Error reading AnimationImages.PngImages: Access violation at address 00574243 in module 'WinSCP.exe'. Write of address 00000002

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WinSCP 5.18.5

Error message:
Error reading AnimationImages.PngImages: Access violation at address 00574243 in module 'WinSCP.exe'. Write of address 00000002

Stack trace:
(00439233)
(0008788F)ntdll.dll
(00073EC1)ntdll.dll
(0051E5D9)
(005229E4)
(0022440A)
(002241D8)
(003B85EF)
(003B76ED)
(003B8AA3)
(003B85D6)
(003B7E29)
(003B7E0B)
(003C5A85)
(003B7E9D)
(003B7DDC)
(003C5A85)
(003B2C82)
(003A86C7)
(003AA01B)
(003AA0A9)
(003C708C)
(00E7EF82)
(0007F2AB)
(00089927)
(000861F3)
(00E3792A)
(00E39D1D)
(000F4693)
(000F4F04)
(000F507E)
(000F6BCC)
(000C2A7C)
(000C1EB0)
(00002658)
(00FB830D)
(00066A7C)ntdll.dll
(00066A49)ntdll.dll

(00439233)

(003B83FB)
(003B8635)
(003B76ED)
(003B8AA3)
(003B85D6)
(003B7E29)
(003B7E0B)
(003C5A85)
(003B7E9D)
(003B7DDC)
(003C5A85)
(003B2C82)
(003A86C7)
(003AA01B)
(003AA0A9)
(003C708C)
(00E7EF82)
(0007F2AB)
(00089927)
(000861F3)
(00E3792A)
(00E39D1D)
(000F4693)
(000F4F04)
(000F507E)
(000F6BCC)
(000C2A7C)
(000C1EB0)
(00002658)
(00FB830D)
(00066A7C)ntdll.dll
(00066A49)ntdll.dll

(00503243)

(003B83FB)
(003B8635)
(003B7E29)
(003B7E0B)
(003C5A85)
(003B7E9D)
(003B7DDC)
(003C5A85)
(003B2C82)
(003A86C7)
(003AA01B)
(003AA0A9)
(003C708C)
(00E7EF82)
(0007F2AB)
(00089927)
(000861F3)
(00E3792A)
(00E39D1D)
(000F4693)
(000F4F04)
(000F507E)
(000F6BCC)
(000C2A7C)
(000C1EB0)
(00002658)
(00FB830D)
(00066A7C)ntdll.dll
(00066A49)ntdll.dll

Status: unknown_rel_addr

I know how to reproduce the problem or the problem happens frequently enough. I wish to be contacted by the WinSCP team to help resolving the problem.

Thanks for your report.
I have sent you an email with a debug version of WinSCP to the address you have used to register on this forum.

I have added this issue to the tracker:
https://winscp.net/tracker/1997