A Windows 11 update has been causing havoc by crashing apps, with users left unable to open important programs.
Microsoft has recommended that Windows 11 users uninstall update KB5012643 from their systems due to an ongoing issue with launching system applications. If this seems familiar it’s because it was initially reported over a week ago, but the situation appears to have escalated further after the bug appeared within the recent production channel of the May 2022 update. This means that the issue is now more widespread, and causing havoc for users trying to launch apps that rely on the. NET 3.5 framework (of which there are many). The issue causes them to crash or even fail to launch entirely. As reported by Windows Latest, users have flagged that ShareX, KeePass, Discord and Visual Studio installer as just some of the apps that are affected. One user on Feedback Hub claimed that even Microsoft Teams refused to launch after installing the update, displaying an error message that reads “process exited with code 3221225781 (0xc0000135)”.
