These are the detailed release notes for MC Upgrade.


For a high-level overview of all changes, please take a look the main document for this release: MarvelClient 12.0


Releases in reverse chronological order: 

Release 2021-10-13 - 12.0.18

MCUpgrade

FIXFixed a rare issue where MCUpgradeMain ended abruptly with exit code -1073741819 (c0000005) during setting of folder security permissions
FIXFixed an issue where the MCUpgrade 25 Free license did not support local administrator accounts - MCUpgrade 25 Free now also checks for the domain of the console session user
FIX / CHANGE

When the data directory is migrated to a new target folder that is not in "AppData\Local", Everyone will be granted access, instead of the SID of the console session user
Furthermore, inheritance is disabled for the data folder itself then, and enabled for all subfolders and files

Release 2021-10-11 - 12.0.17

MCUpgrade

FIXFixed an issue where MCUpgrade erroneously stated that the whitelist was tampered with on Windows with e.g., Czech language
ENHANCEMENTAdded support for Cinema Resources in combination with UpgradeDirectory<>"%PUBLIC%\MCUpgrade"

Release 2021-08-13 - 12.0.16

MCUpgrade

FIXHopefully fixed StdOut and StdErr parsing for good
FIXFixed an issue where the wrong splash screen was loaded when launching the progress bar in cinema mode on Windows < 10 (Cinema mode requires Windows >= 10)
FIX / CHANGEChanged log file backup (e.g., rcplauncher, jvmpatcher etc.) during (un)install to go directly into the logs folder
FIX / CHANGEBefore carrying out any WindowsDefender instructions, MCUpgrade now checks for whether the service is running; get-MpComputerStatus could otherwise result in a freeze/hang
CHANGE / ENHANCEMENTRemoved superflous "Scanning" lines from MCUpgrade.log, bloating it unnecessarily
ENHANCEMENTAdded current user OS language detection if UpgradeLanguage is not specified
ENHANCEMENTAdded support for MCUpgradeProgress(_lang).html - if UpgradeLanguage is set and a _lang.html does not exists, MCUpgradeProgress.html is used

Release 2021-07-23 - 12.0.15

MCUpgrade

FIXThe WindowsDefender check for .AMServiceEnabled<>false and .AMRunningMode<>"Not running" is now only performed if any of the WindowsDefender* options are set
FIXIf checking .AMServiceEnabled<>false and .AMRunningMode<>"Not running" fails, the overall result is no longer error, but success with errors
FIXFixed an issue with StdOut parsing which would not always properly convert umlauts and other special characters

Release 2021-07-14 - 12.0.14

MCUpgrade

INFOMiss 12.0.13? We didn't want to do 13, because black cats and Fridays.
FIXFixed an issue where the Windows desktop preview was not displayed when running as system with console session
FIXFixed an issue where the optional GracefulShutdownCancelMessage did not display (if enabled) due to the messagebox being too small
ENHANCEMENTAny messageboxes displayed when running via service/system are now also beautified (except for - so intended - failed install message boxes)
ENHANCEMENTThe InstallFinished* message box is now also beautified when used in combination InstallFinishedTimeout
ENHANCEMENTWindowsDefender is now only configured if .AMServiceEnabled<>false and .AMRunningMode<>"Not running"

Release 2021-07-07 - 12.0.12

MCUpgrade

FIXFixed an issue where elevation with multiple usernames|passwords|domains would fail if MCUpgradeMain ran into an error or was killed
FIXFixed an issue where compacting templates only would still render an invisible password prompt
FIXFixed an issue where compacting templates only would result in error 4771 instead of 0/success
FIXFixed an issue where compacting templates did not work due to missing working directory
ENHANCEMENTAdded a new ini option CoptimCompactTemplatesTimeout; defaults to -1 (=no timeout), set to number of seconds after which CoptimCompactTemplates shall no longer wait for compact to finish
NOTE: If used, we strongly suggest a minimum value of 300 = 5 minutes just to be on the safe side, especially when installing many languages

Release 2021-07-05 - 12.0.11

MCUpgrade

FIXFixed an issue where a rerun info messagebox was displayed, even if ReRunShortcutName was not set
FIX / ENHANCEMENTDetectNotesClientFolders is now also applied when running MCUpgrde directly via SYSTEM/Service
ENHANCEMENTDetectNotesClientFolders now resolves symlinks
ENHANCEMENTSilent client shutdown is now executed when running MCUpgrde directly via SYSTEM/Service
ENHANCEMENTAdded display of version information to MCKeyfileEditor

