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I am getting the following error when tyring when i run the minetest.exe from the bin folder of the newly created (using Visual studio) minetest-install.

Here is the debug.txt from the bin folder -

2016-11-29 18:49:58: [Main]: Automatically selecting world at [C:\DIR\minetest\bin\Release\..\..\worlds\siddharth]
2016-11-29 18:50:18: [Main]: >> === FATAL ERROR ===
2016-11-29 18:50:18: [Main]: >> Access violation (Exception 0xC0000005) at 0x77C3E49B
2016-11-29 18:50:18: [Main]: >> Saved dump to C:\DIR\minetest\bin\Release\..\..\minetest.dmp

I had previously successfully compiled and run this minetest.exe previously and am unable to do so now. I have also not changed the source code and have followed the intructions from minetest wiki (http://dev.minetest.net/Compiling_Minetest)

My config is Win x64, VS2015. Please let me know if I can provide more/better info. I get no compiling errors while generating the minetest.exe file through VS and have verified all the steps from the wiki page. Here is a link to a post with a similar problem. (I have reached out to the user) -
https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=15530&p=233813#p233813

Could someone please help me out with possible solutions ? I have already checked the minetest.conf file for the video driver settings (I have the correct openGL set).

Thank you in advance.

It would be nice if someone have the solution to that :/

"Data Execution Prevention (DEP) introduced by Microsoft in Windows SP2" ?
Try running it with "admin" privs.
or maybe you can try with other compiler. Do you always use Visual Studio?