Confirmation: GameInputRawInputProxy.exe is NEVER created. SANITIZED. ======================================================================= Two independent methods, both across the full Minecraft launch + repro window: 1) Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Process ETW provider (process/image keywords enabled): - ProcessStart (EventID 1) events were captured for ~29 processes during the window (Minecraft.exe, Minecraft.Windows.exe, xgamehelper.exe, RuntimeBroker, etc.). - There is NO ProcessStart event for GameInputRawInputProxy.exe. 2) Event-driven WMI process-creation watcher (SELECT * FROM __InstanceCreationEvent WITHIN 0.05 WHERE TargetInstance ISA 'Win32_Process' AND TargetInstance.Name = 'GameInputRawInputProxy.exe'): Broker spawn catcher result Computer : Window : 240 s RESULT : NO broker spawn events captured (service never created GameInputRawInputProxy.exe). Conclusion: CreateProcess fails at the kernel level and no process object is ever created (consistent with STATUS_INVALID_IMAGE_FORMAT returned before process creation completes). Control: the SAME GameInputRawInputProxy.exe launches successfully (runs, exits with its normal handshake code 1) when started: - standalone by an interactive administrator - as SYSTEM in session 0 (SYSTEM scheduled task) - as SYSTEM into interactive session 1 (PsExec -s -i): "Starting ...GameInputRawInputProxy.exe ... exited ... with error code 1." - with Code Integrity Guard enforced (MicrosoftSignedOnly)