Posted May 24, 2020
Anyone know what this scriptinterpreter.exe software is for exactly and why it needs to be installed with games?
I can't find any information from a search engine. It's a GOG published redistributable included with games but I'm running a clean Windows install on which I'm not installing any software that requires admin rights to make mystery changes to the system. Especially as publishers are freely installing rootkits with game updates (see Doom: Eternal).
Even with GOG's excellent DRM-free stance I still have to be wary that a gog installer with admin rights might install something like an anti-cheat always running in the background processes (e.g. Far Cry 2's Punkbuster).
My best guess is that it may be tied to Galaxy integration for achievements etc. though I'm using the non-Galaxy download files.
I can't find any information from a search engine. It's a GOG published redistributable included with games but I'm running a clean Windows install on which I'm not installing any software that requires admin rights to make mystery changes to the system. Especially as publishers are freely installing rootkits with game updates (see Doom: Eternal).
Even with GOG's excellent DRM-free stance I still have to be wary that a gog installer with admin rights might install something like an anti-cheat always running in the background processes (e.g. Far Cry 2's Punkbuster).
My best guess is that it may be tied to Galaxy integration for achievements etc. though I'm using the non-Galaxy download files.