[dotnet-sdk-7.0.100-alpha.1.21568.2] WinForms Samples app launch failed with error System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (1400): Error creating window handle

Description

When testing WinForms Samples app against runtime dotnet-sdk-7.0.100-alpha.1.21568.2, it failed to launch with error System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception

Reproduction Steps

App Source, App checking at: https://devdiv.visualstudio.com/DevDiv/_workitems/edit/1458251 Repro Steps for the Problematic App: Copy Apps\Winforms Samples from server to local machine. Launch MatchingGame.exe from Winforms Samples\matching-game

Minimal Repro steps: 1.Create a .NET 5.0 WinForm project. 2.Install MetroFramework nuget package from nuget.org. 3.Update the Form1.cs to inherit from MetroForm:

public partial class Form1 : MetroForm
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
    }

4.Build the project to generate WinFormApp1.exe 5.Launch the exe on a machine that only dotnet-sdk-7.0.100-alpha.1.21568.2 installed

Expected behavior

App launch successful.

Actual behavior

Launch failed with error

Regression?

Verify Scenarios: 1). Windows10 RS5 x64+dotnet-sdk-7.0.100-alpha.1.21568.2:Fail 2). Windows10 RS5 x64+dotnet-sdk-6.0.200-preview.21603.2: Pass

Known Workarounds

No response

Configuration

Application Name: WinForms Samples OS: Windows 10 RS5 CPU: X64 .NET Build Number: dotnet-sdk-7.0.100-alpha.1.21568.2

Other information

1. Launch failed with MatchingGame.exe: If we launch the dll with dotnet command from command prompt window, we will get below error message:

Unhandled exception. System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (1400): Error creating window handle.
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.CreateHandle(CreateParams cp)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateHandle()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.CreateHandle()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.get_Handle()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.SetVisibleCore(Boolean value)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.SetVisibleCore(Boolean value)
   at MetroFramework.Forms.MetroForm.SetVisibleCore(Boolean value)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(msoloop reason, ApplicationContext context)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(msoloop reason, ApplicationContext context)
   at MatchingGame.Program.Main() in C:\.NETCoreUpgradeApps\AppSources\samples\windowsforms\matching-game\net5-windows\cs\MatchingGame\Program.cs:line 13

And we found this issue is caused by MetroFramework nuget package used in the project. But this package only one version. NuGet Gallery | MetroFramework 1.2.0.3

2)Launch failed with error with minimal demo WinFormsApp1.exe:

Application: WinFormsApp1.exe
CoreCLR Version: 7.0.21.56701
.NET Version: 7.0.0-alpha.1.21567.1
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (1400): Error creating window handle.
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.CreateHandle(CreateParams cp)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateHandle()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.CreateHandle()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.get_Handle()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.SetVisibleCore(Boolean value)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.SetVisibleCore(Boolean value)
   at MetroFramework.Forms.MetroForm.SetVisibleCore(Boolean value)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(msoloop reason, ApplicationContext context)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(msoloop reason, ApplicationContext context)
   at WinFormsApp1.Program.Main() in E:\App Source\WinFormsApp1\WinFormsApp1\Program.cs:line 20

When using Windbg to launch the minimal demo WinFormsApp1.exe, we will get these:

