Secure Desktop option incompatible with Windows 11 22H2

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Expected behavior

When using the Secure Desktop for password entry, VeraCrypt switches out of Windows Explorer while typing the password, and upon completion it returns back to Windows Explorer.

Observed behavior

VeraCrypt's Secure Desktop is now almost unusable, as it hangs on a white screen after trying to mount a container. This may happen (if unlucky) on the very first mounting attempt, or more often on the 2nd or 3rd attempt. So you may be able to mount 1-2 containers initially, but later get into the trap of being stuck on the Secure Desktop's white screen, unable to interact with anything but the task manager, and having to log off and log back on (losing any unsaved work).

Steps to reproduce

The easiest way to reproduce this on a Windows 11 22H2 system is to:

1. Select any container for mounting
2. Keep entering the wrong password and you should soon hit the issue soon

Or just try mounting 3 different containers sequentially and you'll likely hit the issue.

Your Environment

This happenes to me on three different machines: my gaming PC, my work laptop, my mini-PC, all running the latest version of Windows 11.

VeraCrypt version: 1.25.9

Operating system and version: Windows 11 Home/Pro 22H2 (build 22621.963)

System type: 64-bit

Misc.

As discussed in this superuser article