Registry Preview Freezes when "Open File" is clicked.

[lennybacon]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.69.0

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

Yes

Area(s) with issue?

Registry Preview

Steps to reproduce

• Start the App
• Click "Open File"

✔️ Expected Behavior

A file open dialog should appear.

❌ Actual Behavior

Process hangs/freezes.

Other Software

No response

[blckpythn]

Experiencing similar, In my case it also closes/crashes within a few seconds after the freezing.
Getting crashes in Event Viewer:

Event ID 1001
Faulting application name: PowerToys.RegistryPreview.exe, version: 0.69.0.0, time stamp: 0x63ed82c1
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.19041.2728, time stamp: 0xe7e53a4e
Exception code: 0xc000027b
Fault offset: 0x000000000010fd12
Faulting process id: 0x7a0
Faulting application start time: 0x01d96951b870d2ff
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\PowerToys\modules\RegistryPreview\PowerToys.RegistryPreview.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: cc118da0-b94f-409d-ae6c-27f0403dc71f
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

Event ID 1000
Fault bucket 1997527354473390367, type 4
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: PowerToys.RegistryPreview.exe
P2: 0.69.0.0
P3: 63ed82c1
P4: combase.dll
P5: 10.0.19041.2311
P6: f4ecbc84
P7: 80004005
P8: 000000000001ccfa
P9:
P10:

Attached files:
\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC0A7.tmp.mdmp
\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC1C1.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC1C2.tmp.xml
\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC1CF.tmp.csv
\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC20F.tmp.txt

These files may be available here:
\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_PowerToys.Regist_3ded58c23ceae78b797bb7eda54948f49d83acba_7dbdd69c_b2519c47-459f-46e2-8b87-6d3279f311c1

Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: cc118da0-b94f-409d-ae6c-27f0403dc71f
Report Status: 268435456
Hashed bucket: 49d4991e9d7f48548bb8a48ba883211f
Cab Guid: 0

[htcfreek]

/dup #25250

[microsoft-github-policy-service]

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!