Crash on Launch in WinRE

[PicoMitchell]

In WinRE on a Dell Precision 7560 with an 11th Gen i7, WhyNotWin11 v2.7 is crashing on launch with the following error:

This is odd because WhyNotWin11 v2.7 has worked fine in WinRE on every other model we have tried. Also, on this same laptop WhyNotWin11 v2.7 loads properly in fully installed Windows 11.

I tried to see if there were any clues on line 1765, but WhyNotWin11.au3 doesn't have that many line so I'm not sure where to look.

Is there any extra logging I can send over to figure out exactly where this bug is happening? I have the computer set aside so please let me know if there is any info you want me to pull off of it for you.

[rcmaehl]

I think the GitHub compiler might be using an older version of AutoIt as Line 1765 is Func _MemCheck($sWinFU = False) when I compile from 2.7.0.0 source. However, just before this is the _GPUHWIDCheck and I'm betting that's where the issue is.

Here is a manually compiled version. Should give the same error but an updated line number. Can you run it when you have the chance?

WhyNotWin11.zip

[PicoMitchell]

The manually compiled version shows the same error at line 1760. If the error is in _GPUHWIDCheck it may be relevant that the laptop has the onboard integrated GPU as well as a discrete Nvidia GPU.

[PicoMitchell]

Also, is there a way to make it so that AutoIT does not ever show GUI error windows like this when the /silent flag is used?

[rcmaehl]

The manually compiled version shows the same error at line 1760. If the error is in _GPUHWIDCheck it may be relevant that the laptop has the onboard integrated GPU as well as a discrete Nvidia GPU.

I see the problem but it's too Friday for me to wrap my head around it. I have a 7750 myself that I'll throw the script on with some debug statements to figure out why.

Also, is there a way to make it so that AutoIT does not ever show GUI error windows like this when the /silent flag is used?

I'm pretty sure there's a way to override the default error handler. That should be possible with a bit of work.

[PicoMitchell]

Thank you! No rush, please lemme know if there's anything else you need from me.

[micwoj92]

I think the GitHub compiler might be using an older version of AutoIt as Line 1765 is Func _MemCheck($sWinFU = False) when I compile from 2.7.0.0 source. However, just before this is the _GPUHWIDCheck and I'm betting that's where the issue is.

2.7.0 tag was built with latest 3.3.18.0

[rcmaehl]

I think the GitHub compiler might be using an older version of AutoIt as Line 1765 is Func _MemCheck($sWinFU = False) when I compile from 2.7.0.0 source. However, just before this is the _GPUHWIDCheck and I'm betting that's where the issue is.

2.7.0 tag was built with latest 3.3.18.0

I have the latest as well at work but my work PC compiled it differently for some reason. I may edit the CI to include the _stripped file from now on.

[rcmaehl]

Please try the latest test build when you have a moment

https://nightly.link/rcmaehl/WhyNotWin11/workflows/wnw11/main/WNW11.zip

[PicoMitchell]

That appears to work! It didn't detect the GPU as Win11 compatible in WinRE, but there was no crash.