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Installing Talixel on Windows

Windows will interrupt you twice on the way in — once in your browser, once when you run the installer. Both are expected, and neither means anything is wrong with the file. Here is exactly what you’ll see and exactly what to click.

Why this happens (the short version)

Windows trusts software that carries a paid publisher certificate. Those certificates are issued to established companies and cost hundreds of dollars a year, so almost no independent developer has one on day one. Talixel doesn’t have one yet.

Until it does, Windows tells you honestly that it doesn’t recognise the publisher. That is all it is saying. It has not found anything harmful in the file — it simply hasn’t seen this app from enough people to vouch for it. You will see the same warning on most small paid tools bought directly from their maker.

The two screens you’ll see

  1. Your browser holds the download

    When the download finishes, your browser may flag it instead of saving it, because it hasn’t seen this file often enough to know it.

    What your browser shows

    What to click:

    • Chrome — open the downloads bubble, choose Keep. If it asks again: Show more → Keep anyway.
    • Edge — hover the download, click the … menu → Keep → Show more → Keep anyway.
    • Firefox — right-click the download → Allow download.

    The wording shifts a little between browser versions, but the shape is always the same: the obvious button throws the file away, and the one you want sits one click deeper.

  2. Windows asks before running it

    Open the downloaded file and Windows shows a blue box. Notice that the only visible button is Don’t run — the option you want is behind the More info link.

    What Windows shows first

    Click More info. The box expands to show which app it is — and a second button appears.

    After clicking More info

    Click Run anyway. That is the last hurdle — the installer opens normally from here.

    “Unknown publisher” is the literal truth: no certificate is attached to the file, so Windows has no name to display. It is not a verdict on the file.

  3. Install, open, paste your key

    Follow the installer prompts, then open Talixel from the Start menu. It asks for your license key once. Paste it and you are in.

    Your key is always on your account page, and it works on 2 devices you can swap whenever you like. After activation Talixel works offline.

Want to check the file yourself?

Every installer we publish has a published fingerprint. If it matches, the file you have is byte-for-byte the file we built, and nothing altered it along the way.

Open PowerShell and run:

Get-FileHash "$HOME\Downloads\Talixel-Setup.exe" -Algorithm SHA256

The hash it prints should match this exactly:

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What Talixel actually does on your machine

Fair things to want to know before running an installer from someone you have never met.

Your artwork never leaves

Talixel has no cloud storage and no upload feature. Your files save to your own disk, in your own folders, and stay there.

No tracking, no analytics

There is no analytics library in the app, and nothing reports how or when you use it.

Two connections, both dull

Talixel contacts talixel.com to confirm your license, and GitHub to see whether a newer version exists. That is the whole list.

Works offline

Once activated, unplug the network and Talixel keeps working. It re-checks the license when it can and carries on when it cannot.

Uninstalls cleanly

A standard Windows uninstaller, listed under Installed apps like anything else. Your saved projects are yours and stay put.

30 days to change your mind

If it is not for you, email support@talixel.com within 30 days and we will refund you.

Will the warning go away?

Yes. Talixel is new, and a publisher certificate is something we are buying once sales support it. When that happens the warnings stop appearing — for new downloads and for the automatic updates you are already receiving, with nothing for you to do.

Until then we would rather explain the warning plainly than pretend it does not happen. If anything on this page does not match what you are seeing, please tell us at support@talixel.com and we will walk you through it.

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