Did SF remove the ability to download YT playlists?

[DonnaD]

StreamFab.log This shows firewall issue even though firewall is off.

[Germania]

nothing changes - then it's detected as malware or the win firewall is active => see post #29

[Stan001]

DonnaD I don't want to lead you down a long path.

First, just try a reboot.

If not then try to go to Windows settings and in search there type network reset, this will reset things on Windows for network.
Then REBOOT.

Doubt there is anything else but power cycle your modem/router. And note some routers have firewalls, but for that you may need detailed tech support, unless you know your router well.

[DonnaD]

nothing changes - then it's detected as malware or the win firewall is active => see post #29

Apologies, but I don't see how I can overcome this when the firewall is definitely off , on both public and private networks, as was shown in the screenshot. I also added SF as an exclusion to AV scans within Windows Defender. Is it possible that a firewall is still active even when switched off?

[DonnaD]

DonnaD I don't want to lead you down a long path.

First, just try a reboot.

If not then try to go to Windows settings and in search there type network reset, this will reset things on Windows for network.
Then REBOOT.

Doubt there is anything else but power cycle your modem/router. And note some routers have firewalls, but for that you may need detailed tech support, unless you know your router well.

Okay, I did what your suggested with the same result.
Today alone I must have done a complete uninstall and fresh install of SF at least 10 times to try and sort this issue, both with firewall enabled and without. Also, my router doesn't come with any built in firewall. I've restarted my computer numerous, I even did a repair install of Windows in case that was the issue. I don't know what else I can physically do to get SF to work so that I can download playlists (which is what led me down this rabbit hole to begin with)

[Germania]

Is it possible that a firewall is still active even when switched off?

Should not happen and I can say no for Win Firewall ..
.. but can't say this for BitDefender (last used in Win7)

If you can't save settings in BD and remove this program (here) ..
.. try to disable Autostart and automatic started services
from BD and restart your Win

[DonnaD]

Should not happen and I can say no for Win Firewall ..
.. but can't say this for BitDefender (last used in Win7)

If you can't save settings in BD and remove this program (here) ..
.. try to disable Autostart and automatic started services
from BD and restart your Win

I completely removed BD from my computer earlier today after you suggested that it's firewall settings could be the issue. I now only have Windows Defender on my computer, which I also disabled at one point to try and rectify that issue. When that didn't work, I re-enabled it, however added rules to allowed the YT files to bypass firewall and antvirus scans.

[Germania]

If so - you must have other background process that block ..
.. never a problem for me with any SF version

[DonnaD]

Atp I don't know what else to do except to save my files and documents and do a complete reinstall of windows, even then I don't know if that will help,

[Stan001]

I wish you luck. I pretty much went through all my ideas.

One last thing was just brought to my attention, but is kind of off the wall.
Are you maybe using an ad blocker DNS or maybe your ISP default DNS is blocking, or maybe you have a VPN running, many of them want to include not only ad blocking and/or malware blocking by changing the DNS. I have the best success just using Open DNS.

https://www.lifewire.com/free-and-public-dns-servers-2626062

[DonnaD]

I wish you luck. I pretty much went through all my ideas.

One last thing was just brought to my attention, but is kind of off the wall.
Are you maybe using an ad blocker DNS or maybe your ISP default DNS is blocking, or maybe you have a VPN running, many of them want to include not only ad blocking and/or malware blocking by changing the DNS. I have the best success just using Open DNS.

https://www.lifewire.com/free-and-public-dns-servers-2626062

I do normally have a vpn running, but for the purpose of sorting this today, I haven't had it enabled at all. I thought I'd give something else a go, and tried out a port detector. It's flagged something up, but the port it's using isn't conflicting with another program, so I don't know if this is the cause of my issues or not.