Issue - dwm crashing caused by some apps

[funn-hue]

I have noticed that when using Microsoft access 2016 and switching through tables too fast causes dwm to crash, the cause is uDWM.dll, I also noticed the crashes when I exit GTA V. Might link a video tomorrow

[funn-hue]

wanted to record this, but it looks like its no longer happening, will update if i get a crash again

[akaydev-coder]

I can confirm this but could not locate the trigger for it. @Maplespe did you implement a debug switch and active logging that I/we can locate the origin of the crash?

[Maplespe]

@akaydev-coder You should be able to view the System Event Manager log dwm crash specific information.

[funn-hue]

yes, it logs it in event viewer> windows logs> applications, unfortunately i don't think my logs will be able to help since they're in polish

[CallyHam]

i've noticed crashes sometimes too and so far it seems to be mostly when im doing things related to explorer, sometimes happens with other programs too though but for the most part it seems random, here's one of the event viewer logs, this time it happened when i opened a program from the desktop

[akaydev-coder]

Error:

Name der fehlerhaften Anwendung: dwm.exe, Version: 10.0.19041.3636, Zeitstempel: 0x6e55ef4a
Name des fehlerhaften Moduls: udwm.dll, Version: 10.0.19041.3758, Zeitstempel: 0x96a62465
Ausnahmecode: 0xc0000005
Fehleroffset: 0x0000000000019174
ID des fehlerhaften Prozesses: 0xd30
Startzeit der fehlerhaften Anwendung: 0x01da4a3fd3262456
Pfad der fehlerhaften Anwendung: C:\WINDOWS\system32\dwm.exe
Pfad des fehlerhaften Moduls: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\udwm.dll
Berichtskennung: 1cf2a60a-76fd-4acd-95ca-8255ca3edfc3
Vollständiger Name des fehlerhaften Pakets: 
Anwendungs-ID, die relativ zum fehlerhaften Paket ist: 

Followed by Warning:

Der Desktopfenster-Manager-Prozess wurde beendet. (Prozessexitcode: 0xc0000005, Neustartzähler: 1, ID des primären Anzeigegeräts: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti)

[Maplespe]

We found a stack overflow that could be the cause of the crash, we have fixed it in the new version, please try the new version to see the stability.

[NotJorrd]

We found a stack overflow that could be the cause of the crash, we have fixed it in the new version, please try the new version to see the stability.

i have experienced another crash after installing the version in #18

EDIT: i realized there is a more recent version released today, will install that

[funn-hue]

We found a stack overflow that could be the cause of the crash, we have fixed it in the new version, please try the new version to see the stability.

thanks, will let you know once something happens again

[Longhorn004]

Using Windows 10 Home 22H2, it still crashes on 1.0.3.

[funn-hue]

Using Windows 10 Home 22H2, it still crashes on 1.0.3.

can confirm, but for me it only crashed while changing some settings

[Maplespe]

Unfortunately this information is almost useless, a fault dump file would have been useful.

[Longhorn004]

Unfortunately this information is almost useless, a fault dump file would have been useful.

I currently don't have an dump file, but I will look at it soon.

[akaydev-coder]

Unfortunately this information is almost useless, a fault dump file would have been useful.

I set up Windows to create a crashdump file. I have no idea which action is required to trigger the crash again - I use a combination of StartisBack | ExplorerPatcher ( own fork with fixed glass command bar on windows 10 ) | ONE and TranslucentFlyouts - also Secure UXtheme Patcher runs in the background for non signed themes. My system is not the a good reference to find or fix the problem but if a dump helps anyway I will upload it.

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Offtopic: Did you accept donations or tips? Couldn't find a link or something else. Since BigMuscle is gone ( and wit him Glass8 ) this is the first project which brings back the great Glass/DWM effect. I can't spend much but better then do nothing

Using Stardock Curtains until you released DWMBlurGlass which was ok but not the same and Stardock lacks with updates or guides

[Maplespe]

@akaydev-coder Thank you for your support, but I don't have international sponsorship channels, only Chinese payment methods such as WeChat and Aifadian in my website.

[akaydev-coder]

@Maplespe oh sad - Well that's impossible for me, tried to register at QQ and WeChat in the past because I try to support other developer as well but without luck.

Ontopic, Windows has not created a crashdump file for dwm.exe but I got WER report after I enable it. I hope that is useful:

Details

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ApplicationIdentity=EC582D63A2B205DE573333C581C1FBDD MetadataHash=291230453 ```

Edit: ok procdump runs now as registered "Postmortem" debugger and monitors the running processes

[akaydev-coder]

Got it!

@Maplespe got 2 Dumps within 2 Seconds, I couldn't upload it on Github so find out the link:

Details

[DWM.7z](https://www.subsoil-sandsteinhöhlen.net/dwm.7z)

Please let me know if you downloaded it, because I want to delete it.

[Maplespe]

@akaydev-coder Thanks, downloaded.

[nope312]

I also have this problem

[ZyrusplaysAnimations]

DWM also crashes on lock screen after waking up from sleep/hibernation.

[Maplespe]

The new version has worked for hours without crashing and I think it is more stable.

[CallyHam]

i can definitely agree since the new version i havent crashed once

[NotJorrd]

so far so good on the new version, just gotta keep using it

[akaydev-coder]

Confirmed @CallyHam @NotJorrd @Maplespe