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Disable Windows Jump Lists to prevent shell crashes - #219

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Fixes CLIENT-1M4. The issue was that: Corrupted Windows Jump List cache file causes the Windows Shell component CAutomaticDestinationList to crash the game process via a 0x4 access violation.

  • Initialize COM early in WinMain.
  • Implement a function to explicitly disable Windows Jump Lists.
  • Set a unique AppUserModelID (GeneralsOnline.Game.ZeroHour) to prevent Windows from automatically managing Jump Lists.
  • Clear all existing automatic destinations (Recent/Frequent items) using IApplicationDestinations::RemoveAllDestinations.
  • This prevents crashes caused by Windows Shell accessing corrupted Jump List cache files (CAutomaticDestinationList).
  • Uninitialize COM upon application exit.

This fix was generated by Seer in Sentry, triggered automatically. 👁️ Run ID: 8141073

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