I have just installed BOINC version 7.6.22 over my old 7.4.42 installation.

BOINC in itself works. It gets tasks from SETI and chews on them, no problem.

BoincMgr.exe, on the other hand, fails to start. I have looked around on my computer, and found a 35k crash dump in stderrgui.txt. That is the only thing I've found anywhere. There's no message on the display, nothing in windows event log, nothing else anywhere that I can find. But the crash dump is pretty specific.

So here's all the 'other' information as requested in the stickythread above:

- Problem occurs with BoincMgr 7.6.22. 64 bit version, running under Windows 7. Remove, re-download and reinstall of BOINC did not fix it.
- BOINC runs from a startup script under the 'Startup' folder of the start menu. Not as a service, and as stated above. There is no problem with BOINC, only with BoincMgr.exe
- Here's the host at SETI: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=6801223

Should i just post the crash dump here, or is it better if I PM it to someone? Anyone?

The highligths i guess are in the beginning of the dump:

Unhandled Exception Detected...

- Unhandled Exception Record -
Reason: Access Violation (0xc0000005) at address 0x000000013FD9531E read attempt to address 0x0A6C85FC

Engaging BOINC Windows Runtime Debugger...



********************


BOINC Windows Runtime Debugger Version 7.6.22


Dump Timestamp    : 01/09/16 20:55:41
Loaded Library    : dbghelp.dll
LoadLibraryA( symsrv.dll ): GetLastError = 126
LoadLibraryA( symsrv.dll ): GetLastError = 126
LoadLibraryA( srcsrv.dll ): GetLastError = 126
LoadLibraryA( srcsrv.dll ): GetLastError = 126
Loaded Library    : version.dll
Debugger Engine   : 4.0.5.0
Symbol Search Path: D:\ProgramData\BOINC;C:\Program Files\BOINC;srv*D:\ProgramData\BOINC\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols;srv*D:\ProgramData\BOINC\symbols*http://boinc.berkeley.edu/symstore


ModLoad: 000000003fcd0000 0000000000899000 C:\Program Files\BOINC\boincmgr.exe (7.6.22.0) (-nosymbols- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : C:\Src\BOINC\boinc_7.6\win_build\Build\x64\Release\boincmgr.pdb
    File Version          : 7.6.22
    Company Name          : Space Sciences Laboratory
    Product Name          : BOINC client
    Product Version       : 7.6.22

ModLoad: 0000000077b40000 00000000001a9000 C:\windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll (6.1.7601.19045) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : ntdll.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Operativsystemet Microsoft® Windows®
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.17514

... or in the end:

ModLoad: 00000000f1ba0000 0000000000125000 C:\windows\system32\dbghelp.dll (6.1.7601.17514) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    Linked PDB Filename   : dbghelp.pdb
    File Version          : 6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
    Company Name          : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name          : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    Product Version       : 6.1.7601.17514



*** Dump of the Process Statistics: ***

- I/O Operations Counters -
Read: 47, Write: 214, Other 875

- I/O Transfers Counters -
Read: 87686, Write: 223, Other 7058

- Paged Pool Usage -
QuotaPagedPoolUsage: 325464, QuotaPeakPagedPoolUsage: 328696
QuotaNonPagedPoolUsage: 22720, QuotaPeakNonPagedPoolUsage: 23344

- Virtual Memory Usage -
VirtualSize: 15843328, PeakVirtualSize: -1969033216

- Pagefile Usage -
PagefileUsage: 15843328, PeakPagefileUsage: 15843328

- Working Set Size -
WorkingSetSize: 26292224, PeakWorkingSetSize: 26292224, PageFaultCount: 6676

*** Dump of thread ID 5504 (state: Initialized): ***

- Information -
Status: Base Priority: Normal, Priority: Normal, , Kernel Time: 0.000000, User Time: 0.000000, Wait Time: 0.000000

- Unhandled Exception Record -
Reason: Access Violation (0xc0000005) at address 0x000000013FD9531E read attempt to address 0x0A6C85FC

