Unity Issue Tracker - Unity Editor silently crashes on the project startup when "Show loader snaps" is enabled in Global Flags of Windows SDK

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Unity Editor silently crashes on the project startup when "Show loader snaps" is enabled in Global Flags of Windows SDK

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Sep 19, 2023

How to reproduce:
1. Download the Windows SDK from the Microsoft page: [https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-sdk/|https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-sdk/]
2. In the Windows Search look for “Global Flags” and open the “Global Flags (X64)” app
3. Open the “Image File” tab, search for “Unity.exe” and press the “Tab” key
4. Check the “Show loader snap” checkbox
5. Launch any Unity project

Expected result: The Unity is launched
Actual result: The Unity silently crashes on the startup

Reproducible with: 2021.3.30f1, 2022.3.10f1, 2023.1.14f1, 2023.2.0b10, 2023.3.0a6

Reproducible on: Windows 11 Pro

Note: No stacktrace is generated