(4f10.ba4): CLR exception - code e0434352 (first chance)
(4f10.ba4): CLR exception - code e0434352 (!!! second chance !!!)
CLR exception type: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception
    "Error creating window handle."
*** WARNING: Unable to verify checksum for C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.0-alpha.1.21567.1\coreclr.dll
*** WARNING: Unable to verify checksum for C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\7.0.0-alpha.1.21566.3\System.Windows.Forms.dll
KERNELBASE!RaiseException+0x69:
00007fff`91c24f69 0f1f440000      nop     dword ptr [rax+rax]
0:000> k
*** WARNING: Unable to verify checksum for C:\Appcompat\applications\net5.0-windows\WinFormsApp1.dll
*** WARNING: Unable to verify checksum for C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.0-alpha.1.21567.1\hostpolicy.dll
*** WARNING: Unable to verify checksum for C:\Program Files\dotnet\host\fxr\7.0.0-alpha.1.21567.1\hostfxr.dll
*** WARNING: Unable to verify checksum for apphost.exe
 # Child-SP          RetAddr               Call Site
00 000000c8`5a37dfe0 00007fff`34ceeeb5     KERNELBASE!RaiseException+0x69
01 000000c8`5a37e0c0 00007fff`34dde3df     coreclr+0x4eeb5
02 000000c8`5a37e1b0 00007fff`0cb26c39     coreclr!coreclr_initialize+0x653ff
03 000000c8`5a37e310 00007fff`0c9c2637     System_Windows_Forms!
04 000000c8`5a37e3f0 00007fff`0cac7c1b     System_Windows_Forms!
05 000000c8`5a37e4b0 00007fff`0c9bd030     System_Windows_Forms!
06 000000c8`5a37e520 00007fff`0c9cf6c6     System_Windows_Forms!
07 000000c8`5a37e560 00007fff`0cac5d23     System_Windows_Forms!
08 000000c8`5a37e650 00007ffe`d5264456     System_Windows_Forms!
09 000000c8`5a37e6b0 00007fff`0cc78f99     MetroFramework!
0a 000000c8`5a37e6f0 00007fff`0cc78e58     System_Windows_Forms!
0b 000000c8`5a37e790 00007ffe`d524a093     System_Windows_Forms!
0c 000000c8`5a37e7f0 00007fff`34e04cf3     WinFormsApp1!
0d 000000c8`5a37e830 00007fff`34cb07b8     coreclr!MetaDataGetDispenser+0x12053
0e 000000c8`5a37e870 00007fff`34d7c97b     coreclr+0x107b8
0f 000000c8`5a37e9b0 00007fff`34d7c7fa     coreclr!coreclr_initialize+0x399b
10 000000c8`5a37eae0 00007fff`34d7c4ad     coreclr!coreclr_initialize+0x381a
11 000000c8`5a37eb90 00007fff`34d7bf76     coreclr!coreclr_initialize+0x34cd
12 000000c8`5a37ef20 00007fff`34d78c92     coreclr!coreclr_initialize+0x2f96
13 000000c8`5a37f090 00007fff`4fb5926b     coreclr!coreclr_execute_assembly+0xe2
14 000000c8`5a37f130 00007fff`4fb5959c     hostpolicy+0x1926b
15 000000c8`5a37f2d0 00007fff`4fb59f37     hostpolicy+0x1959c
16 000000c8`5a37f310 00007fff`4fbbb539     hostpolicy!corehost_main+0x107
17 000000c8`5a37f4c0 00007fff`4fbbe506     hostfxr!hostfxr_close+0xfb9
18 000000c8`5a37f5c0 00007fff`4fbc0821     hostfxr!hostfxr_close+0x3f86
19 000000c8`5a37f6c0 00007fff`4fbbeb62     hostfxr!hostfxr_close+0x62a1
1a 000000c8`5a37f770 00007fff`4fbb82ab     hostfxr!hostfxr_close+0x45e2
1b 000000c8`5a37f8b0 00007ff6`0acadc1c     hostfxr!hostfxr_main_startupinfo+0xab
1c 000000c8`5a37f9b0 00007ff6`0acadf81     apphost+0xdc1c
1d 000000c8`5a37fba0 00007ff6`0acaf4f8     apphost+0xdf81
1e 000000c8`5a37fd10 00007fff`92447034     apphost+0xf4f8
1f 000000c8`5a37fd50 00007fff`93f62651     KERNEL32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x14
20 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000     0x0

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[Olina-Zhang]

And also verified this issue using that testing app with MetroFramework nuget package on a just .Net 6.0 SDK: 6.0.200-preview.22055.15, it cannot repro.

[roland5572]

@Tanya-Solyanik Missing this statement can make the program unstable, but it won’t fire 100% of the time. I’ll try this bug again in the next few days. I’m not sure if the current .NET version has fixed this. If it still happens, I will create a new post.