Win2K stuck on Initializing Config... and throws error in debug.

[lovebug0706]

Describe the bug
With the extended kernel, VLC 3.0.0, and Java 8 (191), it loads the setup at first, but once the setup is done, it gets stuck on initializing config, and for a while this stumped me, until I looked in debug mode, and found this:

[THROWABLE java.lang.NullPointerException] null [THROWABLE java.lang.NullPointerException] com.spotifyxp.configuration.CustomCon figValue.writeDefault(CustomConfigValue.java:135) [THROWABLE java.lang.NullPointerException] com.spotifyxp.configuration.Config.pu tConfigValue(Config.java:88) [THROWABLE java.lang.NullPointerException] com.spotifyxp.configuration.Config.<i nit>(Config.java:43) [THROWABLE java.lang.NullPointerException] com.spotifyxp.Initiator.initConfig(In itiator.java:292) [THROWABLE java.lang.NullPointerException] com.spotifyxp.Initiator.main(Initiato r.java:80)

I haven't signed into it yet, and I haven't gotten a menu past this. I can still click the X button in the top right to exit, but this just doesn't work.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Get Windows 2K SP4, alongside the extended kernel.
2. Download VLC 3.0.0, and Java 8 (151, JRE.)
3. Download and copy the compressed version of Java 8 191 to the same folder that 151 sits, and override everything. This should upgrade it to 191. The 191 installer didn't load right on 2000.
4. Get through the setup of NTify, the same way you usually would. After this, it should try to load, and toss the error.

Expected behavior
I expected the menu for logging in, and not it to get stuck at Initializing config.

Log file (Under %AppData%/NTify/logs)
Doesn't exist. The folder wasn't made, and neither was the config.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 2000 SP4 + ExKern, installed with Universal NT Installer
• Processor: Intel Atom N280 @ 1.66GHz
• Architecture: x86 only.
• RAM: 2GB
• Version: 1d9e846 I guess. The one from Jan 10th, 2026.

Additional context
I don't think Win2K can usually run on this laptop, but WinXP was too slow for me, so I tried. It's working, but there's a few issues like ACPI. Im using a Toshiba NB205 by the way.

[lovebug0706]

I just tried the previous version of NTify, and it worked just fine, and I was able to log in and play music. Of course i still get the update prompt, but other than that it works good.

[lovebug0706]

Update on the situation, when i updated to the newer version from the previous version, it worked perfectly. I dont know what the big issue was, but it works now. To anyone having the same issue, get the version from December, then upgrade to the version from January, it works that way.

[werwolf2303]

Ok good that it works with a workaround. I'm doing a complete rewrite of the config class which will solve this problem