- Registers -
rax=00000000026c8600 rbx=0000000000000008 rcx=0000000000000007 rdx=0000000041ffffff rsi=00000000026ba380 rdi=0000000000000008
r8=0000000000000010 r9=0000000000000007 r10=0000000000000000 r11=00000000026c8600 r12=0000000000000008 r13=0000000000000008
r14=00000000026bab80 r15=0000000000000008 rip=000000003fd9531e rsp=00000000002fe8b0 rbp=0000000000000000
cs=0033  ss=002b  ds=002b  es=002b  fs=0053  gs=002b             efl=00010206

- Callstack -
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
002fe950 3fd95425 026bab80 002fe988 00000008 00000008 boincmgr!+0x0 
002fe9b0 3fd972b1 00000008 002feac0 0016cbc0 00000008 boincmgr!+0x0 
002feb90 3fdbcb73 0016cbc0 002febd9 0016cbc0 026ba380 boincmgr!+0x0 
002fec60 3fd84150 002fed70 4036ec00 4036ec00 0016cbc0 boincmgr!+0x0 
002fee20 3fd8929c 026cee00 026769c0 026763a8 002fef38 boincmgr!+0x0 
002feec0 3fe1649c 00000780 002fef38 00000492 00000000 boincmgr!+0x0 
002fefe0 3fe1822d 026a96b0 002ff040 026a96b0 002ff0f0 boincmgr!+0x0 
002ff740 3fe90163 00000001 00142e40 00000000 403b94a0 boincmgr!+0x0 
002ff780 3fe6c989 00142e01 00142e40 c1dc9c8d 3fe18c45 boincmgr!+0x0 
002ff7b0 3ff309ae 3fcd0000 3fcd0000 00000000 00000000 boincmgr!+0x0 
002ff800 3fe18f67 004b39b6 00000000 00000000 00000000 boincmgr!+0x0 
002ff8b0 77a35a4d 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 boincmgr!+0x0 
002ff8e0 77b6b831 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x0 
002ff930 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x0 

*** Dump of thread ID 30493463 (state: Initialized): ***

- Information -
Status: Base Priority: Normal, Priority: Unknown, , Kernel Time: 34359738368.000000, User Time: 21474836480.000000, Wait Time: 0.000000

- Registers -
rax=0000000000000000 rbx=0000000000000000 rcx=0000000000000000 rdx=0000000000000000 rsi=0000000000000000 rdi=0000000000000000
r8=0000000000000000 r9=0000000000000000 r10=0000000000000000 r11=0000000000000000 r12=0000000000000000 r13=0000000000000000
r14=0000000000000000 r15=0000000000000000 rip=0000000000000000 rsp=0000000000000000 rbp=0000000000000000
cs=0000  ss=0000  ds=0000  es=0000  fs=0000  gs=0000             efl=00000000

- Callstack -
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
(-nosymbols- PC == 0)
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 !+0x0 

*** Dump of thread ID 5 (state: Initialized): ***

- Information -
Status: Base Priority: Normal, Priority: Time Critical, , Kernel Time: 49821.000000, User Time: 2008463360.000000, Wait Time: 1000.000000

- Registers -
rax=0000000000000000 rbx=0000000000000000 rcx=0000000000000000 rdx=0000000000000000 rsi=0000000000000000 rdi=0000000000000000
r8=0000000000000000 r9=0000000000000000 r10=0000000000000000 r11=0000000000000000 r12=0000000000000000 r13=0000000000000000
r14=0000000000000000 r15=0000000000000000 rip=0000000000000000 rsp=0000000000000000 rbp=0000000000000000
cs=0000  ss=0000  ds=0000  es=0000  fs=0000  gs=0000             efl=00000000

- Callstack -
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
(-nosymbols- PC == 0)
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 !+0x0 

*** Dump of thread ID 8 (state: Initialized): ***

- Information -
Status: Base Priority: Unknown, Priority: Unknown, , Kernel Time: 130968430621753340.000000, User Time: 49821.000000, Wait Time: 6012.000000

- Registers -
rax=0000000000000000 rbx=0000000000000000 rcx=0000000000000000 rdx=0000000000000000 rsi=0000000000000000 rdi=0000000000000000
r8=0000000000000000 r9=0000000000000000 r10=0000000000000000 r11=0000000000000000 r12=0000000000000000 r13=0000000000000000
r14=0000000000000000 r15=0000000000000000 rip=0000000000000000 rsp=0000000000000000 rbp=0000000000000000
cs=0000  ss=0000  ds=0000  es=0000  fs=0000  gs=0000             efl=00000000

- Callstack -
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
(-nosymbols- PC == 0)
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 !+0x0 


*** Debug Message Dump ****


*** Foreground Window Data ***
    Window Name      : 
    Window Class     : 
    Window Process ID: 0
    Window Thread ID : 0

Exiting...

