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ASLR-incompatible-windows-apps

A collection of known apps that have conflicts with the mandatory ASLR feature.

Make a pull request if you find another incompatible app.

Why should I care

Mandatory ASLR improves system security. Though it has not become the default option for fresh Windows 10 / 11 installations, your new machine might have this feature turned on by OEMs.

But not all apps are ready for this. Incompatible apps crash with an unfriendly error message, like The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000005). Instead of completely turning off this feature, you may also choose to set up bypass rules according to the filename if you are a super fan of security.

Incompatible Apps

JetBrains IDE

All the launcher exes are incompatible:

  • idea64.exe
  • pycharm64.exe
  • goland64.exe
  • and so on.

Workaround: use the .bat file as the launcher, e.g. use idea.bat in favor of idea64.exe

See also:

Git, Cygwin, and MSYS2

Shells and all programs that depend on fork():

  • sh.exe
  • bash.exe
  • and so on.

See also:

TeX

The launcher for running latexindent.pl.

  • latexindent.exe

NSIS installers (old versions)

App installers that are packed up by old-version NSIS. Example: TeXstudio v4.2.2

According to multitheftauto/mtasa-blue#435, this bug was fixed in version 3.03 of NSIS.

Game: Red Alert 2 mods (Ares-based)

  • gamemd.exe

Ares injects the game executable file to provide extended gaming features, but the injection fails when ASLR turns on.

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