So are you proposing I specify a new database or something?
EDIT:
- started dt via darktable.exe --library C:\Users\Kevin\AppData\Local\darktable\library2.db
- Began importing folder that previously cause unhandled exception
- sit and wait (so far, so good)
- Success
the db must be corrupted. Thankfully I have sidecars for every file. Guess I just delete the old db and start importing things. Due to the folder name changes I needed to re-import about 80% of my photo collection anyway.