I really don´t have a solution for this, I just wanted to say that this also happened to me with Orale Instant Client 23.6.0.24.10 64-bit. I installed the latest Visual C++ Redistributable linked in the Oracle page, but the crash still happens. But, it´s a little weird that, on a particular laptop, while the window is freezed, I clicked on it and a pop-up showed with the option "Try to restore the program". After I clicked on that option, the pop-up showed again, but this time with only two options: Restart or Wait. As soon as i clicked on "Wait", the window where I put the password showed and I was able to test the connection successfully. The option "Try to restore the program" does not apeear on other laptops with similar specs (Intel CPU):