Release 2021-07-03 - 12.0.10

MCUpgrade

FIX / ENHANCEMENTAdded IBM\Lotus\Notes to fallback Data directory detection
FIX / ENHANCEMENTAdded removal and unpinning of pinned Windows start menu shortcuts (previously, only taskbar shortcuts were unpinned)
NEWAdded old Notes client detection if BOTH NotesProgramDirectoryOld AND NotesDataDirectoryOld are not specified or do not exist; this can be disabled by setting DetectNotesClientFolders=0
If multiple Notes client folders are found the folders of the client with the newest last modified %notes_data%\names.nsf will be used; set DetectNotesClientFoldersNewest=0 to disable

Release 2021-06-24 - 12.0.9

MCUpgrade

FIXFixed an issue where MCKeyFileEditor would prompt for unsaved changes in case of multiple values for username, passwords and/or domain names, even if changes were already saved
FIXFixed an issue where MCUpgrade_language.ini files were not always read as UTF-8, leading to wrong display in message boxes and/or the progress bar
ENHANCEMENTAdded support for PermutatedLogon=-1 to prevent username and domain name permutation; requires same number of values for username, passwords AND domains
ENHANCEMENTAdded a new MCUpgrade.ini option LogonDomains; defaults to not set, set to e.g. @LogonDomain|@LogonDNSDomain|@ComputerName to ONLY switch to .mcu accounts matching the corresponding domains
NOTE: @LogonDomain|@LogonDNSDomain|@ComputerName can be used literally; they are replaced by a user's corresponding values at runtime

Release 2021-06-23 - 12.0.8

MCUpgrade

FIXFixed an issue where compacting templates without Workspace Optimization would render an invisible password prompt and lead to MCUpgrade hanging infinitely
FIXFixed an issue where Create_R12_Databases was not automatically carried over
FIXFixed an issue where workspace optimization failed when using a custom plugin_customization.ini;
MCUpgrade now secures plugin_customization.ini after all installs, before CopyTo*, uses the secured version for workspace optimization and restores the one resulting from CopyTo* thereafter
FIXFixed an issue where MCKeyFileEditor would prompt for unsaved changes in case of multiple values for username, passwords and/or domain names, even if changes were already saved
ENHANCEMENTAdded a new ini option WindDefenderExcludeForce to force re-applying WindowsDefender settings irregardless of last memorized hash

Release 2021-06-18 - 12.0.7

MCUpgrade

FIXFixed an issue where the new ProgressbarCinema would prompt to enable active content
FIXFixed an issue where languages with non ANSI/=UTF-8 content would not be properly displayed in the progress bar or log
FIX

Fixed an issue where %localappdata% was replaced with Default user folder, even if it did not resolve as C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local
This is an important fix for customers upgrading via SYSTEM/Service with MCUpgrade >= 12.0.2

FIXFixed an issue where files in the stage directory where always claimed to be wrong from a user perspective during whitelisting; this issue was introduced in 12.0.6
FIX

Fixed an issue where a missing or wrong/missing old data directory would not fallback to IBM\Notes\Data or Lotus\Notes\Data, if existing
The Notes client will effectively launch using the IBM or Lotus data directory if it cannot find the HCL\Notes\Data one.

ENHANCEMENTDue to Fixpack installers failing, if the Temp Directory contains a blank, OS TEMP and TMP are automatically set to C:\Windows\Temp if it exists, fallback MCUpgradeDirectory
CHANGEProgressbarCinema is disabled for Windows < 10

Release 2021-05-28 - 12.0.6

MCUpgrade

FIXFixed an issue where whitelisting would not work when using SetEnvvalue
ENHANCEMENTWinDefenderExcludes are now only re-applied if different from last applied changes; these are memorized in the registry as a checksum in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\panagenda\MarvelClient\Upgrade\WindDefenderExcludeLast

