I uninstalled SWI and re-installed the latest version 7.6.4 on windows 32 bit version 7 enterprise.
This application has requested the Runtime to terminate in an unusual way.
which seems to be what this post is referring to.
Writing make/0 works OK, but Comple/Make from the editor or
File/Reload modified files crashes SWI.
Thanks for any help,
Moti