====== Known Crash Issues ======

===== Patch Breaks =====
Some things will cause Windower to crash. One of the main causes is updates to FFXI breaking plugins and Windower.

After a patch, if your game crashes on load, please check the [[http://forums.windower.net/index.php?showforum=8|Windower News Forum]] for news from us.

Disable any broken plugin in init.txt until it is fixed.




===== 3rd Party Incompatibilities =====
A few things are known to cause windower to crash.
  * XFire - You can not use XFire with Windower & FFXI
  * Steam - You can not launch Windower with Steam
  * WindowsBlinds/AlienWare Skinning (Any 3rd Party windows skinning) - These will crash FFXI - Use uxtheme.dll hack or disable pol.exe from being skinned.
  * ProcessGuard - Will likely cause problems with windower - Thats what processguard is designed to do, stop windower from doing what it does.
  * Some virtual keyboards. (Like BizarroTrainer)

If you have crashes when hitting Play in POL on Vista, please try out the [[http://forums.windower.net/index.php?showtopic=14842|Windower 3.42.0 Beta]].