Windows 10: Unauthorized changes blocked

Using an older program, Paint Shop Pro 7, trying to save a photo to a new location such as the desktop or a library I am not allowed, and get this message.

I am trying to save this file yet the message seems to suggest I am searching for it!




:)

 

unauthorized change blocked

I ran a repair through Windows Update and all fine now.

thanks for suggestions, which I have kept on file

regards

 

unauthorized change blocked

First, let’s take a quick look at some examples of how not to deal with Windows Defender's
Controlled Folder Access blocking events:

Windows 10 Home - "Unauthorized changes blocked"

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...older-access-windows-defender-security-center

In most cases, Controlled Folder Access (ransomware protection) has been turned on by the user, or by an administrator, for the purpose of providing ransomware protection, and of course tuning it off will simply cancel that protection.
But turning off your ransomware protection isn’t really necessary, because allowing an unrecognized app is a lot easier than the third-party documentation is making it out to be, especially if you use the shortcut that I describe below.

So let’s take a look at a real-world example of how this works: The other day I encountered a
stream write error when I went to save a VHF station in my SDR app (SDRuno) – and a few seconds later, I got a notification that Windows Defender had blocked SDRuno from writing to a protected folder.

Now there’s a very handy shortcut for allowing an app – just click on the notification, and that immediately brings up the
Allow an app through Controlled folder access window. But before you click on the notification, be sure to either jot down the file path provided, or commit it to memory – because clicking on the notification will also erase it. Since I hadn’t
expected that to happen, I had to open up Event Viewer and find the blocking event (Event ID 1123) in order to confirm the file path for SDRuno.exe:





Right-click on the Start button
and select Event Viewer.

Then navigate to Applications and Services >
Microsoft > Windows >
Windows Defender > Operational


Filter for (or just look for): Event ID
1123

The file path is all you need to know in order to allow access for an unrecognized app. Here’s a Microsoft article that covers the topic in a way that at least makes sense.

Add additional folders and apps to be protected by Windows 10

The Allow an app through Controlled folder access
link is right there in the settings under the Controlled folder access
heading – and this option uses an open-file dialog to choose apps (executable files) that will be allowed access to protected document files (whitelisted). So isn’t it amazing that the Windows Support document entitled
Allow a blocked app in Windows Defender Security Center doesn’t have a word to say about that link, or about the
Allow an app through Controlled folder access window:

 

https://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/paint-shop-pro-7-32-bit-on-windows-10-64-bit/

The above may help.

 

Thanks for the response Josey Wales, I did try running under XP SP2 and Win7 since it worked on W7 as expected.
I also receive this message while trying to save, as well even from other programs such as Quickbooks 2017

 

Hey the jimmy,
Check this tutorial - Change Windows Defender Controlled Folder Access Settings - Windows 10 Security System Tutorials