# \[0.9 Stable\] Crash when attempting to Clean Broken Window

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-crash-when-attempting-to-clean-broken-window/4001>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [November 15, 2013, 8:27am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-crash-when-attempting-to-clean-broken-window/4001 "2013-11-15T08:27:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![chiefnewo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@chiefnewo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/chiefnewo)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 8:27am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-crash-when-attempting-to-clean-broken-window/4001/1 "2013-11-15T08:27:39Z")

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When I stand next to a broken window, open the construction menu and select Clean Broken Window, the game immediately crashes to the desktop with no error message. If I am not standing next to a broken window I get the normal “Construct where?” message and no crash.

I am using the SDL tiles version with tiles turned off.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Generate a random character and world.
2. Walk to any window.
3. [s]mash the window.
4. Open the construction menu [\*]
5. Select [h] Clean Broken Window

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Sunder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/lord_sunder/32/215_2.png) [@Lord\_Sunder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lord_Sunder)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 9:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-crash-when-attempting-to-clean-broken-window/4001/2 "2013-11-15T09:09:26Z")

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Seems to be a problem with the whole construction menu at present. I’d hoped it would be fixed pretty much asap, because it’s pretty crippling. Afaik most people can’t dig pits either, and some can’t deconstruct items.

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**Author:** ![noego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9de053/32.png) [@noego](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/noego)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-crash-when-attempting-to-clean-broken-window/4001/3 "2013-11-15T17:05:40Z")

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Hi folks,

Seems that there is a fix available:

> <https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/issues/4356#issuecomment-28584550>

This has worked for me (windows 7 64 bit using tiles)

Specifically, look for the link that says “0.9 rebuilt”

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**Author:** ![Rivet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rivet/32/11_2.png) [@Rivet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rivet)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-crash-when-attempting-to-clean-broken-window/4001/4 "2013-11-15T17:11:12Z")

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Yes, I just ran and verified the hotfix. It’s working just fine.

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**Author:** ![GlyphGryph](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/glyphgryph/32/847_2.png) [@GlyphGryph](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GlyphGryph)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-crash-when-attempting-to-clean-broken-window/4001/5 "2013-11-15T18:11:27Z")

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Can someone confirm that the download link from the front page now links to a functional version? Want to make sure I updated it correctly.

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**Author:** ![Oragepoilu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@Oragepoilu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Oragepoilu)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-crash-when-attempting-to-clean-broken-window/4001/6 "2013-11-15T19:22:37Z")

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I selected “windows” under “stable release”; dowloaded 4.4mo (instead of 5.2 from the buggy version).  
I crashed a few after trying to deconstruct stuff with my new shiny stone hammer; game saved dureing the crafting of the hammer.  
When i loaded this save with the new version, got a red “Attemted a recipe with no available components!” while i get my stone hammer without using stuff to craft it.

Tryed to use the menu, sound fine for now.

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**Author:** ![chiefnewo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@chiefnewo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/chiefnewo)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/0-9-stable-crash-when-attempting-to-clean-broken-window/4001/7 "2013-11-16T04:59:05Z")

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> [@GlyphGryph](#):
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> Can someone confirm that the download link from the front page now links to a functional version? Want to make sure I updated it correctly.

Yes, I can confirm I no longer get this issue, thanks.