panup
I reproduced crash.
And now the fix...
 

Thanks Panu!

Panu Hi. I think its time for me to say another thank you. I was thinking about doing so yesterday but life got in the way. You jump on this as fast as a jackrabbit.  You do every time a new version comes out. Now an OS change is giving you trouble. Instead of bashing it or giving up you take steps to find a solution. 
 
I can only say if the world were full of Panus we would have no need for heaven.  Thank you for being a forum member.

Duckbar 1.7.5 is available.
Windows 8.1 crash solved!!!
 

Thanks John! :) :) :)

panup
Duckbar 1.7.5 is available.
Windows 8.1 crash solved!!!
 

Yes it is! That's outstanding. I just loaded 1.7.5 and was able to get a Mod loaded into X3E without any difficulty.
Do you ever sleep?

Superb! I'm learning to handle Windows 8 restrictions. :)
I have slept many times. Few nights ago I saw a dream where I had to record alligator in my studio:
 

Panu recording alligator
 
In the next dream I played bass but bass guitar was broom and the song was a little car. Confusing but it looked like this:
 

Panu playing bass (kind of...)
 
-Panu

Love the artwork!
 
Cool work Panu!
 
Keni
 

With win 8.1 prior to the 1.7.5 fix I just run duckbar as Administrator and it worked fine. I haven't tried the latest update.

mudgel
With win 8.1 prior to the 1.7.5 fix I just run duckbar as Administrator and it worked fine. I haven't tried the latest update.

Not here - 64 bit?

Working great here now. Thanks Panu.