Found In

All CET Versions

Summary

Users have reported that CET may crash and display the Recovery window when launched from a Windows taskbar shortcut.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Attempt to launch CET using the existing taskbar shortcut
2. CET crashes and displays the Recovery window.

This behavior has been observed more frequently following CET Major releases.

Workaround

We recommend launching CET using the desktop shortcut or the Start menu.

If you prefer using the taskbar shortcut, unpin CET from the taskbar and then re-pin it. This typically resolves the issue.