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I'm a little bit worried by that

"- BOINC runs from a startup script under the 'Startup' folder of the start menu."

That's very non-standard for current versions of BOINC: the 'official' way is for BOINC Manager to launch from the Registry at Windows startup (automatically but silently), snoop around to see if it's supposed to be running at logon, and go away again if it isn't.

How did you deploy the new version? Did you allow the Windows installer to do the whole job, or did you simply copy the executable files over the top of your previous, slightly unusual, installation?

If you copied the files, that might be your problem. Quite a lot of the supporting technology has been updated between those two versions, and at the very least you'd need to copy the full set of DLLs as well - they may need to be registered in the Windows registry too. (the installer would do that)

I'm typing this on a 64-bit Windows 7 computer, with both BOINC and the Manager running - so it can be done.

"- BOINC runs from a startup script under the 'Startup' folder of the start menu."

Well, I've been running it like that for some years, since I found a few command line options to boinc that were useful during the network troubles that we used to have at SETI.

The same setup runs without trouble on three other computers, as well as on the computer in question, so I doubt whether that has anything to do with BoincMgr not starting.

How did you deploy the new version?

I ran the installer several times. First without stopping BOINC (7.4.42). When that didn't work, I ran the installer after having stopped BOINC, and when that also didn't work, I reverted to 7.4.42 and ran that with no trouble for a couple of days. Then today, I stopped all BOINC processes, ran the installer to its very end, saw that BOINC started, downloaded SETI V8 tasks and ran them, is still running them and in an hour or so should start reporting them.

...over the top of your previous, slightly unusual, installation?

There's nothing unusual about the installation as such. The only thing I've done is I've gone in the BOINC options and removed the option for "should boincmgr run at windows startup" (I don't remember the exact wording in English).

If you copied the files, that might be your problem.

I didn't. I am a software engineer myself, and I have far too much respect for the science of dll registration and everything that goes with installation procedures to 'just copy stuff'.

I'm typing this on a 64-bit Windows 7 computer, with both BOINC and the Manager running - so it can be done.

Oh yes, I've got two of those running already, and one with Windows 10. I am quite optimistic that it can be done on this one too.

What I suspect most, is that this computer, having been my daily driver for some three years, will have a lot of junk dlls on it. One of those dlls probably maybe gets in the way of a more recent and clean dll.

What I also at the same time feel, is that such a situation, if that's what it is, should be better handled by the installation and / or boincmgr program.

The crash dump provides a complete list of loaded dlls. I can send the dump if anyone knows how to read it.

Oddbjørn,

Could you unzip the referenced file into the BOINC install directory? Go ahead and cause the crash again. The output in stderrgui.txt should now contain a human readable call stack.

http://www.romwnet.org/files/boincmgr.10012016.x64.zip

Thanks in advance.

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BOINC Development Team, U.C. Berkeley
My Blog

Yeah, here's the call stack (I love those things :-)):

