Darktable crashes randomly about darktable HOT 6 CLOSED

After Darktable crashed, I searched darktable.exe in task manager but could not find it. If you want me to find out what process is locking the database, please suggest how I can investigate this.

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To unlock the database, please delete the lock files data.db.lock and library.db.lock. They are in:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\darktable, which is, on English Windows, C:\Users\<user login>\AppData\Local.

Similar crashes ("Access violation"...Magick: caught exception) were often reported when resources was set too high (especially to unrestricted). Please try a lower setting.
If that does not help, disable OpenCL.

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Do I need to delete those lock files every time I exit out of Darktable? I know they are supposed to be deleted automatically, but if I have to do it manually it can be laborious.

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Additional question, is the Magick exception what is causing the crash, or the database lock that is causing the crash every time?

PS, The darktable resources is set to default as you can see in the screenshot.

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Normally, the lock files are only there while darktable is running, to avoid corrupting the database when a second instance is accidentally launched. They are removed when the application closes normally, but may be left behind when it crashes. The DB lock does not cause a crash.

I now see that OpenCL (GPU acceleration) is disabled on your system; in fact, it is not available at all.

(Note that github is not a support forum, though. Initial troubleshooting is usually done at https://discuss.pixls.us/c/software/darktable/19.)

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Thank you. It does seem like a troubleshooting concern now that we established that it's something related to resource capacity. I will go there in case it happens again.

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