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Got a new PC and after out of box Windows 11 (OS Build 22631.3672) setup immediately noticed the Photos app crashes upon startup. Tried to repair/reset the app, also created a new user/profile with no luck.
Ignored it for a while then later found out Dev Home (Preview) app and WingetUI also crash during startup and the event log shows the same faulting module: Microsoft.UI.Input.dll.
Reinstalled Windows App Runtime and installed all VC redist (x86 and x64) from 2005 to 2022 but didn't help.
Checked the Microsoft.UI.Input.dll hash and it matches the hash on another Windows PC where such crash doesn't happen.
PS C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.5_5001.119.156.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe> certutil -hashfile .\Microsoft.UI.Input.dll MD5
MD5 hash of .\Microsoft.UI.Input.dll:
8f234da646e69adbc10746c0a6ed282b
Run the Photos app in debugger and got this call stack (only shown top of it) when it crashed:
Not sure what BeginApiEntryWithoutLockAcquired does, but it seems to raise an exception and crashes the app.
Didn't expect buying a new PC to bring that much trouble. Wonder if anyone had similar experience or have a clue on what could be wrong.
Did an in-place Windows 11 reinstall and didn't help.
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I'm having this exact same issue. Photos app, the same crash event with Microsoft.UI.Input.dll crashing immediately upon startup. Process Explorer led me to some dump logs, but they're not particularly helpful for me. I wonder if you've found any solutions here, because an in-place upgrade isn't really what I had in mind for a fun weekend project. I could, of course, use a different application, but there's no reason a simple built-in one should fail to start.
I've scoured the web and only found references to this DLL in seemingly-unrelated projects / GitHub pages.
SiFocusHook.dll is on the callstack, which seems to be a 3rd party component.
possibly by 3Dconnexion:
https://forum.3dconnexion.com/viewtopic.php?t=56313#p121474
I do use 3DConnexion CadMouse wireless and have its 10.8.20 driver installed. Removing the driver seems to solve the problem! Will wait until their new driver released and see if they fix the issue. Basic mouse feature doesn't require its driver.
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The same applied to me. Also had 3DConnexion CadMouse Drivers installed. Uninstallig 3d Conexxion Drivers immediately fixed that issue.
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New 3DConnexion Windows driver 10.8.21 seems to fix Photos app crash but still crashes WingetUI and Dev Home (Preview) apps. The new driver is a no-go. Wait for their next driver update.