diff --git a/hook/src/d3d9_hook.cpp b/hook/src/d3d9_hook.cpp
index d4227c3..846a89f 100644
--- a/hook/src/d3d9_hook.cpp
+++ b/hook/src/d3d9_hook.cpp
@@ -366,11 +366,15 @@ bool install_d3d9_hooks(IpcClient& ipc)
 
 void remove_d3d9_hooks()
 {
-	// Reset the hook first (restores Present's bytes under thread suspension -> no new detour),
-	// then drain any Present detour still in-flight before freeing the D3D state it reads (UAF).
-	g_hk_present9 = {};
+	// DISABLE (not destroy) first: restores Present's bytes under thread suspension (no new detour)
+	// but keeps the trampoline alive, so an in-flight detour about to call g_hk_present9.stdcall()
+	// (the trampoline) doesn't have it freed under it. Destroying (= {}) before the drain frees the
+	// trampoline immediately -- a UAF the uncapped mock-game storm (thousands of presents/s) hits
+	// reliably (0xC0000005). Disable -> drain -> only then destroy.
+	(void)g_hk_present9.disable();
 	hook_set_installed(g_id_present9, false);
 	g_gate.drain();
+	g_hk_present9 = {}; // no detour in-flight or able to start now -> safe to free the trampoline
 	release_shared();
 	release_sysmem();
 	if (g_ctx != nullptr)
diff --git a/hook/src/focus_spoof.cpp b/hook/src/focus_spoof.cpp
index 688de3f..a653465 100644
--- a/hook/src/focus_spoof.cpp
+++ b/hook/src/focus_spoof.cpp
@@ -289,9 +289,17 @@ void remove_focus_spoof()
 			SetWindowLongPtrA(g_game_hwnd, GWLP_WNDPROC, reinterpret_cast<LONG_PTR>(g_orig_proc));
 		}
 	}
-	g_focus_hooks.clear();
-	g_hk_clipcursor = {};   // restore ClipCursor / SetCursorPos before clearing state
-	g_hk_setcursorpos = {};
+	// Disable (restore original bytes) the inline focus hooks first so no new detour starts, but KEEP
+	// the trampolines alive for any in-flight detour calling its trampoline; destroy only after the
+	// drain. Destroying before the drain frees a trampoline under a detour about to call it (the same
+	// UAF class as the present-storm crash). The WNDPROC subclass uses a saved g_orig_proc pointer
+	// (restored above), not a trampoline, so it has nothing to free early.
+	for (auto& h : g_focus_hooks)
+	{
+		(void)h.disable();
+	}
+	(void)g_hk_clipcursor.disable();
+	(void)g_hk_setcursorpos.disable();
 	ClipCursor(nullptr);    // leave the cursor free when the spoof is removed
 	hook_set_installed(g_id_foreground, false);
 	hook_set_installed(g_id_active, false);
@@ -299,11 +307,14 @@ void remove_focus_spoof()
 	hook_set_installed(g_id_wndproc, false);
 	hook_set_installed(g_id_clipcursor, false);
 	hook_set_installed(g_id_setcursorpos, false);
-	// The WNDPROC is restored and the inline hooks reset above, so no NEW detour can start. Drain
+	// The WNDPROC is restored and the inline hooks disabled above, so no NEW detour can start. Drain
 	// any focus / WNDPROC detour still in-flight on the game's window thread before nulling the
 	// state they read (g_orig_proc / g_game_hwnd / g_focus_ipc) -- otherwise a dispatch mid-flight
 	// could call a null original WNDPROC or a dangling IPC pointer.
 	g_gate.drain();
+	g_focus_hooks.clear(); // no detour in-flight or able to start now -> safe to free the trampolines
+	g_hk_clipcursor = {};
+	g_hk_setcursorpos = {};
 	if (g_focus_ipc != nullptr)
 	{
 		g_focus_ipc->mark_focus_spoof(false, 0);
diff --git a/hook/src/hook_guard.hpp b/hook/src/hook_guard.hpp
index ef6eb4b..67a8631 100644
--- a/hook/src/hook_guard.hpp
+++ b/hook/src/hook_guard.hpp
@@ -53,15 +53,23 @@ public:
 	// Wait (bounded ~400 ms) for all in-flight detours to finish. Call AFTER the hook is
 	// restored / the gate is closed, so no new detour can start -- otherwise this may never
 	// reach zero on a busy render thread.
+	//
+	// We Sleep(1) *before* each zero-check (not after) to close an entry-window race: a thread can
+	// have already jumped into the detour but not yet reached its Guard constructor (the few-
+	// instruction prologue is unguarded), so m_active reads 0 even though a detour is about to run.
+	// Returning then would free the state out from under it. With the hook disabled no NEW detour can
+	// start, so any such thread reaches its Guard within nanoseconds; a 1 ms settle before concluding
+	// "zero" lets it register. Without this, a backend presenting at thousands/s (the uncapped
+	// mock-game storm) reliably crashed on remove (0xC0000005); with it, the count is accurate.
 	void drain()
 	{
 		for (int spins = 0; spins < 400; ++spins)
 		{
+			Sleep(1);
 			if (m_active.load(std::memory_order_acquire) == 0)
 			{
 				return;
 			}
-			Sleep(1);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/hook/src/mkb_hook.cpp b/hook/src/mkb_hook.cpp
index b1ede67..f3d063b 100644
--- a/hook/src/mkb_hook.cpp
+++ b/hook/src/mkb_hook.cpp
@@ -514,12 +514,21 @@ void remove_mkb_hooks()
 		return;
 	}
 	g_active.store(false, std::memory_order_release);
-	g_hk_async = {};   // InlineHook destructor restores the original bytes -> no new detour starts
-	g_hk_kbstate = {};
-	g_hk_cursor = {};
-	g_hk_getrawinputdata = {};   // restore GetRawInputData
+	// Disable (restore original bytes) the inline hooks first so no new detour starts, but KEEP the
+	// trampolines alive for any in-flight detour calling its trampoline; destroy only after the
+	// drain. Destroying before the drain frees the trampoline under a detour about to call it -- the
+	// same UAF class as the present-storm crash. (The DI hook is a vtable swap: remove() restores the
+	// slot and keeps m_original valid, so it has no trampoline to free early.)
+	(void)g_hk_async.disable();
+	(void)g_hk_kbstate.disable();
+	(void)g_hk_cursor.disable();
+	(void)g_hk_getrawinputdata.disable();
 	g_vh_di_getstate.remove();   // restore the DI GetDeviceState slot (probe kept alive for re-enable)
 	g_gate.drain();    // wait for any in-flight polling / DI / raw detour before clearing state
+	g_hk_async = {};   // no detour in-flight or able to start now -> safe to free the trampolines
+	g_hk_kbstate = {};
+	g_hk_cursor = {};
+	g_hk_getrawinputdata = {};
 	hook_set_installed(g_id_di_getstate, false);
 	hook_set_installed(g_id_rawinput, false);
 	for (int vk = 0; vk < 256; ++vk)
diff --git a/hook/src/opengl_hook.cpp b/hook/src/opengl_hook.cpp
index 532b22e..0938e0f 100644
--- a/hook/src/opengl_hook.cpp
+++ b/hook/src/opengl_hook.cpp
@@ -322,14 +322,18 @@ bool install_opengl_hooks(IpcClient& ipc)
 
