Important — Anti-Virus Exclusion Required for Shrimplock

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Before running Shrimplock, please add the entire Shrimplock folder to your anti-virus / Windows Defender exclusions. Because Shrimplock interacts with memory and uses low-level system functions, some anti-virus software may incorrectly flag or quarantine its files as suspicious (false positives), which can cause features to malfunction or prevent the program from launching.

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How to do it (Windows Security / Defender):

Open Windows Security
Go to Virus & threat protection
Under Virus & threat protection settings, click Manage settings
Scroll to Exclusions → click Add or remove exclusions
Click Add an exclusion → Folder
Select your Shrimplock folder (the whole folder, not just the .exe)

After adding the exclusion, restart Shrimplock if it was already open.

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⚠️ Important: Exclude the entire folder
If you do not add the exclusion, your anti-virus may silently delete, quarantine, or block Shrimplock files, causing update issues, launch errors, or missing features.