Executable crashing on windows xp

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Crinkler is an executable file compressor (or rather, a compressing linker) for compressing small 32-bit Windows demoscene executables. As of 2020, it is the most widely used tool for compressing 1k/4k/8k intros.

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Executable crashing on windows xp #19

Open itsmepayback opened 1 month ago

itsmepayback commented 1 month ago

Hello. I can pack my executable pretty easily, and it seems to work on recent windows versions, but on windows xp, when i try to execute it, the os crashes with an IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL bsod. Any idea why it does that?

askeksa commented 1 month ago

What is the output from Crinkler if you run it with the /PRINT:IMPORTS option?

runestubbe commented 1 month ago

Is this on a clean XP install? It could potentially also be some kernel-level process, like anti-virus or anti-malware, that crashes when it tries to analyze the executable. Do you see any mention of a specific .dll or .sys file on the crash screen?