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BSOD without elevation from Powershell on Windows 10 Creator Update (Update: Problem is BACK on Windows 11 after KB5034848)
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# From https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43583651/windows-10-creators-updates-breaks-winforms-apps-bsod
# (This can be copy pasted into Powershell)
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms")
$form = new-object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$lastPanel = $form
for($i = 0; $i -lt 45; $i++) {
$newPanel = new-object System.Windows.Forms.Panel
$newPanel.Dock = [System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle]::Fill
$lastPanel.Controls.Add($newPanel)
$lastPanel = $newPanel
}
$form.ShowDialog()
# Then move the mouse on the window
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Nevor commented Mar 29, 2024 •
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Problem is back slightly differently (now crash when the popup is closed) on Windows 11 with KB5034848 update installed.

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I just posted this:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_11-performance/windows-11-winforms-bsod-kernel-crash/2a89ec63-447d-484a-b05d-b866921e9474

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wonsil commented Apr 11, 2024 •
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The PowerShell script does crash our Windows 11 AMD machines.

Correction: Intel machines also crash.

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