"Windows protected your PC. Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting." - How do I address this? : Delimit Sales & Support Portal

"Windows protected your PC. Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting." - How do I address this? Print

Modified on: Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 2:33 PM

You may see this warning message when trying to download and/or run our installer: DelimitSetup.exe.

Microsoft Edge and MS Defender SmartScreen may block new downloads and the execution of such, hence the warning message. To circumvent this you can do the following:

1) Click on "More info", notice the Publisher info, which is us:

2) Click on "Run anyway".

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