- Callstack -
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
0015eba0 3f1f5425 0283ab80 0015ebd8 00000008 00000008 boincmgr!CBOINCListCtrl::SetListColumnOrder+0xa (c:\src\boinc\boinc_7.6\clientgui\boinclistctrl.cpp:375) 
0015ec00 3f1f72b1 00000008 0015ed10 003dcbc0 00000008 boincmgr!CBOINCListCtrl::SetDefaultColumnDisplay+0x0 (c:\src\boinc\boinc_7.6\clientgui\boinclistctrl.cpp:437) 
0015ede0 3f21cb73 003dcbc0 0015ee29 003dcbc0 0283a380 boincmgr!CBOINCListCtrl::OnRestoreState+0x0 (c:\src\boinc\boinc_7.6\clientgui\boinclistctrl.cpp:288) 
0015eeb0 3f1e4150 0015efc0 3f7cec00 3f7cec00 003dcbc0 boincmgr!CViewWork::OnRestoreState+0x13 (c:\src\boinc\boinc_7.6\clientgui\viewwork.cpp:671) 
0015f070 3f1e929c 0284ee00 027f69c0 027f63a8 0015f188 boincmgr!CAdvancedFrame::RestoreState+0x0 (c:\src\boinc\boinc_7.6\clientgui\advancedframe.cpp:1014) 
0015f110 3f27649c 00000780 0015f188 00000492 00000000 boincmgr!CAdvancedFrame::CAdvancedFrame+0x0 (c:\src\boinc\boinc_7.6\clientgui\advancedframe.cpp:245) 
0015f230 3f27822d 028296b0 0015f290 028296b0 0015f340 boincmgr!CBOINCGUIApp::SetActiveGUI+0x81 (c:\src\boinc\boinc_7.6\clientgui\boincguiapp.cpp:1131) 
0015f990 3f2f0163 00000001 003b2e40 00000000 3f8194a0 boincmgr!CBOINCGUIApp::OnInit+0x0 (c:\src\boinc\boinc_7.6\clientgui\boincguiapp.cpp:495) 
0015f9d0 3f2cc989 003b2e01 003b2e40 a30c2fff 3f278c45 boincmgr!wxEntryReal+0x10 (c:\src\sdks\wx301\src\common\init.cpp:479) 
0015fa00 3f3909ae 3f130000 3f130000 00000000 00000000 boincmgr!wxEntry+0xb (c:\src\sdks\wx301\src\msw\main.cpp:188) 
0015fa50 3f278f67 002439b6 00000000 00000000 00000000 boincmgr!wxEntry+0x13 (c:\src\sdks\wx301\src\msw\main.cpp:415) 
0015fb00 77a35a4d 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 boincmgr!__tmainCRTStartup+0x25 (f:\dd\vctools\crt_bld\self_64_amd64\crt\src\crtexe.c:547) 
0015fb30 77b6b831 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x0 (f:\dd\vctools\crt_bld\self_64_amd64\crt\src\crtexe.c:547) 
0015fb80 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x0 (f:\dd\vctools\crt_bld\self_64_amd64\crt\src\crtexe.c:547) 

Now, I've taken a look in the source code, and this crash obviously has to do with column names, id's and sort orders. I am sure I have messed around with the columns in ways noone else would have thought of.

If anyone would like to debug this problem on my computer, I don't mind waiting for a fix. If, on the other hand, this is a low priority problem (which I guess it ought to be), I will at some point just remove the registry entries that hold the column info for the manager, and then rerun the installation program.

Please advise. Should I wait and debug, or just delete the registry entries and try again?

By the way; here's the whole registry tree for the boinc manager, this might produce a crash in your development environment as well, if we're lucky!

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager]
"GUISelection"=dword:00000001
"WindowIconized"=dword:00000000
"WindowMaximized"=dword:00000000
"Width"=dword:000005bc
"Height"=dword:00000492
"XPos"=dword:00000000
"YPos"=dword:00000000
"Language"=dword:00000000
"ReminderFrequencyV3"=dword:00000168
"NetworkDialupConnectionName"=""
"CurrentPageV2"=dword:00000002
"EventLogOpen"=dword:00000001
"Skin"="Default"
"AutomaticallyShutdownClient"=dword:00000001
"DisplayShutdownClientDialog"=dword:00000001
"DisableAutoStart"=dword:00000001
"LanguageISO"="nb_NO"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\DlgAdvPreferences]
"CurrentPage"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\DlgDiagnosticLogFlags]
"Width"=dword:000001e0
"Height"=dword:00000204

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\DlgProjectProperties]
"Width"=dword:00000206
"Height"=dword:00000285
"XPos"=dword:0000004c
"YPos"=dword:0000005e

