If I invoke `emacs -Q`, it opens up a buffer: *scratch*.But if I do `emacs -q`, it opens Emacs but without customization, I'd guess.This happens in all three cases: 1. from Command Prompt    2. via Run (even with `runemacs.exe`)   and   3. via GDB The Abort dialog appears in the first two cases (after emacs -q). However, it does not appear in if run via GDB. For GDB, I've attached a screenshot of the result. On Sunday, 1 May, 2022, 07:03:12 pm IST, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > Date: Sun, 1 May 2022 13:24:31 +0000 (UTC) > From: hermit sings > Cc: "55047@debbugs.gnu.org" <55047@debbugs.gnu.org>, >     "corwin@bru.st" > > No, I'm launching it from the Start Menu as an application. And if you open a Command Prompt window and invoke Emacs from the cmd prompt, as "emacs -Q", does it also show the abort dialog? Also, what happens if you invoke it from the Start->Run dialog, like this:   C:\Program Files\Emacs\emacs-28.1\bin\runemacs.exe -Q (note: "runemacs", not "emacs"). > Yes, the breakpoint breaks at one point. But `bt` shows `No stack`. That's because you haven't run the application yet, by typing "run". But I see that after you do run it, the breakpoint never breaks.  So I still don't understand why you see that MS_VC_EXCEPTION event; it doesn't happen here, FWIW. What happens if instead of "run" at the GDB prompt you type "run -Q"?