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TLDR: StartAllBack, ExplorerPatcher and some other projects are being blocked on 24H2.

One more reason to switch to Linux

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[โ€“] [email protected] 43 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why is Microsoft even deciding what programs I can run on my computer in the first place? They're not malware, they shouldn't be doing this at all.

[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago

It's the Windows Defender component. Blocking things that interfere with your computer is literally what it was designed and intended to do.