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\DlgTaskProperties]
"Width"=dword:000001f7
"Height"=dword:000001e0

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\EventLog]
"XPos"=dword:00000466
"YPos"=dword:000000f6
"Width"=dword:0000031a
"Height"=dword:000002b3

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\EventLog\Melding]
"Width"=dword:000001ee

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\EventLog\Prosjekt]
"Width"=dword:0000006d

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\EventLog\Tid]
"Width"=dword:0000008c

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Notices]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Notices\Athene]
"lastReadNoticeTime"="1451758544,357496"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Projects]
"SortColumn"=dword:ffffffff
"ReverseSortOrder"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Projects\Arbeid ferdig]
"Width"=dword:00000050

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Projects\Gjennomsnittlig arbeid ferdig]
"Width"=dword:00000050

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Projects\Konto]
"Width"=dword:0000008c

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Projects\Prosjekt]
"Width"=dword:00000096

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Projects\Resource share]
"Width"=dword:00000055

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Projects\Ressursandel]
"Width"=dword:00000055

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Projects\Status]
"Width"=dword:00000204

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Projects\Team]
"Width"=dword:00000050

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Simple]
"XPos"=dword:0000001e
"YPos"=dword:0000001e

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Statistics]
"ModeViewStatistic"=dword:00000001
"SelectedStatistic"=dword:00000003
"NextProjectStatistic"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Statistics\ViewAll]
"0"="http://climateprediction.net/"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Tasks]
"SortColumn"=dword:41ffffff
"ReverseSortOrder"=dword:00000001
"ActiveTasksOnly"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Tasks\Applikasjon]
"Width"=dword:00000115

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Tasks\Deadline]
"Width"=dword:0000007c

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Tasks\Elapsed]
"Width"=dword:00000038

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Tasks\Fremgang]
"Width"=dword:0000005a

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Tasks\Frist]
"Width"=dword:00000074

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Tasks\Gjenstår (estimert)]
"Width"=dword:00000041

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Tasks\Name]
"Width"=dword:0000013a

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Tasks\Navn]
"Width"=dword:0000011d

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Tasks\Progress]
"Width"=dword:0000006c

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Tasks\Prosjekt]
"Width"=dword:00000062

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Tasks\Remaining (estimated)]
"Width"=dword:0000004a

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Tasks\Status]
"Width"=dword:000000d5

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Tasks\Tid brukt]
"Width"=dword:0000003d

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Transfers]
"SortColumn"=dword:ffffffff
"ReverseSortOrder"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Transfers\Elapsed Time]
"Width"=dword:00000050

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Transfers\Fil]
"Width"=dword:00000128

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Transfers\Fremgang]
"Width"=dword:00000064

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Transfers\Hastighet]
"Width"=dword:00000050

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Transfers\Progress]
"Width"=dword:0000003c

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Transfers\Prosjekt]
"Width"=dword:0000007d

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Transfers\Status]
"Width"=dword:00000178

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Transfers\Størrelse]
"Width"=dword:00000075

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Transfers\Tid brukt]
"Width"=dword:00000050

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Manager\Wizards]
"DefaultEmailAddress"="### changed for bug report ###"
"DefaultUsername"=""

I didn't hear anything, so I went ahead and removed the Boinc Manager registry entries, then reran the installer, et voila - the program now runs as expected.

In conclusion; the crash was due to messed up registry entries, and if anyone wants to debug, those entries are available in this thread.

Now, I've taken a look in the source code, and this crash obviously has to do with column names, id's and sort orders. I am sure I have messed around with the columns in ways noone else would have thought of.

For testing purposes, can you detail what you did with your columns?

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For testing purposes, can you detail what you did with your columns?

That's not so easy, since I have been using this computer for years, and I can't recall doing anything out of the ordinary.
I have been resizing columns a lot.
I have also accidentally clicked on column headings and had the task list sorted in not-wanted ways, ending up by having it sorted by project, of which there has only been one (SETI).
But all in all, I can't say that I've done anything extraordinary. The old manager (7.4.42 ) didn't have any problems...

I try to keep mine in default format - I'll dump my registry, and try to compare with yours, when I get a moment (bit busy with other testing just now)