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When you run kJams for the first time, Windows Defender may post a virus notification, and then kJams crashes (exits unexpectedly).
Windows 10
- Here is the notification you'll see:
- Click the banner to get details, you'll see this:
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________________________________________________ - This is known to be a "false positive". See the word "Severe" there on the right? See the little downward pointing chevron under it? Click that.
- "User account control" may (or may not) now show a dialog that asks "Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device", specifying that the app is "Windows Security". If you see this dialog, click "Yes".
- Now you should see this:
- Now click on the "Actions" button and pick "Allow", like this:
- Now run kJams again, and you'll have no problems.
Windows 11
You may not even SEE a notification on windows 11
- Here is the notification you may see:
- go to the task bar and search for "defender", then open that
- you will see a tile for "Virus & Threat protection", click that
- scroll 'till you see "Virus & threat protection settings", click that
- scroll down to "exclusions", click "add or remove exclusions"
- click the "+ add exclusion" button and pick "folder"
- navigate to "C:\Program Files (x86)", and scroll down to "kJams XYZ.app", and select it (xyz is Lite, Pro, or 2)
- then click "select folder" at the bottom right
- Now run kJams again, and you'll have no problems.