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[WIP] Fix frequent app crashes during use
Prevent process crashes from unhandled exceptions in global keyboard hook callback
Sep 1, 2026
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Users reported frequent hard crashes that surfaced as an unhandled Win32 exception/JIT debug dialog while DesktopScroll was running. The failure mode is consistent with an exception escaping the low-level keyboard hook callback boundary.
Root-cause containment
GlobalKeyboardHookService.HookCallback(...)in a defensivetry/catchso managed exceptions do not cross the Win32 hook boundary and terminate the process.Hook-chain safety
CallNextHookEx(...), preserving hook-chain behavior instead of crashing the app.Diagnostics quality
ex.ToString()via interpolation) for actionable postmortem detail.