GnuPG modern can't genereate keys on my Windows

[Juan Miguel Navarro Martínez]

I assume you are using a Windows 8 or higher. I already reported that on
another message in this same list. For some reason, making a passphrase
protected key makes GPG Agent crash.

On 2015-08-31 at 07:49, Zero0 wrote:
> I cleared the AppData and registry, installed https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32-2.1.7_20150811.exe to D:\Program Files (x86)\GnuPG, started the command prompt, typed "gpg --full-gen-key --expert" and get an EOF error after I entered the password.
> gpg (GnuPG) 2.1.7; Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> Please select what kind of key you want:
>    (1) RSA and RSA (default)
>    (2) DSA and Elgamal
>    (3) DSA (sign only)
>    (4) RSA (sign only)
>    (7) DSA (set your own capabilities)
>    (8) RSA (set your own capabilities)
>    (9) ECC and ECC
>   (10) ECC (sign only)
>   (11) ECC (set your own capabilities)
> Your selection? 9
> Please select which elliptic curve you want:
>    (2) NIST P-256
>    (3) NIST P-384
>    (4) NIST P-521
>    (5) Brainpool P-256
>    (6) Brainpool P-384
>    (7) Brainpool P-512
> Your selection? 2
> Please specify how long the key should be valid.
>          0 = key does not expire
>       <n>  = key expires in n days
>       <n>w = key expires in n weeks
>       <n>m = key expires in n months
>       <n>y = key expires in n years
> Key is valid for? (0) 4y
> Key expires at 08/30/19 12:23:32 China Standard Time
> Is this correct? (y/N) y
> GnuPG needs to construct a user ID to identify your key.
> Real name: Anonymous
> Email address: anon at example.com
> Comment:
> You selected this USER-ID:
>     "Anonymous <anon at example.com>"
> Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? o
> We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
> some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
> disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
> generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.
> gpg: agent_genkey failed: End of file
> Key generation failed: End of file
> 
> 
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-- 
Juan Miguel Navarro Martínez

GPG Keyfingerprint:
5A91 90D4 CF27 9D52 D62A
BC58 88E2 947F 9BC6 B3CF

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