Corrupted configuration files can cause execa to receive malformed arguments.
To confirm the issue is indeed with execa and not with yt-dlp itself, you can try running the same command that the GUI would execute. open video downloader error unhandled error execa top
The primary developer has officially stated that these unhandled execa errors are resolved in . Check the Official GitHub Repository for the latest release. Manually Update yt-dlp Corrupted configuration files can cause execa to receive
After testing, re-enable protection. If this fixes it, add permanent exclusions. re-enable protection. If this fixes it
: Some users have resolved the error by clearing the application's cached data.