Release 2021-05-26 - 12.0.5

MCUpgrade

NEWAdded a new ini option WindDefenderExcludeDefaults; defaults to 0/not set, set to 1 to enable best practice exclusions
NEWAdded a new ini option WindDefenderExcludePath###; set up to 999 paths to exclude, can be combined with WindDefenderExcludeDefaults
NOTE: %localappdata% is automatically replaced with C:\Users\*\Appdata\Local in accordance with log output for USERPROFILES = and OSLOCALAPPDATA SUFFIX =
NEWAdded a new ini option WindDefenderExcludeProcess###; set up to 999 processes to exclude, can be combined with WindDefenderExcludeDefaults
NEWAdded a new ini option DeferralPromptIfLaunchedDirectly; defaults to 1, set to 0 to disable deferral prompt when launching MCUpgrade directly via Windows Explorer or Desktop
FIXFixed an issue where launching MCUpgrade.exe directly from desktop/shortcut/explorer would not do anything with deferral set to 1 (=daily)
CHANGE / REMOVEDMCUpgrade no longer supports free licenses to upgrade to 10.0.1(FP2); this is now entirely replaced with MCUpgrade 25 Free

Release 2021-05-19 - 12.0.4

MCUpgrade

FIXFixed an undeclared variable error introduced in 12.0.3 with the progress wizard splash

Release 2021-05-19 - 12.0.3

MCUpgrade

FIXFixed an issue where the (Re)Run Notes Client Upgrade Shortcut was never translated
FIXFixed an issue where the progress bar would not properly update for processes running longer than 100 seconds during Coptim/Woptim Optimization
FIXFixed an issue in MCKeyfileEditor which did not always detect missing zip files as part of install instructions during publishing from Config database
ENHANCEMENTZip progress is now only displayed for files added, which are > 1 MB

Release 2021-05-05 - 12.0.2

MCUpgrade

FIXFixed an issue where, when upgrading as SYSTEM, %localappdata% was possibly still resolved as C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local; in such a case it will now always be resolved as Default user localappdata
ENHANCEMENTImproved logging for shortcut creation with additional lines for system and shell notifications
ENHANCEMENT*SetRegistryKeyOption### now also supports %MCU_Merge% and %MCU_Unmerge%, optionally with separator suffix e.g., %MCU_Merge%, (separator defaults to @LF(@) for REG_EXPAND_SZ and to ; for all other *_SZ value types)
ENHANCEMENTENHANCEMENT: Added a new ini option SetEnvOption, which can now be set to %MCU_Merge% or %MCU_Unmerge%, optionally with separator suffix e.g., %MCU_Merge%, (separator defaults to ;)

Release 2021-04-29 - 12.0.1

MCUpgrade

FIXFixed an issue where all rcplauncher, jvmpatcher and similar files were all attached / stored as rcplauncher_datetime.log, instead of filename_datetime.log
FIXFixed an issue where, when running via SYSTEM outside of %ProgramFiles(x86)%\panagenda\MCUpgrade, the MCUpgrade.dll would not be deployed to UpgradeDirectory (if not present in %ProgramFiles(x86)%\panagenda\MCUpgrade)
FIXFixed an issue where, when running via SYSTEM without console session, the first migrated notes.ini during multiuser migration had the wrong Directory= entry
FIXFixed a minor issue where we would scan %ProgramData% twice during MultiUser Shared Data Cleanup
FIXFixed an issue where, when upgrading using the panagenda Installer Service, old MCUpgrade*.dll files were not updated
FIX / CHANGE / ENHANCEMENTbackup\index.txt (re)creation has been enhanced to better/properly memorize a non-existent/not specified/not auto detected NotesIniFileOld
In addition, backup\index.txt will be preserved unchanged across runs - any missing files (whether source or index) will be handled during roamback

Release 2021-04-28 - 12.0.0

MCUpgrade

ENHANCEMENTMCUpgrade will now also resolve %ProgramFiles% for future 64 bit Notes client installs
FIXFixed an issue where, when running via SYSTEM without console session, getting folders via best efforts would compute the wrong localappdata folder and appdata suffix
FIXFixed an issue where, when running via SYSTEM without console session, getting folders via last logged on user would never work due to a superflous backslash
FIXFixed an issue where, when running via SYSTEM without console session, the log would stop after running another program
FIXFixed an issue where, when running via SYSTEM outside of %ProgramFiles(x86)%\panagenda\MCUpgrade, the MCUpgrade.dll would not always be used in the UpgradeDirectory
FIX / CHANGEThe MCUpgrade*.dlls, MCKeyfileEditor*.dlls and the panagendaInstallerService have been signed with a new certificate
All components with an expired certificate will be re-deployed automatically, if necessary