From b4ae1001c32c20bbdd6dc920bffa98ebbb260637 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: richard-lunarg <richard@lunarg.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 12:48:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Windows ARM fix

---
 vkconfig_gui/tab_preferences.cpp | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vkconfig_gui/tab_preferences.cpp b/vkconfig_gui/tab_preferences.cpp
index 1048eaf3b2..d70fc3d030 100644
--- a/vkconfig_gui/tab_preferences.cpp
+++ b/vkconfig_gui/tab_preferences.cpp
@@ -95,11 +95,21 @@ TabPreferences::TabPreferences(MainWindow &window, std::shared_ptr<Ui::MainWindo
     this->ui->preferences_download->setText("Searching Latest Vulkan SDK...");
     this->ui->preferences_validate_layer->setChecked(configurator.layers.validate_manifests);
 
-        QUrl url(GetLatestReleaseSDK(VKC_PLATFORM));
-        QNetworkRequest request(url);
-        this->network_manager.get(request);
-        this->connect(&this->network_manager, SIGNAL(finished(QNetworkReply *)), this,
-                      SLOT(on_release_downloaded(QNetworkReply *)));
+#if WORKAROUND_WINARM_RELEASE_NOTIFICATION_BUG
+    // Windows ARM crash, in most versions of Qt
+    if (VKC_PLATFORM == PLATFORM_WINDOWS_ARM) {
+        this->ui->preferences_group_box_releases->setVisible(false);
+        {
+            else {
+#endif
+                QUrl url(GetLatestReleaseSDK(VKC_PLATFORM));
+                QNetworkRequest request(url);
+                this->network_manager.get(request);
+                this->connect(&this->network_manager, SIGNAL(finished(QNetworkReply *)), this,
+                              SLOT(on_release_downloaded(QNetworkReply *)));
+#if WORKAROUND_WINARM_RELEASE_NOTIFICATION_BUG
+    }
+#endif
 
     this->UpdatePreferences(configurator.current_theme_mode);
 } 

From e31dd451235a2881dec8264791961cb212338747 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: richard-lunarg <richard@lunarg.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 13:07:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Windows ARM fixes

---
 vkconfig_gui/tab_preferences.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/vkconfig_gui/tab_preferences.cpp b/vkconfig_gui/tab_preferences.cpp
index d70fc3d030..9e5c6a81be 100644
--- a/vkconfig_gui/tab_preferences.cpp
+++ b/vkconfig_gui/tab_preferences.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ TabPreferences::TabPreferences(MainWindow &window, std::shared_ptr<Ui::MainWindo
     // Windows ARM crash, in most versions of Qt
     if (VKC_PLATFORM == PLATFORM_WINDOWS_ARM) {
         this->ui->preferences_group_box_releases->setVisible(false);
-        {
+        }
             else {
 #endif
                 QUrl url(GetLatestReleaseSDK(VKC_PLATFORM));