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Can't open Compact GUI

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
visualbasic

Research direction

Start by reproducing the CompactGUI launch failure on the reported Windows setup and review the referenced 2024 thread for prior diagnostics. Use the brief process lifetime and the Windows “.exe came from another computer” notification as initial symptoms; done means identifying a reproducible cause and confirming that CompactGUI opens normally after the fix.

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Description

I've trying to open it for a while now and nothing seems to work. I've refered to the old thread from 2024 and there is no %IridiumIO/CompactGUI/ .
And while I did get the same the ".exe came from another computer" notif as the last person , for me unblocking it did nothing. I did notice that in taskmanager the program would stay open for about 1 or 2 seconds if thats any help

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