cmdpal crash with proxifier

[huoyan1231]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.98.1

Installation method

WinGet

Area(s) with issue?

Command Palette

Steps to reproduce

open cmdpal
open proxifier

✔️ Expected Behavior

cmdpal and prixifier keep running

❌ Actual Behavior

cmdpal crash and if launch again will crashes immediately

Upload Bug Report ZIP-file

PowerToysReport_2026-04-11-21-39-21.zip

Additional Information

No response

Other Software

proxifier PE 4.14

[jiripolasek]

<Event xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event'>
  <System>
    <Provider Name='Application Error' Guid='{a0e9b465-b939-57d7-b27d-95d8e925ff57}'></Provider>
    <EventID>1000</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>100</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime='2026-04-11T13:38:48.7208850Z'></TimeCreated>
    <EventRecordID>18615</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation></Correlation>
    <Execution ProcessID='34452' ThreadID='32708'></Execution>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>(redacted)</Computer>
    <Security UserID='(redacted)'></Security>
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data Name='AppName'>Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.exe</Data>
    <Data Name='AppVersion'>0.9.2603.26002</Data>
    <Data Name='AppTimeStamp'>69c57589</Data>
    <Data Name='ModuleName'>WS2_32.dll</Data>
    <Data Name='ModuleVersion'>10.0.26100.7623</Data>
    <Data Name='ModuleTimeStamp'>e86b4016</Data>
    <Data Name='ExceptionCode'>c0000409</Data>
    <Data Name='FaultingOffset'>0000000000010b1d</Data>
    <Data Name='ProcessId'>0xaa04</Data>
    <Data Name='ProcessCreationTime'>0x1dcc9b85d058f5f</Data>
    <Data Name='AppPath'>C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.CommandPalette_0.9.10852.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.exe</Data>
    <Data Name='ModulePath'>C:\WINDOWS\System32\WS2_32.dll</Data>
    <Data Name='IntegratorReportId'>6ca28def-255a-4171-bdfc-b98c71fa156c</Data>
    <Data Name='PackageFullName'>Microsoft.CommandPalette_0.9.10852.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe</Data>
    <Data Name='PackageRelativeAppId'>App</Data>
  </EventData>

WS2_32.dll - Windows Socket 2.0 32-bit DLL

Looks like Proxifier is hooking onto some method in that library.

c0000409 - STATUS_STACK_BUFFER_OVERRUN - error code indicating that a program has encountered a "fast fail" condition, where it has detected memory corruption or an internal error and terminated itself to prevent further damage.