From 67c5770e127e328f4243b5b1c1d250833238266f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Frick <Alex313031@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 20:28:54 -0600
Subject: [PATCH]  add check for fNonExistFile pointer

---
 src/xp_activate32.cc | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/xp_activate32.cc b/src/xp_activate32.cc
index 59bcca5..dcf71e0 100644
--- a/src/xp_activate32.cc
+++ b/src/xp_activate32.cc
@@ -1065,6 +1065,9 @@ int WINAPI wWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, PWSTR pCmdLine
   fNonExistFile = freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stdout); // Standard error
   fNonExistFile = freopen("CONOUT$", "w", stderr); // Standard out
 #endif // __MINGW32__
+  if (!fNonExistFile) {
+    return 1;
+  }
 
   LPWSTR cmdLine = GetCommandLineW();
   if (cmdLine == nullptr || cmdLine == NULL) {