electrum: [Bug] Electrum binary crashes on Windows 10

Summary

I can not begin to use the Electrum. Electrum crashed.

Steps to reproduce

Downloading from official site:

I download portable version for Windows in official site → I run file electrum-2.6.4-portable.exe → I copy and paste 13 words of seed → I input password → Electrum crashed.

I run electrum-2.6.4-portable.exe again → Electrum crashed.

I delete electrum-2.6.4-portable.exe and download this file on official site again → Electrum crashed.

I reboot my computer → Electrum crashed.

Downloading via Chocolatey:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>cinst electrum.portable -y
Chocolatey v0.10.0
Installing the following packages:
electrum.portable
By installing you accept licenses for the packages.

electrum.portable v2.6.4 [Approved]
Downloading electrum.portable
  from 'https://download.electrum.org/2.6.4/electrum-2.6.4-portable.exe'
Progress: 100% - Completed download of E:\Chocolatey\lib\electrum.portable\tools\electrum.exe (25.21 MB).
Download of electrum.exe (25.21 MB) completed.
Error - hashes do not match. Actual value was '4D6BE4FADB31FD5F32FC349021066D4F34B7EF0C'.
ERROR: Checksum for 'E:\Chocolatey\lib\electrum.portable\tools\electrum.exe' did not meet 'cd6b421bdc582a45ab0f478d56ec3b37dfe44276' for checksum type 'sha1'. Consider passing --ignore-checksums if necessary.
The install of electrum.portable was NOT successful.
Error while running 'E:\Chocolatey\lib\electrum.portable\tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1'.
 See log for details.

Chocolatey installed 0/1 packages. 1 packages failed.
 See the log for details (E:\Chocolatey\logs\chocolatey.log).

Failures
+ electrum.portable (exited -1) - Error while running 'E:\Chocolatey\lib\electrum.portable\tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1'.
 See log for details.

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C:\WINDOWS\system32>

Downloading install version

I download install version from official site → I install Electrum and run it → Create a new wallet, Standard wallet → I copy and paste seed words → I enter and confirm password → Auto Connect → Electrum crashed.

Environment

Operating system and version: Windows 10.0.14393 Electrum Electrum portable 2.6.4

Thanks.

About this issue

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  • State: closed
  • Created 8 years ago
  • Comments: 28 (13 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

I think this is the same issue as #2261 it should be fixed with the 2.8 version please confirm.