I did windows update and checked device manager for any errors. I also rebooted multiple times. Still takes long to start. It turns out if I wait longer, it will eventually start. Attached new DBG + Report.
This is with 7.68.5300.0. It worked before but recently it just starting hanging at startup. I enabled the startup window + and debug mode and I can see that it hangs at Analyzing Devices. This even happens when I delete the .INI to have a fresh start. The only workaround at the moment is to use...
Ok well. Thanks for looking. How I fixed it this time:
- Shutdown FanControl
- Run HWiNFO and disable Shared Memory in HWiNFO
- Run FanControl
- Enable Shared Memory in HWiNFO
Now it works ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It definitely has something to do with the FanControl folder, and it's more than just the config. I restored both HWiNFO.INI + FanControl config from my backup from a couple of days ago when it crashed. But I could not reproduce it anymore. Then I replaced the entire FanControl folder with the...
I found out what it triggers: The shared memory support.
I deleted my old ini file, put the new .exe in the folder and then used for the day until I noticed shared memory was turned off. As I soon as I turned it on it crashed and now I cant start it anymore
Faulting application name...
I just upgraded to the latest version and it will crash without even opening when I start it from my standard install location (that includes an .INI). If I run the portable version from the Zip directly it works.
Event log is full of these errors:
Faulting application name: HWiNFO64.exe...