Balltasar Maurer - 2020-02-16

Hello,

I spent already quite some time in building and runing the VeraCrypt source code. Both the 32 and the 64 version compiled successfully, but when I start the VeraCrypt Setup.exe I have the following error.

"This installer file does not contain any compressed files. To create a self-extracting installation package (with embedded comporessed files), run: "VeraCrypt Setup.exe" /p

But running the suggested command does not work. In order to get rid of the error I tried the following steps, without success.

  • I activated the windows test-certificate mode with the comand "Bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON"
  • I deactivated the driver signature enforcement
  • I deactivated my anti virus software
  • I also downloaded and installed the "thawte Primary Root CA"
  • I installed all certificates (in both the TestCertificate and the the Signing folder) and startet sign_test.bat. Everything signed successfully and the "Self-extracting package was successfully created...".
  • (upx and gzip are installed and added to the path environment variable).

I have the Visual Studio 2010 Version 10.0.40219.1 SP1Rel installed.

It would be very nice if som someone has a hint or knows what this error is caused by.