Terminal fails to launch when installed from the store #3578

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opened 2026-01-30 23:24:50 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @mukaschultze on GitHub (Aug 27, 2019).

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Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18362.295]
Any other software? No

Steps to reproduce

Install the application from Windows Store (or from binaries released on this repo) and launch it, it results in the following error:

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Builds made on my machine launches just fine, so I don't know how I can get more info to debug this issue (they crash after using it for a while, but I don't think this is related to the same bug).

Expected behavior

The application installed from the store should launch just like the ones built on my machine.

Actual behavior

It crashes, with the error File system error (12029).

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Reference: starred/terminal#3578