 void remove_opengl_hooks()
 {
-	// Reset the hooks first (restores the original SwapBuffers bytes under thread suspension, so
-	// no NEW detour starts), then drain any swap detour still in-flight on the render thread
-	// BEFORE freeing the D3D state it reads -- otherwise the detour uses freed memory (UAF).
-	g_hk_swapbuffers = {};
-	g_hk_wglswap = {};
+	// DISABLE (not destroy) first: restores the SwapBuffers bytes under thread suspension (no new
+	// detour) but keeps the trampolines alive, so an in-flight detour about to call .stdcall() (the
+	// trampoline) doesn't have it freed under it. Destroying (= {}) before the drain frees the
+	// trampoline immediately -- a UAF the uncapped mock-game storm (thousands of swaps/s) can hit.
+	// Disable -> drain -> only then destroy.
+	(void)g_hk_swapbuffers.disable();
+	(void)g_hk_wglswap.disable();
 	hook_set_installed(g_id_swapbuffers, false);
 	hook_set_installed(g_id_wglswap, false);
 	g_gate.drain();
+	g_hk_swapbuffers = {}; // no detour in-flight or able to start now -> safe to free the trampolines
+	g_hk_wglswap = {};
 	release_shared();
 	if (g_ctx != nullptr)
 	{
diff --git a/hook/src/present_hook.cpp b/hook/src/present_hook.cpp
index 407bf5c..5073b65 100644
--- a/hook/src/present_hook.cpp
+++ b/hook/src/present_hook.cpp
@@ -994,16 +994,22 @@ bool install_present_hooks(IpcClient& ipc)
 
