I also have this problem, but I'm on Windows 11.
This time, it's not the same error as "Out of Memory" which is discussed on the ST forums.
This gives NO WARNING and NO ERROR MESSAGE. It just completely gets killed.
ST Visual Programmer does work as a standalone program, which is interesting.
I did also try updating the firmware on the ST-LINK V2 I have to the latest. Still a problem.
ST Link-V2 shows up correctly in Device Manager.
Any other ideas? Anyone else seen this and found the workaround?
For a company that sells literally BILLIONS of STM8s, I would think they'd be much better at supporting and updating and maintaining these tools which are somewhat horribly archaic...