Can anything be done to overcome the issue with Kazoo from the Microsoft store?

[rich28]

Hi, I run two instances of MinimServer 2: one on a Synoology NAS comprising my main collection and the other on a Windows 10 PC, to manage tracks on that device. There isn’t much choice in terms of control points for Windows and my preference is to use the latest version of Linn’s Kazoo as is available from the Microsoft store. This works well with the NAS instance of MinimServer but fails to identify the one running on the PC.

I have contacted Linn about this who have advised its due to Microsoft placing restrictions on apps obtained from the Microsoft store. Linn have provided an interim workaround which consists of running the following command in an administrator command prompt:

Code:

CheckNetIsolation.exe LoopbackExempt -is -p=S-1-15-2-394520607-3260627302-2797970471-1039723481-2854670512-4208520165-603334737

While this makes the Windows instance of MinimServer visible to Kazoo, the command must be run every time I want to play music stored on the PC and the command prompt window has to remain open, neither of which is ideal.

Yes, I know that I could revert to using the now dated Kinsky, or indeed an earlier version Kazoo, which once a upon time was a normal executable. Has anybody got any other thoughts of how this issue could be overcome as I would much prefer to continue using the current version of Kazoo. Many thanks in advance for any guidance or suggestions!