I recently switched from evaluating an nRF52805 (Fanstel BC805M) to an nRF54L15 (using the nRF54L15-DK), and after I updated the toolchain and tried to flash the kit (using nRF Connect extension in VSCode on Windows 11), I got the following error from nrfutil.py:
File "c:\ncs\v3.0.2\zephyr\scripts/west_commands\runners\nrfutil.py", line 70, in _exec
with subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE) as p:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "subprocess.py", line 1026, in __init__
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "subprocess.py", line 1538, in _execute_child
hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
OSError: [WinError 1260] This program is blocked by group policy. For more information, contact your system administrator
I didn't encounter this problem with the nRF52805, and I think it's because I had installed the nRF Command Line tools instead of nrfutil, and didn't install the latter until I started working with the nRF54L15.
It appears my group policy doesn't allow Python to create processes, so I am following up with our IT person to try to fix that.
However, additionally, every time I try to update apps in nRF Connect for Desktop, I get the following error (happened before and after I installed nrfutil):
I came across another ticket with the same issue with nRF Connect for Desktop, and I'll try the things suggested, but I'm wondering if these two errors are related. Does nRF Connect for Desktop use nrfutil.py?
