can't use windhawk taskbar size mod: spawn g++.exe ENOENT

[rbutera]

fresh install of windhawk (straight from the website). latest windows 11.

Whenever I try to install and run the taskbar size tweak I get an error:

spawn c:\Program Files\Windhawk\Compiler\bin\g++.exe ENOENT

any ideas? I have no idea where to download the g++ compiler to put in the bin folder. Is this in the documentation?

[m417z]

The c:\Program Files\Windhawk\Compiler\bin\g++.exe file is part of Windhawk, and it seems to be missing on your computer. Perhaps it was removed by mistake, or removed by an antivirus or a similar program. Try uninstalling and re-installing Windhawk. Settings will be kept (unless you choose to remove all data when uninstalling).

[rbutera]

I tried uninstalling windhawk and reinstalling and I'm having the same issue.

[m417z]

And the c:\Program Files\Windhawk\Compiler\bin\g++.exe file is missing, right? You need to find out why it's being deleted. I'd start by checking the antivirus logs.

[rbutera]

I've looked through antivirus logs and there's nothing.

I built a new windows pc today and installed windhawk, and everything works fine on that computer.

On my old pc, nothing I try can make that g++ file appear. I guess I could copy paste it from machine to machine

[m417z]

You can try and see if it works. Also worth checking if other files are missing.