SciTE Editor, from 3.3.18.0, crashes on Windows 11 clicking on any menu item or trying to type in a program

[pclayton]

Hello..

I have a fully patched Windows 11 device, to 6/13/2026 levels, that I installed AutoIt 3.3.18.0 onto.

When I fire up the SceTE editor the window shows up as expected. 

If I click on the Help item in the menu bar and then the 'About SceTE' the app crashes.

If I click into the area of the window to enter a program, the app crashes.

The Windows Application Event log has the following for these crashes.

A search of the articles here mentioned SciTE crashes from the last couple of years. But nothing in 2026.

I'm open to suggestions on how to stop the app crashes.

Thanks.

Paul

 

[argumentum]

 

[pclayton]

I have MSVCP140.DLL in a number of folders under C:\Windows\.... such as System32 and SYSWOW64 among other.

And there is vcruntime140.dll in the same directories.

And

[argumentum]

..try updating to the newest anyway, and if that doesn't work, 🤷‍♂️

[pclayton]

Updated the C++ runtime distributions to 14.51.36247.0 for both x86 and x64 and rebooted the box.

Info about the latest C++ runtime kits was found at:  

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#latest-supported-redistributable-version

Tried the editor and run tools and they are not crashing now.

My thanks for your help!

Paul