10 files changed, 53 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 1d2ea3093f9..f13f506e8e6 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 
 if(WIN32 AND MSVC)
   set(sources_windows
-    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/common/Debugging/WheatyExceptionReport.cpp
-    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/common/Debugging/WheatyExceptionReport.h
     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/common/WindowsSettings.manifest
   )
 endif()
diff --git a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 1270519d087..c839bcf54cf 100644
--- a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,16 +12,17 @@ CollectSourceFiles(
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
   PRIVATE_SOURCES
   # Exclude
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Debugging
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Debugging/Windows
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Platform
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/PrecompiledHeaders)
 
-# Manually set sources for Debugging directory as we don't want to include WheatyExceptionReport in common project
-# It needs to be included both in authserver and worldserver for the static global variable to be properly initialized
-# and to handle crash logs on windows
-list(APPEND PRIVATE_SOURCES
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Debugging/Errors.cpp
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Debugging/Errors.h)
+if(WIN32)
+  CollectSourceFiles(
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Debugging/Windows
+    WINDOWS_DEBUGGING_SOURCES)
+  list(APPEND PRIVATE_SOURCES
+    ${WINDOWS_DEBUGGING_SOURCES})
+endif()
 
 if(USE_COREPCH)
   set(PRIVATE_PCH_HEADER PrecompiledHeaders/commonPCH.h)
diff --git a/src/common/Debugging/WheatyExceptionReport.cpp b/src/common/Debugging/Windows/WheatyExceptionReport.cpp
index 69ade2deab3..a7df9967079 100644
--- a/src/common/Debugging/WheatyExceptionReport.cpp
+++ b/src/common/Debugging/Windows/WheatyExceptionReport.cpp
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ bool WheatyExceptionReport::alreadyCrashed;
 std::mutex WheatyExceptionReport::alreadyCrashedLock;
 WheatyExceptionReport::pRtlGetVersion WheatyExceptionReport::RtlGetVersion;
 
-// Declare global instance of class
-WheatyExceptionReport g_WheatyExceptionReport;
-
 //============================== Class Methods =============================
 
 WheatyExceptionReport::WheatyExceptionReport()             // Constructor
diff --git a/src/common/Debugging/WheatyExceptionReport.h b/src/common/Debugging/Windows/WheatyExceptionReport.h
index baca9699c5b..d154fce0d13 100644
--- a/src/common/Debugging/WheatyExceptionReport.h
+++ b/src/common/Debugging/Windows/WheatyExceptionReport.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #define _NO_CVCONST_H
 
+#include "Define.h"
 #include "Optional.h"
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <winnt.h>
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ struct SymbolDetail
     bool HasChildren;
 };
 
-class WheatyExceptionReport
+class TC_COMMON_API WheatyExceptionReport
 {
     public:
 
@@ -396,5 +397,11 @@ class WheatyExceptionReport
 
 };
 
-extern WheatyExceptionReport g_WheatyExceptionReport;       //  global instance of class
+#define INIT_CRASH_HANDLER() \
+    __pragma(warning(push)) \
+    __pragma(warning(disable:4073))  /* C4073: initializers put in library initialization area */ \
+    __pragma(init_seg(lib)) \
+    WheatyExceptionReport g_WheatyExceptionReport; \
+    __pragma(warning(pop))
+
 #endif                                                      // _WHEATYEXCEPTIONREPORT_
diff --git a/src/server/authserver/Main.cpp b/src/server/authserver/Main.cpp
index 079f804fe30..fa735217fca 100644
--- a/src/server/authserver/Main.cpp
+++ b/src/server/authserver/Main.cpp
@@ -379,3 +379,9 @@ variables_map GetConsoleArguments(int argc, char** argv, fs::path& configFile, f
 
     return variablesMap;
 }
+
+#if TRINITY_PLATFORM == TRINITY_PLATFORM_WINDOWS
+#include "WheatyExceptionReport.h"
+// must be at end of file because of init_seg pragma
+INIT_CRASH_HANDLER();
+#endif
diff --git a/src/server/worldserver/Main.cpp b/src/server/worldserver/Main.cpp
index 87b4363be53..2b05c996ce3 100644
--- a/src/server/worldserver/Main.cpp
+++ b/src/server/worldserver/Main.cpp
@@ -749,3 +749,9 @@ variables_map GetConsoleArguments(int argc, char** argv, fs::path& configFile, f
 
     return vm;
 }
+
+#if TRINITY_PLATFORM == TRINITY_PLATFORM_WINDOWS
+#include "WheatyExceptionReport.h"
+// must be at end of file because of init_seg pragma
+INIT_CRASH_HANDLER();
+#endif
diff --git a/src/tools/map_extractor/System.cpp b/src/tools/map_extractor/System.cpp
index c1830e57253..6252514eaad 100644
--- a/src/tools/map_extractor/System.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/map_extractor/System.cpp
@@ -1147,3 +1147,9 @@ int main(int argc, char * arg[])
 
     return 0;
 }
+
+#if TRINITY_PLATFORM == TRINITY_PLATFORM_WINDOWS
+#include "WheatyExceptionReport.h"
+// must be at end of file because of init_seg pragma
+INIT_CRASH_HANDLER();
+#endif
diff --git a/src/tools/mmaps_generator/PathGenerator.cpp b/src/tools/mmaps_generator/PathGenerator.cpp
index cff2007d867..6f3d46d1edb 100644
--- a/src/tools/mmaps_generator/PathGenerator.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/mmaps_generator/PathGenerator.cpp
@@ -373,3 +373,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         printf("Finished. MMAPS were built in %s\n", secsToTimeString(GetMSTimeDiffToNow(start) / 1000).c_str());
     return 0;
 }
+
+#if TRINITY_PLATFORM == TRINITY_PLATFORM_WINDOWS
+#include "WheatyExceptionReport.h"
+// must be at end of file because of init_seg pragma
+INIT_CRASH_HANDLER();
+#endif
diff --git a/src/tools/vmap4_assembler/VMapAssembler.cpp b/src/tools/vmap4_assembler/VMapAssembler.cpp
index 38eb53ed9be..c6d40d1ca44 100644
--- a/src/tools/vmap4_assembler/VMapAssembler.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/vmap4_assembler/VMapAssembler.cpp
@@ -62,3 +62,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     std::cout << "Ok, all done" << std::endl;
     return 0;
 }
+
+#if TRINITY_PLATFORM == TRINITY_PLATFORM_WINDOWS
+#include "WheatyExceptionReport.h"
+// must be at end of file because of init_seg pragma
+INIT_CRASH_HANDLER();
+#endif
diff --git a/src/tools/vmap4_extractor/vmapexport.cpp b/src/tools/vmap4_extractor/vmapexport.cpp
index 5926f2e525c..0c894d17fae 100644
--- a/src/tools/vmap4_extractor/vmapexport.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/vmap4_extractor/vmapexport.cpp
@@ -366,3 +366,9 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
     printf("Extract %s. Work complete. No errors.\n", versionString);
     return 0;
 }
+
+#if TRINITY_PLATFORM == TRINITY_PLATFORM_WINDOWS
+#include "WheatyExceptionReport.h"
+// must be at end of file because of init_seg pragma
+INIT_CRASH_HANDLER();
+#endif