fileProGI under Windows -- KB2922229

Kenneth Brody kenbrody at spamcop.net
Fri Apr 18 11:03:17 PDT 2014


It appears that a recent Microsoft update -- KB2922229 -- has added a 
"security fix" which prevents fileProGI from running .bat files in some 
circumstances.  It does not appear to have had any effect on text-mode filePro.

     https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms14-019

If your sysadmin allows it, you can back out that update.  However, I 
understand that not everyone can or wants to do so.

As a workaround for now, you need to set "PFTMP=." in GI's default.cfg file. 
  (Note that this will cause filePro to write temp files to the current 
directory.  You can set "startdir=" in the default.cfg file to a temp 
directory if desired.)

Also, if you explicitly execute any .bat files from a menu, you will need to 
add "cmd /c" in front of the batch filename.

Finally, if you have "startcmd=" set to run a batch file, you will also need 
to add "cmd /c" in front of the batch filename.

-- 
Kenneth Brody


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