Windows 11 security issue.

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I recently upgraded my desktop to new hardware which included a fresh Windows 11 install.  I can still run my many AutoIt .exe scripts, but if I try to open an .au3 file with SciTE, I get a momentary flash of the editor, and it closes.  No obvious security notifications from Windows.

If I try to run an example from the help file, I get a box only identified as "Help" stating that "Some content of this document has been blocked for your safety.  Do you wish to view blocked content?".  Clicking yes results in the same momentary flash of SciTE window, then nothing.  No visible history in the Windows Security  record.

If I open the SciTE editor, it opens, but when I copy an example program from the help file to the editor, it immediately closes, not even letting me glimpse the content.

Did I miss a warning somewhere along the line?  The AutoIT3 stuff was installed from the latest distribution a few weeks ago.

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I might add that my new hardware is a Xeon W2500 workstation, which might have some built-in protections for the "core".

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1 hour ago, jimg said:

my new hardware is a

The hardware is not relevant. How windows uploads and treats everything as a threat is.

I only use wetware for viruses. No software, but that's me 🙃

Maybe it'll get faster with time. Else add excludes. Else, welcome to the future

Edited 1 hour ago by argumentum
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1 hour ago, jimg said:

but if I try to open an .au3 file with SciTE, I get a momentary flash of the editor, and it closes.

oh, ok. Note to self: pay attention

Update the https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#latest-supported-redistributable-version files. Do both, x64 and x86 😅