Winutil searchbox/typebox crash

[KayCiiN]

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📜 What part of Winutil are you having issues with?

Winutil in general

📝 Provide a clear and concise description of the issue.

Have just performed a clean windows 11 install using the winutil microwin and rufus.
Whenever I try to click a searchbox like for example in the install tab to search programs or in the microwin tab when I try to type a username in the typebox

🔄 Steps to reproduce the issue.

Step 1: Open winutil via Terminal(Admin)
Step 2: CTRL+F or click on searchbox in the install tab

❌ Paste the full error output (if available).

Test 1:

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Username: DESKTOP-OK9JC1A\KayCiiN
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Configuration Name:
Machine: DESKTOP-OK9JC1A (Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26100.0)
Host Application: C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.dll
Process ID: 13004
PSVersion: 7.5.0
PSEdition: Core
GitCommitId: 7.5.0
OS: Microsoft Windows 10.0.26100
Platform: Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions: 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 7.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion: 2.3
SerializationVersion: 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion: 3.0

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MethodInvocationException:
Line |
16307 | $sync["Form"].ShowDialog() | out-null
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Exception calling "ShowDialog" with "0" argument(s): "Culture is not supported. (Parameter 'culture')
4096 (0x1000) is an invalid culture identifier."
MethodInvocationException:
Line |
16307 | $sync["Form"].ShowDialog() | out-null
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Exception calling "ShowDialog" with "0" argument(s): "Culture is not supported. (Parameter 'culture')
4096 (0x1000) is an invalid culture identifier."

Test 2:

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Username: DESKTOP-OK9JC1A\KayCiiN
RunAs User: DESKTOP-OK9JC1A\KayCiiN
Configuration Name:
Machine: DESKTOP-OK9JC1A (Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26100.0)
Host Application: C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.dll
Process ID: 5816
PSVersion: 7.5.0
PSEdition: Core
GitCommitId: 7.5.0
OS: Microsoft Windows 10.0.26100
Platform: Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions: 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 7.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion: 2.3
SerializationVersion: 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion: 3.0

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MethodInvocationException:
MethodInvocationException:
Line |
16017 | $sync.SearchBar.Focus()
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Exception calling "Focus" with "0" argument(s): "Culture is not supported. (Parameter 'culture')
4096 (0x1000) is an invalid culture identifier."
MethodInvocationException:
Line |
16017 | $sync.SearchBar.Focus()
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Exception calling "Focus" with "0" argument(s): "Culture is not supported. (Parameter 'culture')
4096 (0x1000) is an invalid culture identifier."

🖼️ Additional context.

No response

[KayCiiN]

Another test on a new fresh install from microwin:

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Configuration Name:
Machine: DESKTOP-0HTCHJ2 (Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26100.0)
Host Application: C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
Process ID: 11916
PSVersion: 5.1.26100.2161
PSEdition: Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions: 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1.26100.2161
BuildVersion: 10.0.26100.2161
CLRVersion: 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion: 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion: 2.3
SerializationVersion: 1.1.0.1

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Exception calling "ShowDialog" with "0" argument(s): "Culture is not supported.
Parameter name: culture
4096 (0x1000) is an invalid culture identifier."
At line:16307 char:1

• $sync["Form"].ShowDialog() | out-null

•   + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CultureNotFoundException
  

Exception calling "ShowDialog" with "0" argument(s): "Culture is not supported.
Parameter name: culture
4096 (0x1000) is an invalid culture identifier."
At line:16307 char:1

• $sync["Form"].ShowDialog() | out-null

•   + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CultureNotFoundException
  
  

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