[tor-bugs] #4336 [Tor Relay]: Updated Tor crashes on Win7/x86_64

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#4336: Updated Tor crashes on Win7/x86_64
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 Reporter:  tmpname0901  |          Owner:     
     Type:  defect       |         Status:  new
 Priority:  major        |      Milestone:     
Component:  Tor Relay    |        Version:     
 Keywords:               |         Parent:     
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:     
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 I usually run Tor in a Win7 user account and have been running a 0.2.2.33
 relay without any problems.  Now the updated 0.2.2.34 Tor crashes after
 running for about a minute.

 To upgrade I shut down the running 0.2.2.33 relay and switched to the
 system's admin account.  I uninstalled the existing Vidalia Bundle and
 installed vidalia-relay-bundle-0.2.2.34-0.2.15.exe.

 I switched back to the user account and ran Vidalia, using the existing
 Tor and Vidalia config files.  First problem: Vidalia can't find the Tor
 executable because the installation location has changed.  I pointed
 Vidalia to the correct location.

 I started Tor via the Vidalia Control Panel and all appeared to be well.
 Watching the message log I saw the the self-test worked correctly, my
 bandwidth had been measured, and that my descriptor had been published.
 Easy-peasy.

 After running for about 60-90 seconds a pop-up window appears on my
 desktop saying that Vidalia is reporting that Tor had exited unexpectedly.
 I looked at the message log and see no problems whatsoever in the Advanced
 log screen.  The last entry is a notification of start-up success.

 I try starting Tor again and again all appears to be well.  And again I am
 informed after 60-90 seconds that Tor has "exited unexpectedly".

 Maybe it can't find my pre-existing torrc config file?  No, The relay name
 is correctly shown in the message log.  Maybe it can't find my data files?
 No, I see that the time stamp on the "state" file is updated when I start
 Tor.  (Although the timestamp on the cached descriptor files seems not to
 change.)

 So now I am unable to run the relay that has worked so well for months.

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