Thanks for confirming this .. you just helped me help a lot of people :D

SO, to be clear, did you use Norton to fix the issue? Or was Norton bloatware causing the problem in the first place? I am running Win 7 Pro 64 and have had no issues, but I dont run Norton. Curious to know...

Strictly speaking, there was no issue. Norton 360 blocks access to files it doesnt trust. Patching the .exe made Norton loose trust (changed since install, could be virus) and thus block access. Adding it to the trusted files will give the OS (and you) access again and restore your option to run it.

In essence it was a lack of knowledge on what Norton 360 does on a system, and how to prevent it to do that :p

Ain't that the truth?:D I try not to mess around with things I know nothing about. Turn PC on, turn PC off. :haha:

And on a level that I, a complete ex window 98 idiot, can relate to also; many thanks to the both of 'ya! There's probably a lot of lurkers w/o the nerve to even ask!:salute:

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The Norton 360 issue appeared after upgrading Norton 360 to version 21.1.0.18. I had no problem with any earlier version of Norton 360.

So as the protection is gettting better :rotfl2:

Great job that you guys found the relation between the error and Norton 360. I had no specific reason to suspect Norton 360.


THANKS:yeah:

Game is running fine now :up:

Great heads up :cool:

Must admit I gave up on Norton long ago....too much of a resources hog IMHO.

+5000

They say it catches more viruses than free software does, but all that really means is it misdiagnoses more things as threats due to more aggressive heuristics. As in this case.

Well, to be fair, this is what I want a virus scanner to do on the system of my mother for instance ... if a file changes, dont run it anymore and make her call me to investigate before she contamminates each and every file and device she has.

You installed norton to prevent you from running potential dangerous stuff .. then when it does that, it's kinda odd to state that it's too strict. Norton has no way of knowing that this specific .exe is allowed to change unless you add that exception :smug: