QtCreator CDB crashing except if I "clear system environment"

Kiruahxh

[Hello,

If I create a new Qt-qmake project from QtCreator with the latest tools (Windows 10, Qt 5.15.1, VS 2019 16.7.6, Qt creator 4.13.2), I cannot run a cdb debbuger, except if I go to project properties and I tick the checkbox "clear system environment".
However, in Microsoft environment variable window, I don't see environment variables that would target old version of tools, I don't understand.
Also I don't have any logs, just the error message: "the CDB message terminated unexpectedly" (if someone from Qt staff passes here, please improve this message!!!)

Could you help me ?

Here are the environment variables known by QtCreator:

__VSCMD_PREINIT_PATH   : C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\Scripts\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft MPI\Bin\;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\dotnet\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\130\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Client SDK\ODBC\130\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\Client SDK\ODBC\130\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\140\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\HashiCorp\Vagrant\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Client SDK\ODBC\170\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\nodejs\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Users\Nicolas\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Users\Nicolas\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\bin;C:\Users\Nicolas\AppData\Roaming\npm;C:\Users\Nicolas\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\Nicolas\.dotnet\tools

INCLUDE   : C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.27.29110\ATLMFC\include;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.27.29110\include;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\NETFXSDK\4.8\include\um;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.17763.0\ucrt;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.17763.0\shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.17763.0\um;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.17763.0\winrt;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.17763.0\cppwinrt

LIB   : C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.27.29110\ATLMFC\lib\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.27.29110\lib\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\NETFXSDK\4.8\lib\um\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\lib\10.0.17763.0\ucrt\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\lib\10.0.17763.0\um\x64

LIBPATH   : C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.27.29110\ATLMFC\lib\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.27.29110\lib\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.27.29110\lib\x86\store\references;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\UnionMetadata\10.0.17763.0;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\References\10.0.17763.0;C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319

Path   : C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\\Extensions\Microsoft\IntelliCode\CLI;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.27.29110\bin\HostX64\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\VC\VCPackages;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Current\bin\Roslyn;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Team Tools\Performance Tools\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Team Tools\Performance Tools;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Shared\Common\VSPerfCollectionTools\vs2019\\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Shared\Common\VSPerfCollectionTools\vs2019\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.8 Tools\x64\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.17763.0\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\\MSBuild\Current\Bin;C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\Tools\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\Scripts\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft MPI\Bin\;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\dotnet\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\130\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Client SDK\ODBC\130\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\Client SDK\ODBC\130\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\140\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\HashiCorp\Vagrant\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Client SDK\ODBC\170\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\nodejs\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Users\Nicolas\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Users\Nicolas\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\bin;C:\Users\Nicolas\AppData\Roaming\npm;C:\Users\Nicolas\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\Nicolas\.dotnet\tools;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\CMake\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\Ninja

PSModulePath   : C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules;C:\Program Files\Intel\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\PowerShell\Modules\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Tools\PowerShell\Modules\

SGaist

Hi,

Look in the folders of your PATH environment variable to see if you have any Qt dlls in there.

Kiruahxh

Thanks SGaist.
I just found what causes the error : this is related to the PYTHONPATH environment variable (which targets a 32 bits version of python).
It seems that it is conflicting with QtCreator CDB wrapper. That's odd, because if I disable "Python dumper" in Tools > Options > Debugger > CDB, it doesn't change anything.
Also, I found that there is a debugger log window: in the debug view, right-click on a title bar > "Global debugger log".

That's the same bug as :
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49638891/qt-cdb-crashes-after-setting-pythonpath
https://forum.qt.io/topic/69130/unexpected-cdb-exit/27

I opened a ticket in the Qt bug tracker: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-24859

SGaist

Did you manage to fix/workaround the issue then ?

Kiruahxh

I had to remove this environment variable...
I have a lot of dev tools installed on my computer few years ago. They are all conflicting with QtCreator : had to remove old version of CMake, had to remove old python, had to upgrade visual studio minor version or the VS tools won't start...
There is not error messages in all that cases, it's strange that QtCreator ships its own version of tools but uses the system ones by default

SGaist

Which tools are you referring to ?

Kiruahxh

CMake, QMake, Python: lots of things are shipped with QtCreator.
If I install QtCreator on a clean windows, everything will work fine. However, I still don't have CMake working...
If you have a lead it would be great : https://forum.qt.io/topic/120275/cannot-build-with-cmake-qtcreator-and-msvc-2019