 void remove_present_hooks()
 {
-	// Reset the hooks first (restores Present/Present1/ECL bytes under thread suspension, so no
-	// NEW detour starts), then drain any detour still in-flight on the render thread BEFORE
-	// freeing the shared texture / On12 bridge / present queue it reads -- otherwise UAF.
-	g_hk_present = {};
-	g_hk_present1 = {};
-	g_hk_ecl = {};
+	// DISABLE (not destroy) the hooks first: this restores the Present/Present1/ECL bytes under
+	// thread suspension so no NEW detour starts, but KEEPS the trampolines alive -- an in-flight
+	// detour about to call g_hk_present.stdcall() (the trampoline) must not have it freed under it.
+	// Destroying here (= {}) frees the trampoline immediately; at a few hundred presents/s that race
+	// was rarely hit, but the uncapped mock-game storm (thousands/s) hits it reliably (0xC0000005).
+	// So: disable -> drain (in-flight detours finish on the live trampoline) -> only THEN destroy.
+	(void)g_hk_present.disable();
+	(void)g_hk_present1.disable();
+	(void)g_hk_ecl.disable();
 	hook_set_installed(g_id_present, false);
 	hook_set_installed(g_id_present1, false);
 	hook_set_installed(g_id_ecl, false);
 	g_gate.drain();
+	g_hk_present = {}; // no detour is in-flight or can start now -> freeing the trampoline is safe
+	g_hk_present1 = {};
+	g_hk_ecl = {};
 	g_present_queue.store(nullptr, std::memory_order_relaxed);
 	g_logged_presents_n = 0; // let a fresh injection re-log the present pattern
 	g_logged_swapchains_n = 0;
diff --git a/hook/src/vk_hook.cpp b/hook/src/vk_hook.cpp
index 859095a..e350de5 100644
--- a/hook/src/vk_hook.cpp
+++ b/hook/src/vk_hook.cpp
@@ -334,8 +334,12 @@ void remove_vk_hooks()
 	// game's thread BEFORE shutting the capture down. The game keeps calling our cached present
 	// detour, but with the gate closed it now passes straight through to the real present.
 	g_capture_enabled.store(false, std::memory_order_release);
-	g_hk_gipa = {};
+	// Disable (not destroy) the GIPA hook first so the trampoline stays alive for any in-flight
+	// resolution detour calling real_gipa() (the trampoline); destroy only after the drain. (The
+	// present detour already passes through to the saved g_real_present, so it's unaffected.)
+	(void)g_hk_gipa.disable();
 	g_gate.drain();
+	g_hk_gipa = {};
 
 	g_cap.shutdown(); // joins the reaper, drains the device, frees the read-back resources
 
diff --git a/hook/src/xinput_hook.cpp b/hook/src/xinput_hook.cpp
index 132151a..67db30c 100644
--- a/hook/src/xinput_hook.cpp
+++ b/hook/src/xinput_hook.cpp
@@ -234,12 +234,20 @@ bool install_xinput_hooks(IpcClient& ipc)
 
 void remove_xinput_hooks()
 {
-	g_hooks.clear(); // InlineHook destructor restores the original bytes -> no new detour starts
+	// Disable (restore original bytes) first so no new detour starts, but KEEP the trampolines alive
+	// for any in-flight detour calling its trampoline; destroy only after the drain. Clearing the
+	// vector here would free the trampolines immediately -- a UAF a game polling XInput at a high
+	// rate could hit (the same class as the mock-game present-storm crash).
+	for (auto& h : g_hooks)
+	{
+		(void)h.disable();
+	}
 	hook_set_installed(g_id_getstate, false);
 	hook_set_installed(g_id_getstateex, false);
 	hook_set_installed(g_id_getcaps, false);
 	hook_set_installed(g_id_setstate, false);
 	g_gate.drain(); // wait for any in-flight detour before nulling the IPC pointer it reads
+	g_hooks.clear(); // no detour in-flight or able to start now -> safe to free the trampolines
 	if (g_ipc != nullptr)
 	{
 		g_ipc->mark_detached();