I've run into lots of issues running my programs on Windows. Sometimes it will even delete the executables outright if it decides they are dangerous. This was mostly with networked and virtualization apps.

And/or exfiltrates them to MS: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-to-stop-w...

Unless it's a driver. Windows wants those signed by Microsoft. There are ways to get around that, but they're not wonderful.

This bit me a month or so ago at work. I don't use Windows at home.