Big problem for me.

[bplus]

Just tried installing the latest build version 4.00.0 the ide seems to work ... but a program that compiles fine in 3.13.1 doesn't want to work when i compile it to run in 4.00.0. help? It just shows a blank screen no messages or anything to give me a hint. and nothing seems to be happening.

I could post code. but its A 7000 lines of code lol. but i will if i have to.

A single program is not working to answer my own question.

Because it is a single program that is not working the problem is NOT with MS, where it's extracted to, nor a remedy of white-listing.

The problem is between the 2 versions 3.13.1 and 4.00.0

Surely the program will work to some point before it stops, see where that is and diagnose from there.

[JRace]

Other place where we sometimes see glitches is if people extract one version over another.  That *never* seems to work out nicely, and it certainly won't work with version 4.0 as we swapped out to a completely different compiler.  Make certain to extract and install to its own dedicated directory and not over some existing directory.

Perhaps the "qb64pe" directory in the Windows 7Zip archive could be versioned e.g. "qb64pe400" to minimize the merge issues that people have with every new release?

A user can always rename that directory after unzipping if they so choose.

For the other common issues, the archive could include at the top level a "!!!!!READMENOW!!!!!.TXT" file with all the dos, don'ts, shalls, and shall nots.

Or perhaps the Release Announcement forum page could have a !!!!READ THIS BEFORE INSTALLING!!!!! page?