CrashWhy

Updates

Updates

Every CrashWhy release, newest first. The installer and its SHA-256 checksum are on the Download page.

Version 0.5.1 Latest

  • Automatic updates: once a day CrashWhy checks this website for a new version and shows "Install now". It installs only a file signed by oddlab whose SHA-256 matches, then reopens by itself — your history, settings and license stay. (Coming from 0.5.0 or older, install 0.5.1 once from the Download page.)
  • Stronger license protection: the saved license file is now tied to your Windows account, so a hand-made or copied file is checked with the seller again.
  • The local screen's door now uses a shared, tested guard that also adds browser security headers.

Version 0.5.0

  • Settings: keyboard focus moves into the dialog when it opens and returns to the button that opened it when it closes.
  • Plainer words on screen — for example the memory limit is explained as installed memory plus the page file, and "PID" is spelled out as process ID.
  • Changing the language re-reads the past records check in the new language, keeping the same period.

Version 0.4.2

  • Pro can be turned on with the license key from the Lemon Squeezy purchase email (Settings → License). One key works on up to 3 PCs and keeps working offline for 30 days.
  • Uninstalling with "also remove my data" releases the license so the key can be used on another PC.

Version 0.4.1

  • First launch runs a past records check: it reads crashes and restarts Windows already logged before CrashWhy was installed.
  • CrashWhy opens in its own app window, and the installer's last screen offers "Run now (first check)".

Version 0.4.0

  • First public release for Windows 10 and 11: reads Kernel-Power Event 41, Event 6008, blue screen (BugCheck) events, WHEA hardware errors, restart reasons (Event 1074) and Windows Update installs, and explains each in plain English.