Random crash on startup

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Random crash on startup

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Running most recent update (4650) on Win10 Home.

Every now and again I get the following crash on starting H&M (this invocation was from a batch file but I've seen it on starting the IDE also):
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On dismissing this I get:
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The PC has 16G of RAM and is lightly loaded - plenty of spare memory showing (although H&M being a 32-bit application is probably limited by that).

Any comments appreciated. It's a bummer when it occurs in a batch build and I don't notice it for a while.
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Re: Random crash on startup

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Hi Ross,

This isn't currently a known error. I've passed it on to our developers and will let you know what they say. If you get a dialog asking you to submit an error report when this happens please do send it because it will include the necessary analysis information.
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Re: Random crash on startup

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Hello Ross,

Is Help+Manual locally installed or is it a server version? If the failures are occasional, it could be a network problem. The file reported is a DLL that is used by the main application. It implements the syntax highlighter for code examples.
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Re: Random crash on startup

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It is locally installed. The crash happens way before the UI gets started (i.e. there is no project loaded, so no syntax to highlight).

Previously when it has occurred I have been able to try again and it would start up and run without a problem, but I tried it just now and it consistently faults.
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Re: Random crash on startup

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...and now it is working fine!

Is there a command-line option I can use to get a startup log?
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Re: Random crash on startup

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This happens at application initialization, way too early even for a startup log. That's why you get a plain error message, and no bug report.

Can you try to copy the Help+Manual installation folder to a new place and start HELPMAN.EXE from that folder? You can simply copy the entire installation folder of H&M including subfolders. It will run as long as it is on the same PC.
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