examples crash without a helpful error message when setup.bat isn't loaded
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Description
this might be a Windows-specific issue, but if you try to run talker.exe or examples_rclcpp_minimal_publisher_lambda.exe or basically anything (it seems?) without first calling local_setup.bat, Windows 10 pops up the generic "this program has stopped working" box. I'm not sure what the answer is, but it would be nicer to have a friendly error message instead.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the crash on Windows 10 by running talker.exe or examples_rclcpp_minimal_publisher_lambda.exe without first calling local_setup.bat. Start from these example executables and determine how the missing setup is handled; done means the programs show a friendly error instead of the generic Windows crash dialog.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100