System requirements

  • Windows 10 version 2004 (build 19041) or later, or Windows 11
  • 64-bit (x64). ARM64 and 32-bit builds are not published — on a Windows-on-ARM device, CA PRO runs through Windows' own built-in x64 emulation.
  • About 250 MB of free disk space
  • An internet connection, for sign-in and for the firm workspace

No administrator rights are needed to install, and no separate .NET or Windows App Runtime download is required — both are bundled with the installer.

Before you run it: two warnings you will see

CA PRO is a small, independent product with no paid code-signing certificate, so on first download and first run you will see two warnings — one from your browser, one from Windows. Both are normal. Here is exactly what each one looks like, so you recognise it on sight instead of guessing.

1

Download the file

Chrome may warn that the file "isn't commonly downloaded." Click Download suspicious file to continue.

Chrome's download-blocked warning for CA-PRO-Setup, with the "Download suspicious file" link highlighted
2

Click “More info”

Windows shows "Windows protected your PC." Click More info to proceed.

Windows SmartScreen dialog for CA-PRO-Setup, with the "More info" link highlighted
3

Click “Run anyway”

The publisher shows as unknown — expected, see below. Click Run anyway to start installing.

Windows SmartScreen dialog for CA-PRO-Setup, with the "Run anyway" button highlighted

We are not going to tell you the warning will disappear — it won't, until CA PRO has enough anonymous download history for Microsoft's own reputation system to recognise it — and we are not going to ask you to turn SmartScreen off. The SHA-256 hash above is how you check, independently of any signature, that the file you received is exactly the one we published.

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