I tried to use sh2fix but the game hangs and does not start at all or the compatible *exe gets delete before the game can even be launched at all. I don't know if this is because of my anti-virus suspects something with the files of sh2fix but VirusTotal shows there is either a false positive or some malicious code in the files. Whatever the case may be it fails to run the game unlike ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix.
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Yes, of course it's not going to work if your AV interferes
But tbh, it wouldn't be bad if you could reach that guy and tell him it sucks when manpower is wasted by overlapping efforts.