Crew Macro List Runner error

I am trying to use the List Runner tool from the Crew Macros and am getting the following errors:

Error: List Runner (1): Tool #3: Iteration #1: Tool #5: Record #1: Tool #2: Tool #2: The external program "SupportingExes\AlteryxRunner.exe" returned an error code: -1073741502

Error: List Runner (1): Tool #3: The output connection "Logs" was not valid

I recently updated to version 2025.2. Before I did that I was able to use the List Runner tool with no problem. This only started after the update. I uninstalled and reinstalled both Alteryx Designer and the Crew macros, but that did not help.

Thanks for any help.

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KevinSobel

With further investigation by my system administrator it seems that we needed to update the version of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable. There were 2 old versions installed. Uninstalling both of those and going to the most recent version (14.50) seems to have solved the problem.

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jrlindem

As with any new version, using the bleeding edge is going to put you out there in the front of the pack experiencing the brunt of issues and incompatibilities until downstream features, like third-party macro's are checked, remediated, resolved, and validated.

If you depend on this macro, you may want to consider backing off to 2025.1 or whichever version was functioning as expected.

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What are you ultimately needing to accomplish? Could you consider a new approach to side-step the list runner error altogether?

For example, if you need to run parts of your workflow in sequence, should you consider using Control Containers instead?

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KevinSobel

I now don't think it is a version issue. I just had a co-worker update her version and she was able to run the same workflow with the List Runner tool and had no problem.

I am trying to run over 100 workflows sequentially. Just what the List Runner tool is perfect for.😀

jrlindem

Interesting. Glad you were at least able to isolate the problem, albeit never fun to know it's your own issue 😀

As you stated, orchestrating that many workflows is what the list-runner excels at. I hope you can get it to work. Otherwise, Cloud Orchestration with workflow Plans (Alteryx One) could be a useful thing to explore in the future.

Cheers, -Jay

volcanicpanik

Have you had any ideas or fixes for this problem? I'm currently also encountering the exact same issue with the List Runner macro.

NeoInfiniTech

Hi @KevinSobel,

I tried testing the List Runner with both the old version of CReW Macros (~8 MB in size) and the new version (~1.5 MB in size) on Alteryx Designer 2025.2 and both functioned as expected.

When I searched for this error code 1073741502, I saw that this means DLL Initialization Failed (on StackOverflow and in an unrelated program, but I think that the code refers to the same error). The reason for this might be that the macro needs to be pointed to the installation directory of Alteryx Designer. Here's how you can do that:

1. Navigate to the directory where you installed CReW Macros.

2. Under that directory, navigate to the Macros folder and open the macro named CReW_Runner.yxmc.

3. Click on the Run Command tool on the canvas (it has the annotation Run AlteryxRunner.exe).

4. You will notice that there is a setting named Working Directory [Optional]. Paste the path of your Alteryx Designer installation folder, which can change depending on whether you installed the Admin or Non-Admin version of Alteryx, which you can find out by opening Alteryx Designer and navigating to Help > About. In the title bar of the window, you can see if the installation is Admin or Non-Admin.

Usual Admin installation path: C:\Program Files\Alteryx\bin

Usual Non-Admin installation path: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Alteryx\bin

Make sure to change the drive label (C:\) and/or UserName in the provided sample path.

5. After this, there is one more thing you will need to change, which is the setting Command (found in the same Run Command tool), which contains a relative reference to the executable path, such as SupportingExes\AlteryxRunner.exe. You will need to change it with your own CReW Macros installation path, which would be "C:\Users\UserName\Documents\CReW_Macros\Macros\SupportingExes\AlteryxRunner.exe" on my PC, but if you installed it to another location than Documents, you will need to change it accordingly.

6. Save and close the macro, then try running your workflow/analytic app containing the List Runner again.

Can you try this and see if it works?

KevinSobel

I tried your steps but they did not fix the problem.

My system administrator did some digging and found this every time I run the the workflow with the List Runner:

Faulting application name: AlteryxRunner.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x5491b5da

Faulting module name: MSVCP140.dll, version: 14.36.32532.0, time stamp: 0x04a30cf0

Exception code: 0xc0000005

Fault offset: 0x0000000000012f58

Faulting process id: 0x1794

Faulting application start time: 0x01dc8732d25b2d79

Faulting application path: C:\CrewMacros\Macros\SupportingExes\AlteryxRunner.exe

Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\MSVCP140.dll

Report Id: 25d509bb-6a27-4cd2-841f-c73102bb3fd5

Faulting package full name:

Faulting package-relative application ID:

jrlindem

Glad you got it figured out. I was just searching on your log response and the C++ came up, but wasn't confident that's what you were experiencing! When in doubt, turn over all stones though right? -Jay

WirkKarl

We hit something similar after upgrading to 2025.x. Updating Crew Macros fixed it for us the older List Runner wasn’t compatible with the new AlteryxRunner behavior.

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