When opening Foxit PDF Editor/Reader from applications without valid digital signatures, you will be prompted with pop-up security warning messages to ask you to allow Foxit PDF Editor/Reader to continue opening PDF files from applications without valid signatures included.
Below is a warning message that shows a third program was detected with an invalid signature when calling up Foxit program.
"Foxit PDF Editor/Reader has been opened by the following app without an valid signature. This may indicate a security issue."
If you need to open PDF files from many applications without valid signatures frequently and feel the warning messages are annoying since you already know that those applications are actually safe. In such case, you could choose to add those harmless apps as trusted applications in Foxit PDF Editor/Reader to avoid getting warning messages.
Use MST file with MSI Installer
Using Registry
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\Foxit\PDFEditor\Preferences\AppTrustManager"
To add a Trusted App, create a String Value with the name of "1" and Value equals to the path of the application you wish to Trust. Please refer to the screenshot below as an example.
Use Preferences settings
1: Under File tab,click Preferences.
2: In Trust Manager,click on option Change settings… which is under Open Foxit PDF Editor from applications without valid digital signatures part to bring up Trusted Apps… dialog in which you could individually add your trusted apps there one by one:
For instance, I have an application called chrome.exe which is under C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application this location and I want to add this application as trusted application in Foxit PDF Editor. I would input C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe in the blank field under Specify Apps Allow and click Allow button to add it,click on OK OK buttons to save the settings and close the Trusted Apps… and Preferences dialog boxes.
The trusted apps that have added in Preferences dialog box are written into the following XML file:
C:\Users\Public\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Editor\TrustApp.xml
In this TrustApp.xml file,it also includes existing computer's UUID information,so we can not deploy this XML file to other computers to set security apps on other computers.
Use GPO
To disable the security warning, complete the following steps:
1. Open Group Policy Editor, go to Computer Configuration or Users Configuration > Administrative Templates > Classic Administrative Templates.
2. Choose Foxit PDF Editor, select Preferences, and double click on Trusted Applications.
3. Select Enabled and click on Show… button which is next to Trusted Application List to open Show Contents dialog. Single click on the blank field under Value column to focus on this blank field and then double click on it again to enter into this blank field before you could input your trusted application there.
For instance, I have an application called chrome.exe which is under C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application this location and I want to add this application as trusted application in Foxit PDF Editor. I input C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe in the blank field under Value column and click on OK OK buttons to save the settings and close the Show Contents… and Trusted Applications dialog boxes.
Use XML file
If you typically use an XML file to force settings on users, you can create and distribute an XML file to a dedicated folder on Users’ machine to preset trusted applications in Foxit PDF Editor for users. Below are steps:
Create and Apply an XML File
1. Follow here to download an appropriate Foxit Customization tool,luanch the Foxit Customization tool and select "XML Editor Foxit PDF Editor" "OK" to begin.
2. Go to Preferences tab,choose Trusted Applications item, click on Browse button which is next to Trusted Application list to open an Open window in which you could navigate to select your trusted application,click on Open button to close the Open dialog box. To continue adding another one trusted application, please click on the Browse button again to navigate to select another application. Click on Save to create an XML file. The default name would be ProfStore.xml.
If you already have a ProfStore.xml file, import it by clicking on Open button to import it into XML editor before you configurate settings in XML editor.
3. Distribute the XML file into “C:\Program Files (x86)\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Editor\ProfStore”.
4. Restart Foxit PDF Editor to apply the settings in XML file into Foxit PDF Editor application.
Use MST file with MSI Installer
If you want to preset trusted applications for Foxit PDF Editor when deploying MSI installer file, you can use the MST file to implement it.
1. Follow here to download an appropriate Foxit Customization tool,luanch the Foxit Customization tool and select "MSI" "OK" to begin.
2. Click on Open button to open the appropriate MSI installer file.
3. In the Preferences tab, click on Browse button to open an Open window in which you could navigate to select your trusted application,click on Open button to close the Open dialog box. To continue adding another one trusted application, please click on the Browse button again to navigate to select another application.
4. Everything is done, click on Save button to save current settings as .mst file.
5. Use the following command to apply MST file
msiexec /i Setup.msi TRANSFORMS=xxx.mst
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