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    Ashraf
    Keymaster

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    #24115276 Reply | Quote
    BenAsp
    Guest

    Be alert while installing… this tries to install in a Users folder. Grrr…

    I have always found the ZD Soft [sic] product ZD Screen Recorder to do a decent job.

    #24115324 Reply | Quote
    Muflon
    Guest

    Be alert while installing… this tries to install in a Users folder. Grrr…
    I have always found the ZD Soft [sic] product ZD Screen Recorder to do a decent job.

    What is better. This is not only trying to install in a Users folder. This is only installing in Users folder saying: The installer has insufficient privileges to access any other directory without adminitration login, who I am!

    WTF ?
    Someone is totally in sane. Don’t even make me tell who! You have your time, Screen Maker to help now I guess

    #24115557 Reply | Quote
    TK
    Guest

    In addition to the already publicised BAD installation practise this steals and distributes illegally an old GPLv3 build of FFMPEG.EXE and binaries to do the screen capture and encoding in their closed source product whose license model is incompatible with the GPLv3 license. ZD Soft produce a proper installer that requests elevated rights or is in a form that can be run with admin rights to permit installation in the proper location or optionally a non-system drive. Even MSI installers can and should request rights elevation IF they are compiled properly, which obviously yours are not compiled properly. Try again!

    In the mean time we can work around this faulty MSI by following the instructions in the article at:
    https://support.leapwork.com/s/article/HowtoForceanMSIPackagetoInstallUsingAdministratorMode633071ddcc758

    I found the advised default command string value did not work and I had to use:

    “C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe” /i “%1” %*

    That shows us how to add an install as administrator option to the MSI file types context (right click) menu. Then we can select C:\Program Files\Screen Marker\ to install the program properly!
    Then it worked with this MSI file. I also note that on launch this supposedly simple screen marker runs msedgeview2 browser engine to make numerous unsolicited IPv4/IPv6 web requests which can be doing anything… I let my Malwarebytes windows firewall control block all those requests as there is no legitimate reason to permit them and ultimately blocked them permanently. And only allowed ScnMkr.exe through to validate the giveaway license key which worked.

    HTH and makes it past any URL posting filters.

    #24116058 Reply | Quote
    ZD Soft
    Guest

    [@TK]

    Thank you for raising this concern.

    We want to assure you that ZD Screen Recorder and ZD Screen Marker do not collect or upload personal data, system information, usage data, or any other private information from your computer.

    All internet connections made by our software, including connections involving MSEdgeWebView2.exe, are used solely for software activation and periodic background verification of the license activation status. They are not used for analytics, user tracking, data harvesting, advertising, or any other undisclosed purpose.

    MSEdgeWebView2.exe is a component of the Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime and may be invoked by the software as part of the licensing and activation process. This can result in network activity appearing under the WebView2 process rather than under the main application executable.

    We take user privacy and data security seriously. Our software does not transmit your screen recordings, screenshots, files, system details, or personally identifiable information.

    We understand why unexpected network activity may cause concern, and we appreciate the opportunity to clarify its purpose.

    #24116077 Reply | Quote
    mahdiameri28
    Guest

    Hello, the license is giving an error.

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