Little bug, big consequences ..

Aug 3, 2016
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Here is a TCC command that managed to escape the parser's attention:

echo %@formatn[23445534,K]


I know, a non-valid command and certainly not one you will enter every day/year (can't even recall why I did...)
Running it causes CPU and MEM to 100%, resulting in a non-responding system instead of a synatx error.
A hard reset (power off/on) was my only way out ...

Tested on TCMD 20, build 25 Win7 x64 and Win10 x64
 
May 20, 2008
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When I try that here (Win7) any of three things might happen.

1. TCC disappears
2. I get the Windows dialog ... "TCC has stopped working ..."
3. A message box: tcc.exe - Application Error ...The exception unknown software exception (0x40000015) occurred in the application at location 0x10130dd5.

None are fatal in any way.
 
Aug 3, 2016
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I should have said "Don't try this at home!" (but you're probably @work, so you're good ;-)

I did see 3. once on my Win7 system, but as it's highly tweaked, I'm not sure if this error can be accounted to TCC or my own "stupidity".
 
May 20, 2008
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I should have said "Don't try this at home!" (but you're probably @work, so you're good ;-)
I didn't hesitate. I'd be very surprised if TCC could locked up a system that badly. I suspect you had a way out. Did you try Ctrl-Alt-Del? From there you can get to TaskMgr and kill TCC.
 
Aug 3, 2016
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hahaha, I had no idea that this was the outcome :-) (Never seen one zero, though)
My initial command was way worse, btw : with a lot more digits.

It's just that I expexted an error message saying ",K" is not a valid option (or something along those lines)
As far as I'm concerned there is no fix necessary; it's not worth the trouble

Thanks for clarifying!
 

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