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Article KB-00228 - AIM 5.x Crashing on Windows

Applies to: Retro AIM Server - Clients

Created by Serena (she/her) on Jan 28, 2025

Problem

On some Microsoft Windows versions (most often Windows 10 or 11), AIM may crash or freeze.

Workaround

Perform the following steps:

  1. Kill aim.exe in Task Manager (bring Task Manager up with Ctrl-Alt-Del)
  2. In Windows Explorer, navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\AIM
  3. Delete the file aimapi.dll (DO NOT DELETE ANYTHING ELSE)
  4. Start AIM as normal

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Last modified Jan 28, 2025
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