FlashFXP 4.1 RC 2 build 1629

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Originally Posted by Blubi

1629 crashes sometimes in ws2_32.dll on Live Update when user is pressing on Help and then fast on Check for Updates when the program is still loading.

I attempted to reproduce this on Windows XP SP3 but was unsuccessful. The crash dump indicates a buffer stack overflow.

ExceptionAddress: 71ab4f27 (ws2_32!NSPROVIDER::Initialize+0x00000163)
ExceptionCode: c0000409 (Stack buffer overflow)

Perhaps a 3rd party winsock LSP (Layered Socket Provider) is generating the stack buffer overflow? This could be something like a firewall to a vpn client driver, depending on which winsock LSPs are registered on your computer.

For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layered_Service_Provider

How to determine and to recover from Winsock2 corruption in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, and in Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811259

The last link might not apply, but I found it my research and thought you may want to at least check it out.

[Blubi]

I just uninstalled "HMA! Pro VPN", my only proxy software and the same.

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Originally Posted by Blubi

I just uninstalled "HMA! Pro VPN", my only proxy software and the same.

I'm not quite sure what's causing the problem, I tested on two separate XP SP3 machines and I can't reproduce it.

I went as far as testing "HMA! Pro VPN" with FlashFXP and it appears to work without any issues at all. I noticed that HMA has a diagnostics feature in the dashboard > connection log, perhaps this might shed some light on it? It outputs a ton of very handy winsock information.

Does this issue only occur when checking for an update?

What about when you check for a language translation update?
Options > Language > Download / Update Languages