[liberationtech] Help test the new Tor Browser!

[Mike Perry]

Mike Perry:
> Kody Leonard:
> > I get the same error on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. It will run when Windows
> > XP is selected under Compatibility mode.   I had the same issue with other
> > languages.  This is logged in the event viewer when it doesn't run as-is:
> > 
> > Faulting application name: firefox.exe, version: 17.0.6.0
> > Faulting module name: d2d1.dll, version: 6.2.9200.16492
> > Exception code: 0xc0000005
> > Faulting application path: C:\XXXXXX\Tor
> > Browser\FirefoxPortable\App\Firefox\firefox.exe
> > Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\d2d1.dll
> 
> Do you happen to have an Nvidia video card by any chance?
> 
> This crash seems to be happening on only a select number of x64 Win7
> installs (and none of them are developer machines -- which are also x64
> Win7), and I am trying to figure out what the common denominator is.

Another option is to run cmd.exe as Administrator (right click) and run
'sfc /verifyonly' to check if any of your dlls (including d2d1.dll) are
out of date/damaged/replaced by alternate vendor versions.



-- 
Mike Perry