privileges, especially, when one person already suspected the installer to have an infection.

Regardless, I had a computer that I could try doing exactly what Bill tried (installing with Administrator privileges). I knew I could easily re-image it if installed any suspicious software. I monitored the Program Files folder as before. No new folder was created, the same as before.

The Aurora_Setup.exe file actually creates other programs to do the install. You might be able to see a System Tray notice, depending on what software you use. For example, Total Uninstall will catch the extra setup program and alert the user.

One thing I have noticed is that at the end of the installs, I get a System Tray notice that Windows Updates could not be checked. For some reason the installer is mucking around in places it need not be for what it supposedly does. Working with images is this program’s purpose (to create good HDR versions). There is no need to require Administrator privileges for installation or operation.

It is too bad this software was not better tested before we were offered the chance to test it out. Now, even if they say it is fixed, I will be a little suspicious and extra cautious.

Would not start up. The installation went too fast. The download file was probably corrupted. I tried to download it again but your system won’t let me. It say’s that I am being stingy for trying to download a working version. I guess you can see the ridiculousness of that statement.

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