Ravenloft

There is nothing legacy on this PC, it was built and windows installed specifically for this purpose, so while I can appreciate your response, it is not factual on this particular build. windowscodecs.dll and coreclr.dll are core Windows/.NET files, a codec pack isn't touching those. If it were actually a codec conflict you'd expect the crash to point at the codec's own file, not stock system DLLs. Also worth repeating - clean build, a little over a year ago, nothing legacy on here. And the fact that rolling back to 13.27 fixed it instantly kind of seals it. Same PC, same codecs, only thing that changed was the LaunchBox version. So whatever's going on, it's on the 14.0 side.

Thanks for your reply however, it's highly unlikely this is a result of any codec pack, in any regard that .dll is part of windows. It also doesn't explain the other crash noted in which fault module was coreclr.dll which is part of .NET I have since rolled back to previous 13.27 14.0 appears to be another unvetted release.

In order to stop crashing when I upgraded from 13.23 to 13.24 I had to do a complete reinstall of Launchbox. Now after upgrading to 14.0 from 13.27 it is consistently crashing again. Below are only a couple of instances. I have included entries from Windows Reliability reporting and event viewer. I have also attached the logs from Launchbox and Windows Error Reporting. Windows Reliability>Problem Details: Source BigBox Summary Stopped working Date ‎8/‎21/‎2026 1:06 AM Status Report sent Description Faulting Application Path: E:\LaunchBox\Core\BigBox.exe Problem signature Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: BigBox.exe Application Version: 14.0.0.0 Application Timestamp: 6a630000 Fault Module Name: windowscodecs.dll Fault Module Version: 10.0.26100.9168 Fault Module Timestamp: c7fb7c54 Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Offset: 000000000000ae63 OS Version: 10.0.26200.2.0.0.256.48 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Information 1: dc67 Additional Information 2: dc6709d0d53db74ce37d0d5e56be6323 Additional Information 3: b87a Additional Information 4: b87aa274ace30dd71a71d86dacd52d34 Extra information about the problem Bucket ID: c0ffbd2c31c5c768a842390a907aeb79 (1748022322909604729) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source BigBox Summary Stopped working Date ‎8/‎20/‎2026 9:35 PM Status Report sent Description Faulting Application Path: E:\LaunchBox\Core\BigBox.exe Problem signature Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: BigBox.exe Application Version: 14.0.0.0 Application Timestamp: 6a630000 Fault Module Name: coreclr.dll Fault Module Version: 10.0.1126.37416 Fault Module Timestamp: 6a6384c6 Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Offset: 00000000003594df OS Version: 10.0.26200.2.0.0.256.48 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Information 1: 7ce3 Additional Information 2: 7ce35b80be681dbde5cf701c93cc28ec Additional Information 3: 85be Additional Information 4: 85beb66f50dce17b881a4c968ad5e491 Extra information about the problem Bucket ID: dcc5a306a6723b64f254800310831788 (1320821341376681864) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Entries from Event Viewer: Launchbox_Logs.zip Report.wer

BigBox 13.24 also crashes on me. I rolled back to 13.23 and do not experience the issue. I reported this as a bug back in November, that appears to still be in "Review". Previous post on this issue: bigbox-crashing-is-still-an-issue-after-upgrading-to-1324 Bug Report:

I'm sorry, I thought I paid money for the license and wasn't paying to be an employee!!

Big box crashing after upgrading to 13.24 continues regardless of theme and a clear of all media and redownload, reverting to 13.23 resolves the issue. this has been reported among other posts, and I have joined in on those, and no answer from any devs has been offered. I have cleared all log files, ensured everything was up to date, cleared all windows logs and ran expecting a crash, which did not take long at all (roughly 10 minutes). logs attached. Debug 2025-11-26 07-55-48 PM.log application_logs.txt

So, I rolled back to 13.23 and am no longer experiencing any crashes. Oddly enough this also appears to have resolved a blue tooth connection issue with two of my gamepads that appeared around the same time as the 13.24 update. Curious to know what the QA process looks like prior to an RC or general release?

I spoke to soon, it happens using the default theme as well, it just takes longer apparently. Windows Application Log: Faulting application name: BigBox.exe, version: 13.24.0.0, time stamp: 0x68a40000 Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 10.0.26100.5074, time stamp: 0x0e967e89 Exception code: 0xc0000374 Fault offset: 0x000000000011a3b5 Faulting process id: 0x30BC Faulting application start time: 0x1DC300D32F84650 Faulting application path: E:\LaunchBox\Core\BigBox.exe Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll Report Id: f0626513-9fd6-4f45-b031-dd31ac0be4b2 Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID: Debug 2025-09-27 07-16-59 PM.log

I am also experiencing crashing since upgrading to 13.24 Does not seem to happen when using the Default Theme. The attached log is from the usage of the BannerBox Theme. Debug 2025-09-27 06-48-26 PM.log

In my experience with epic the games they have that support controllers are xbox controllers only. So If you were or are using Playstation controllers this was my workaround. I am using DS4Windows (emulates a PS controller as an XBox Controller) and a batch file to launch DS4Windows then launch the epic game (requires replacing the path in launch box from the games executable to a .bat file) the batch file then monitors the game executable and upon exit kills DS4Windows and returns focus to BigBox/LaunchBox. let me know if this would be helpful and I would be happy to post the contents of the file along with how to configure it. I could probably or someone else may be able to write this as a plugin, I just haven't had the time. Example of Epic Game Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga using the batch file, although the game can and does utilize Xbox controllers, notice the prompts and such are for Playstation. I apologize ahead of time for some of the delays and choppiness of the video, it was recorded through a VNC connection to to my PC running LaunchBox, with me running through to the other room to pick up the PS4 controller. diabolicdesigns.com/gaming/video/Epic_Games-PS4_Controller-LEGOS_SKYWALKER.mp4