Windower crashes when going from POL to FFXI

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:	APPCRASH
  Application Name:	pol.exe
  Application Version:	1.18.13.0
  Application Timestamp:	4e3bcddc
  Fault Module Name:	StackHash_5861
  Fault Module Version:	0.0.0.0
  Fault Module Timestamp:	00000000
  Exception Code:	c0000005
  Exception Offset:	PCH_21_FROM_ntdll+0x0003AAAC
  OS Version:	6.3.9600.2.0.0.768.101
  Locale ID:	1033
  Additional Information 1:	5861
  Additional Information 2:	5861822e1919d7c014bbb064c64908b2
  Additional Information 3:	84a0
  Additional Information 4:	84a09ea102a12ee665c500221db8c9d6

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Hello!

Even when I launch Windower without the add-ons when POL transitions to FFXI I get an error that says "Playonline Viewer has stopped working." and displays the details shown above. I tried changing the compatibility to Windows 7 (I'm running Windows 8.1) and opening as an administrator and it still doesn't work. Works fine when I don't use Windower. Any other solutions you can think of would be greatly appreciated

Thank you!

This sounds like the typical Windows 8 crash. There is no known fix for that, although some people have reported various things working for them (like setting back video drivers and things like that), but nothing conclusive. There is not much you can do I'm afraid, but you can browse this issue and see if any of that could help you. The most effective way seems to be to upgrade to Windows 7.