[flirc.exe crashes upon launching]

Uninstalled and reinstalled, but still crashes immediately on open.  Uninstalled again and reinstalled the official release and crashes immediately upon open.  At this point I'm inclined to point to a bricked firmware.  Any way to manually patch the firmware?

[flirc.exe crashes upon launching]

The first time I connected 1.2.7 rc12 it mentioned a firmware upgrade.  I elected to install it.  The GUI immediately crashed.  Now any time I open the app it crashes immediately:

 

Problem signature:

  Problem Event Name: APPCRASH

  Application Name: Flirc.exe

  Application Version: 1.0.0.0

  Application Timestamp: 5417d5ea

  Fault Module Name: Flirc.exe

  Fault Module Version: 1.0.0.0

  Fault Module Timestamp: 5417d5ea

  Exception Code: c0000005

  Exception Offset: 000200ab

  OS Version: 6.3.9600.2.0.0.272.7

  Locale ID: 1033

  Additional Information 1: 39ff

  Additional Information 2: 39ff9f3dbae998697945453364708e3d

  Additional Information 3: d33f

  Additional Information 4: d33f9a336787301fff2d8076c353740c

 

Please let me know how to fix this.  I haven't even gotten a chance to try it out yet.