Index: dll/win32/user32/controls/static.c
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--- dll/win32/user32/controls/static.c	(revision 51842)
+++ dll/win32/user32/controls/static.c	(working copy)
@@ -370,10 +370,18 @@
 
 static HBRUSH STATIC_SendWmCtlColorStatic(HWND hwnd, HDC hdc)
 {
+    PWND pwnd;
     HBRUSH hBrush;
     HWND parent = GetParent(hwnd);
 
     if (!parent) parent = hwnd;
+    // ReactOS
+    pwnd = ValidateHwnd(parent);
+    if (pwnd && !TestWindowProcess(pwnd))
+    {
+       return (HBRUSH)DefWindowProcW( parent, WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC,WPARAM)hdc, (LPARAM)hwnd);
+    }
+    ////
     hBrush = (HBRUSH) SendMessageW( parent,
                     WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC, (WPARAM)hdc, (LPARAM)hwnd );
     if (!hBrush) /* did the app forget to call DefWindowProc ? */