Hi Bill,
Here are the answers. Guy, I think these answer your questions too.
> Is this similar to bug #2053 ?
> (https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2053)
No.
>
> When do you get the crash ? If you are displaying packets and the crash
> happens when you exit edit ! preferences, then the bug might be the same
> as #2053.
It is happening irrespective of whether a capture file is open or not.
WS crashes _before_ the dialog is shown.
>
> If not, can you step through the edit ! preferences code to see when the
> crash occurs ?
I'll try that.
