Steps to reproduce:

1 - Open NVDA menu;
2 - Go to Help submenu;
3 - Choose Contributors and press Enter.

Actual behavior:

Is displayed a message informing that "Bloco de Notas", the portuguese name of notepad, is not a valid file name
or an error stating that file C:\SESSION:BnVnonDQhUCUNfDwgxtw+QE6QzpcUHJvZ3JhbSBGaWxlcyAoeDg2KVxOVkRBXGRvY3VtZW50YXRpb25cY29udHJpYnV0b3JzLnR4dAAAAQUAAAAB3FvMAgAAAAAAAA==.txt was not found.

Expected behavior:

The contributors.txt should be open in notepad.exe

NVDA logs, crash dumps and other attachments:

The only reference to notepad is the same that happen when opening the notepad app and is:
DEBUGWARNING - RPC process 300 (Notepad.exe) (16:19:29.306) - Dummy-6716 (11240):
Thread 12908, build\x86_64\remote\ia2Support.cpp, IA2Support_inProcess_initialize, 169:
Not installing IA2 support as process is suspendable

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

Only happens in installed versions.

NVDA version:

Only tested with NVDA 2022.4, 2023.1 RC and last alpha-27830,d2d4bfce (2023.2.0.27830)

Windows version:

It seems that only occurs on Windows 11 22h2 build greater 22621

Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:

NA

Other information about your system:

NA

Other questions

Does the issue still occur after restarting your computer?

Yes.

Have you tried any other versions of NVDA? If so, please report their behaviors.

NA

If NVDA add-ons are disabled, is your problem still occurring?

Yes.

Does the issue still occur after you run the COM Registration Fixing Tool in NVDA's tools menu?

Yes.