Every time I try to open one of my own .BAT files in Notepad++ (just to edit it, not to even run the batch file), I get the "Windows protected your PC" ... "prevented an unrecognized app from starting".
(This happens when I right-click "Edit" on the .BAT file in File Explorer. I have setup the registry to associate ".bat" and the action "Edit" with Notepad++.)
Clearly I have something configured wrong, but what?
As a developer I should be able to at least edit text files with NP++ without getting this popup all the time. And run/test my own code.
But I don't want to disable Windows Defender generally (I do worry about attacks), or have to setup a special config for every single build of every app I work on.
How?
--- Added: My Python code that installs Notepad++ and NotepadReplacer is below. Maybe this has something to do with it.
It's pretty obvious from context, but:
do(cmd) # executes cmd at Windows command line
unzip(archive, target) # unzips an archive to a target location
installed(program) # returns full path to executable
def installNotepadPlusPlus():
"""Notepad++"""
do('choco install notepadplusplus -y')
with open(t.BinPath + r'\edit.bat', "w") as ed:
ed.write(r'@start /b "" "' + 'notepad++' + r'" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9')
notepadPlusPlus_exePath = installed(t.NotepadPlusPlus_exeSubPath)
unzip(r'auto_install\Notepad++_ROAMING.7z', os.environ[r'appdata'] + r'\Notepad++')
# This replaces MS's notepad.exe (so makes all text files default to the new text editor)
do(r'auto_install\NotepadReplacerSetup-1.5.exe /NOTEPAD="' + notepadPlusPlus_exePath + r'" /SILENT')
# Notepad++ for editing text files (esp .log files)
do(r'ftype txtfile="' + notepadPlusPlus_exePath + r'" "%%1"')
# Make files without any extension open in Notepad++
do(r'assoc .="(none)"')
do(r'ftype "(none)"="' + notepadPlusPlus_exePath + r'" "%%1"')
do(r'assoc "(none)"\DefaultIcon=%SystemRoot%\System32\imageres.dll,-102') # use text file icon
