Rack 2.0.6 won't launch on brand new laptop - Fatal signal 22

VCV Rack
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I have a brand new laptop running Windows 11 Pro version 21H2 build 22000.613.

I installed Rack 2 Free, and attempted to launch it. Nothing happens. Going to the Documents/Rack2 directory shows only one file, log. Contents of this file:

[0.004 info adapters/standalone.cpp:127 main] VCV Rack Free v2.0.6
[0.004 info adapters/standalone.cpp:128 main] Windows 10.0
[0.004 info adapters/standalone.cpp:134 main] Args: C:\Program Files\VCV\Rack2Free\Rack.exe 
[0.004 info adapters/standalone.cpp:137 main] System directory: C:\Program Files\VCV\Rack2Free
[0.004 info adapters/standalone.cpp:138 main] User directory: C:/Users/Kyle/Documents/Rack2
[0.004 info adapters/standalone.cpp:142 main] System time: 2022-04-23 00:18:46 Eastern Daylight Time
[0.005 info src/settings.cpp:455 load] Loading settings C:/Users/Kyle/Documents/Rack2/settings.json
[0.005 info adapters/standalone.cpp:165 main] Initializing network
[0.007 info adapters/standalone.cpp:167 main] Initializing audio
[0.007 info src/rtaudio.cpp:243 RtAudioDriver] Creating RtAudio WASAPI driver
[0.020 info src/rtaudio.cpp:258 RtAudioDriver] Found RtAudio WASAPI device 0: Speakers (Realtek(R) Audio) (0 in, 2 out)
[0.133 fatal adapters/standalone.cpp:49 fatalSignalHandler] Fatal signal 22. Stack trace:
16:  0x0
15: raise 0x7ff9b2f6d9c0
14: abort 0x7ff9b2f720b0
13: ZN9__gnu_cxx27__verbose_terminate_handlerEv 0x7ff976b6f4c0
12: ZN10__cxxabiv111__terminateEPFvvE 0x7ff976b65cd0
11: ZSt9terminatev 0x7ff976c578d0
10: _cxa_throw 0x7ff976c60670
9: ZN5RtApi5errorEN12RtAudioError4TypeE 0x7ff9736f7a20
8: ZN11RtApiWasapi13getDeviceInfoEj 0x7ff9737038a0
7: ZN4rack13RtAudioDriverC1EN7RtAudio3ApiE 0x7ff973735ec0
6: ZN4rack11rtaudioInitEv 0x7ff973298d10
5: ZN4rack11rtaudioInitEv 0x7ff973298d10
4: ZN4rack11rtaudioInitEv 0x7ff973298d10
3: ZN4rack11rtaudioInitEv 0x7ff973298d10
2: ZN4rack11rtaudioInitEv 0x7ff973298d10
1: BaseThreadInitThunk 0x7ff9b21154d0
0: RtlUserThreadStart 0x7ff9b3444830

The computer I am using is a Lenovo ThinkBook 13s Gen 3. One of the first things I did after setting this PC up was uninstall OneDrive, so I don’t think that’s the issue. (I had read about that being a problem for some people.)

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Oh my, I just wasted hours and hours trying to fix this problem. I thought 2.0.6 was the latest version, because that’s what’s linked from https://vcvrack.com/rack#get. I was at the point of giving up on 2.0.6 to try an older version, when I found https://vcvrack.com/downloads and saw that the latest version is actually 2.1.0! I installed that and it launched straight away!

VCV team really needs to update the download link for VCV free!

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2.1.0 is in preview, it is not actually the current release.

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Since you’re on Win11, and since Rack v2.1.0 contains “Update to RtAudio 5.2.0”, I’m taking a wild guess that the newer RtAudio version is needed for properly supporting Win11 with all driver types and audio hardware. Of course to confirm that theory other Win11 users need to pipe up and let us know if Rack v2.0.6 works for them, and with what drivers and what audio devices.

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2.06 is working fine for me on Win11 - Focusrite USB ASIO on a Scarlett 2i2

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yeah, me too. Although with 2.0.6 I crash in RTaudio if I turn off my interfece while running , and that doesn’t happen with 2.1.0. So maybe “the updated rt audio improves support for some audio devices”?