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Runcobol.ini settings being removed on Windows 10 Updates

AmyM1 over 4 years ago

Is anyone else encountering this issue? If so, how are you handling it?

Some Windows updates are removing the registry settings for the COBOL programs. The screenshots attached are an example of how it looks when the settings are erased. The other image shows how it should look. The synonyms tab holds the path for the programs. Unfortunately, there is no way to determine which workstations will lose these settings. It does not seem to be associated with a particular version or build. In order to resolve, the ini2reg needs to be run and re associated with the runcobol.ini.

rmconfig after running ini2reg to populate.png rmconfig Windows 10 Random loss of pathing.png

0 Uwe Baemayr over 4 years ago

This is not something we've seen and is concerning. There's no reason a Windows Update should be messing around with this part of the registry.

Do you have any idea whether this (and the OCX problem) is being caused by a recent update, or are the machines being updated really far behind, and applying a large number of updates?
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0 AmyM1 over 4 years ago in reply to Uwe Baemayr

According to my Support Rep that reported this:
"We really don’t know how far they are behind or the schedule or criteria they are using to apply the updates in each customers environment. All I can tell you is that it does not seem to be across the board or associated with any particular version or build of Windows 10."
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0 3lpietro over 3 years ago

Hi, It's true. I had the same mistake on 2 pc but I don't know the reason. Both pc run Win10 PRO ........
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