ida-minsc: Uninitialized `CRITICAL_SECTION` dereferenced by `_ida_idp.pyd` from IDA 7.7 when interacting with a database or using certain hooks from `IDP_Hooks` and `UI_Hooks`.

Using IDA Pro 7.7 SP1 and Python 3.9.10 on Windows. Happens on both x86 and x86-64 databases.

Used idapyswitch in IDA’s root folder to use the version of Python I installed myself rather than the one bundled with IDA. I’ve installed using the instructions in README - cloned the repository into %user%\AppData\Roaming\Hex-Rays\IDA Pro, ran pip install -r 'requirements.txt' and it’s loaded. However IDA’s output window says;

WARNING:root:No .idapythonrc.py file found in the user’s home directory (C:\Users\my_name).

(which isn’t even the full path to my home directory according to print(idaapi.get_user_idadir()))

The output window also greets me for using ida-minsc. Invoking database.config.version() as stated in the README returns an unexpected 0x302 when a database is not loaded, rather the expected 0 even though 770 would make sense when one is loaded.

Then IDA crashes as soon as any database is loaded.