[tor-bugs] #9118 [Tor]: Tor crashes while attempting to start in Win7

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#9118: Tor crashes while attempting to start in Win7
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 Reporter:  shankar              |          Owner:                  
     Type:  defect               |         Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal               |      Milestone:                  
Component:  Tor                  |        Version:  Tor: unspecified
 Keywords:  Windows, Tor, Crash  |         Parent:                  
   Points:                       |   Actualpoints:                  
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 This error message is wrt the version of Tor available for download as on
 23 June 2013.

 "Start TOR Browser" completes successfully (i.e. all the stuff about
 connecting to Tor network etc.) but the Tor browser itself crashes on
 start with following message.

 Problem signature:
   Problem Event Name:   APPCRASH
   Application Name:     tbb-firefox.exe
   Application Version:  17.0.6.4879
   Application Timestamp:        518e5d28
   Fault Module Name:    nvwgf2um.dll
   Fault Module Version: 9.18.13.1106
   Fault Module Timestamp:       50f9458d
   Exception Code:       c0000005
   Exception Offset:     000f651a
   OS Version:   6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
   Locale ID:    16393
   Additional Information 1:     0a9e
   Additional Information 2:     0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
   Additional Information 3:     0a9e
   Additional Information 4:     0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

 Upon running Tor 0.2.3.25 tor.exe, the following output in CMD window.
 Unable to proceed.

 Jun 23 08:40:18.391 [notice] Configuration file
 "C:\Users\Aditya\AppData\Roaming
 \tor\torrc" not present, using reasonable defaults.
 Jun 23 08:40:18.403 [notice] Initialized libevent version 2.0.21-stable
 using me
 thod win32. Good.
 Jun 23 08:40:18.403 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050
 Jun 23 08:40:18.000 [notice] No AES engine found; using AES_* functions.
 Jun 23 08:40:18.000 [notice] This OpenSSL has a good implementation of
 counter m
 ode; using it.
 Jun 23 08:40:19.000 [notice] OpenSSL OpenSSL 1.0.0k 5 Feb 2013 looks like
 versio
 n 0.9.8m or later; I will try SSL_OP to enable renegotiation
 Jun 23 08:40:19.000 [notice] Reloaded microdescriptor cache.  Found 3563
 descrip
 tors.
 Jun 23 08:40:20.000 [notice] We now have enough directory information to
 build c
 ircuits.
 Jun 23 08:40:20.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 80%: Connecting to the Tor
 network.
 Jun 23 08:40:21.000 [notice] Heartbeat: Tor's uptime is 0:00 hours, with 4
 circu
 its open. I've sent 0 kB and received 0 kB.
 Jun 23 08:40:21.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 85%: Finishing handshake with
 first ho
 p.
 Jun 23 08:40:22.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 90%: Establishing a Tor circuit.
 Jun 23 08:40:23.000 [notice] Tor has successfully opened a circuit. Looks
 like c
 lient functionality is working.
 Jun 23 08:40:23.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 100%: Done.

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