sorry for not replying yesterday
No problem
that you appear to mess with curtail system functions
but the customizations you are making. It could also be a combo of them where one steps over another
That is pretty much what I think as well, I might do something wrong or already start something without rebooting.
Can you list (either here or in PM) the customizations you are making?
Would need to look into the programs to make a full list, but I disable Windows Defender by using Defender Control by sordum.org that forces it (it sometimes re-enabled itself automatically even though I set it to disabled in gpedit.msc, so I needed to use it). And maybe because of that force, it sometimes (but not always) causes a specific issue, resulting in some (but not all) systems having problems. I now want to avoid it (also because Defender of course marks it as a virus, so I have to disable it before I can disable it (lol)), and instead only disable the Defender autostart instead of using a program. Maybe that already has the result I want without messing with any files.
Second, I disable the automatic updates (not the updates themselfes) in gpedit.msc, but as I then always manually search for updates and install them just fine, I don't think that is the issue. I only disable it so it doesn't start downloading them when I want to download something more important myself or even restarts when I don't want it (as the many reports by users that lost data show). Etc.
I uninstall Edge. It is not possible officially and maybe it is embedded to deep into the system. However, I do that on all devices, but I did not had to use Defender Control on all of them I think. But at least I didn't use it on the two laptops I wiped recently. So I think it is more likely that Defender Control makes issues, but uninstalling Edge does not.
If you want to have a full list, I can make one when I wiped Windows. Yes, the thing I found yesterday didn't work, but since it has something to do with security and I already thought Defender Control could be an issue, I hoped that this would be the solution. It was not. I also did chkdsk today, but it didn't help. MakeMKV seems to work now, but AnyDVD doesn't. And Nvidia still doesn't work as well. So I just wipe it now.
I guess the "exclude" log is log when it doesn't work and the anydvd log is the first time right after install when it worked?
No, you are completely wrong. Both logs are for the issue, but the exclude log is the log with a filter applied (shows only the failed stuff). The other log is the unfiltered log with also the working entries.
My first thought is some kind of security software that hooks to the CreateProcess API (or malware sometimes do that as well)
I don't have any, but it would be weird if all devices would be infected with malware. But if you read my above text, I also think it has something to do with security as I disable Windows Defender with a program that forces it.
But I don't have a good answer why it worked the first time.
I think when I start it immediately, the files couldn't get corrupted so fast.
You're running 64-bit Windows, right?
Yes
Are all your problematic applications 32-bit applications?
Hm, that might be something, and I haven't checked for that so far. AnyDVD appears to be a 32-bit application, but AnyStream is 64-bit and never had the issue. I also never had the issue with Firefox or Chrome, and they are 64-bit.
MakeMKV tells me that it itself is 64 bit, but the GUI is 32-bit. That would explain why AnyDVD could use it to decrypt stuff as it uses the CLI version, not the GUI. And I can't start the GUI.
I can use Steam itself, but have issues with GTA 4 I wanted to try yesterday, and Rockstar Launcher (that works) is 32 bit.
.net framework appears to be 64 bit, but C++ also has 32-bit versions. And when Driver Booster doesn't work, it always complains about the vcruntime140.dll missing.
I just retried Uplay as it also didn't worked. I can start it as before and see my library, but it then throws this error at me and I can't do anything. I have to terminate it in Task Manager. No, Ubisoft Support couldn't help me either, but I haven't send them MSinfo since I don't want them to know that I have AnyDVD etc.
By talking of subsystem, WSA (Windows Subsystem for Android) did work, but then could not start anymore. The Gui yes, the emulator no.
Clearing the Prefetch cache and reinstalling AnyDVD and test if it is resolved.
I might try that, but not sure if today.
