crash to desktop

[Timmamanu]

Hi i've had 2 CTD's now ,both TO's from  Mkstudios Shannon airport and just before reaching TOC.

Log Name:      Application
Source:        Application Error
Date:          2023/03/03 12:33:26
Event ID:      1000
Task Category: (100)
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      DESKTOP-LOFKAE0
Description:
Faulting application name: couatl64_MSFS.exe, version: 4.8.0.5122, time stamp: 0x63dc0699
Faulting module name: couatl64_MSFS.exe, version: 4.8.0.5122, time stamp: 0x63dc0699
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000000195b29
Faulting process ID: 0x2a1c
Faulting application start time: 0x01d94dc2fb509579
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Addon Manager\couatl64\couatl64_MSFS.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Addon Manager\couatl64\couatl64_MSFS.exe
Report ID: 7043e097-76f9-40ad-a5be-03d1832fa7e8
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Application Error" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>100</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2023-03-03T11:33:26.5482538Z" />
    <EventRecordID>65817</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation />
    <Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>DESKTOP-LOFKAE0</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>couatl64_MSFS.exe</Data>
    <Data>4.8.0.5122</Data>
    <Data>63dc0699</Data>
    <Data>couatl64_MSFS.exe</Data>
    <Data>4.8.0.5122</Data>
    <Data>63dc0699</Data>
    <Data>c0000005</Data>
    <Data>0000000000195b29</Data>
    <Data>2a1c</Data>
    <Data>01d94dc2fb509579</Data>
    <Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\Addon Manager\couatl64\couatl64_MSFS.exe</Data>
    <Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\Addon Manager\couatl64\couatl64_MSFS.exe</Data>
    <Data>7043e097-76f9-40ad-a5be-03d1832fa7e8</Data>
    <Data>
    </Data>
    <Data>
    </Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>

[virtuali]

Hi i've had 2 CTD's now ,both TO's from  Mkstudios Shannon airport and just before reaching TOC.

You are being mislead by the event viewer and are assuming that, just because you see Couatl crashed, it was the cause of your MSFS crash, but it's not.

The couatl engine, as an .EXE, doesn't have ANY access to the Flightsimulator.exe process, meaning it cannot possibly cause a crash. This is granted by the OS at the lowest level, and programs that don't attach to a process like debuggers ( and Couatl surely doesn't ) and/or are not lower level services or drivers, simply cannot crash other apps.

On the other hand, when Flight simulator crashes for any other reason, it will abruptly disconnect its communication with the Couatl program, which is waiting for a proper "quit" command ( which hasn't arrived, because the sim crashed ), to exit cleanly.

So, what really happened here, is that MSFS crashed for another completely unrelated reason, and it MADE Couatl crash too, because of the unexpected disconnection, and you are being mislead assuming Couatl has something to do with it, because you are seeing it referenced in the event viewer.