NWjs crashes sometimes on Windows when using menu.popup

[iteufel]

NWjs crashes sometimes on Windows when using menu.popup .

The problem appears since the fix #4593.

dmp.zip
menu-test.zip

[rogerwang]

I guess the menu is GCed before the crash. To verify this idea, does holding a reference to the menu object help?

[iteufel]

Yes it helps.

[rogerwang]

please try this build: http://dl.nwjs.io/live-build/04-10-2016/723bab6-897a464-c2a3dcf-65b297d/

[fritx]

Same here...
I'm using nwjs 0.14.7-sdk (upgraded from 0.12.3), in Windows (MacOS is fine) the app crashes every time I run the following code:

var gui = require('nw.gui');
var menu = new gui.Menu();
var item = new gui.MenuItem({ label: 'Item A' });
menu.append(item);
menu.popup(10, 10); // <---- crash

[fritx]

Both of nw 14.7, 18.7 and 18.8 crash with the same thing Check failed: atom 87
Related issue: #5331

Eventually I found that if I use "Aero Visual Styles", it doesn't crash.
But I have to make it work with "Windows 7 Basic" and "Windows XP" Styles.