This app has been crashing terminals for months without explanation about microsoft-win32-content-prep-tool

[Voljka1]

Windows 11 Pro, 23H2, build 26040.1000.
IntuneWinAppUtil.exe -v 1.8.5.0

Crashed at 62% in Terminal, cmd.exe, when running from .bat file or just in command line:
C:\work\INTUNE\IntuneWinAppUtil.exe -c "C:\work\INTUNE\Notepad++ 8.6.1" -s "npp.8.6.1.Installer.x64.exe" -o "C:\work\INTUNE\Output"

Does not crash, if window are maximized. Just AMAZING. Wow...

[nikyusof]

Hello everyone,
I will be taking a look at this in the coming week and will update the tool with the fixes.

[IHash223]

@Voljka1 is right (at least for me).

If I run in cmd.exe, powershell.exe, pwsh.exe or double-clicked, it crashed, unless the windows are maximised.

[tylermontneyacc]

Issue persists in 1.8.6. If run through Terminal, crashes around 60%. If run in CMD, works fine. My guess is around 60% the content forces the output to scroll, and that functionality changed between CMD and Terminal. OpenConsole.exe has exception code 0xc0000094, which I believe translates to "divide by zero".

[nikyusof]

Thanks @tylermontneyacc . I am planning to push out another minor fix soon and hopefully fixes this issue.
I would appreciate it if you retest once it is out.

[cu-ri-os-i-ty]

It worked for me instead of launching it in PowerShell or Terminal.. Double-clicked on the launcher, and it went into its own window. I typed in the required folder, the .exe, and the output, and it worked.

Give it a go and let me know.

GL

[thomasjsweet]

This whole thing is "hit or miss" for me. It may work once, then fails 10 times in a row, often failing 61%. I had to complete one and opened the app by double clicking at it worked this time. Thx @cu-ri-os-i-ty. I will keep an eye on it as I need to do more over the next few weeks.

[Jivix-zz]

Microsoft, your entire business ecosystem depends on this tool working - please ensure that it does not crash under expected use cases!

[MarcLaf]

Just had to update a package now and noticed this happening.

[Sinderan]

@Voljka1 is right (at least for me).

If I run in cmd.exe, powershell.exe, pwsh.exe or double-clicked, it crashed, unless the windows are maximised.

Wow, I've been fighting with this, and as soon as I maximized the terminal it ran perfectly.

[TassieTrooper]

Crashing for me also Seems to be at the encrypting stage, but maximising the windows worked for me too!

[tld6764]

Double-clicking on the IntuneWinAppUtil.exe file is the only thing that works for me.

[uecasm]

See #116 and microsoft/terminal#16432; it seems to be an incompatibility with Windows Terminal. I haven't had any issues after switching it back to the Console Host.

FWIW it seems to crash at around the point when the prep tool clears the terminal; perhaps it should just not do that? It's not really a polite thing to be doing in a command line tool anyway.

[TassieTrooper]

MSFT still need to fix it, after all, Terminal is their (MSFTs) app and the Windows 11 >23H1 default console at that.

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[ushiang]

Been experiencing this for a while, usually hit or miss. Maximizing the window seems to work for me too

[markdall]

@nikyusof @stevgao Are you all okay? This tool has been crashing in Windows Terminal since last November. Any kind of response to all these Issues would be appreciated so it stops looking like abandonware. <3 (and I hope neither of you were laid off!)

[markdall]

Thanks and sorry to bother you!

[nikyusof]

Hi everyone,
Would you mind trying out the new release and see if that fixes the issue?
Please and thank you!

[Voljka1]

Hi everyone, Would you mind trying out the new release and see if that fixes the issue? Please and thank you!

App works in not maximized terminal window. But if I resize terminal window while app working, it crashed.

ERROR System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: The value must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the console's buffer size in that dimension. Parameter name: sourceTop Actual value was 106. at System.Console.MoveBufferArea(Int32 sourceLeft, Int32 sourceTop, Int32 sourceWidth, Int32 sourceHeight, Int32 targetLeft, Int32 targetTop, Char sourceChar, ConsoleColor sourceForeColor, ConsoleColor sourceBackColor) at Microsoft.Management.Service.IntuneWinAppUtil.LogUtil.WriteLine(AppContext context, String text) at Microsoft.Management.Service.IntuneWinAppUtil.PackageUtil.CreatePackage(String folder, String setupFile, String outputFolder, String catalogFolder) at Microsoft.Management.Service.IntuneWinAppUtil.Program.Main(String[] args)

[nikyusof]

@Voljka1 thank you for the feedback.
Let me take a look at that.