ATS Desktop Apps: AWT Desktop and AFT Desktop crash after starting
Errors in Event viewer
COMException 0x80041005: “The notification platform is unavailable.”
That’s almost always your app trying to use Windows Notifications / Toast / WNS on a server where the notifications platform/services aren’t available (or the session can’t use them).
Why this happens on Windows Server VPS
On Windows Server (especially on VPS images), Windows push/toast notification services may be disabled, missing, or not usable in a non-interactive/RDP context. If your app calls the notifications API without guarding it, it can throw and crash.
Fix option: Enable the Windows notification services (if you actually need toast notifications)
On Server 2022, try enabling the push notification service.
Run PowerShell as Admin:
Get-Service WpnService, WpnUserService* | Format-Table Name, Status, StartType
# System service
Set-Service WpnService -StartupType Automatic
Start-Service WpnService
# Per-user service(s) (may exist with suffix, may be triggered)
Get-Service WpnUserService* | Start-Service
If those services don’t exist or won’t start, then toast notifications likely aren’t supported/enabled on that VPS image - Consider Quant VPS does support for the very best in trading servers for retail prop futures trading- view details and get 25% off for life: https://algotradingsystems.net/TradingServers