SOMAX2 and the dreaded "launch URL. err = 1223"

industrialist's icon

Hi,
I try to make SOMAX2 work. I have Windows 11 and Max 8.6.0. I installed the SOMAX2 basic version. When starting, it throws

Max could not launch URL. err = 1223

As described in some posts, I downgraded Miraweb to 1.2.6. I also added the vcredist_x64 2013 dependency, as in one post.

I also used Max 9 with Windows 11, did not work either.

No luck. No SOMAX2

P.S: I tried now the same on an older machine with Windows 10 and it worked

Any ideas?

thx hs

industrialist's icon

I solved it myself: It is the MS Defender (Antivirus) which blocks the file somax_server.exe.

You need to go to Documents/Max8/Packages/Somax2/misc. There is the file somax_server.exe. Rightclick the file information and set the attribute "Allow external content" in checkbox.

That is doing the trick. Windows 11 feature, that all content from Internet download is blocked unless it has acertificate or is manually allowed after download.