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| For a high-level overview of all changes, please take a look the main document for this release: MarvelClient 1214.0 |
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| elevation no longer worked for administrative accounts different from the user; introduced in 14.1.0 |
Release 2024-04-12 - 14.1.1
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Fixed an issue where DLL files were copied after the new EXTMGR_ADDINS cleanup introduced in 12.0.41, leading to unfortunate cleanup. DLL files are now copied over before any other files.
After all, 42 is the answer to life, the universe and everything.
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Fixed an issue where, when running as SYSTEM, InstallFinishedExec was waited for or the logfile ended prematurely
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ini:CheckFileHandles is no longer supported
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Fixed an issue where InstallFinishedTimeout was not honored when displaying the IconFinder / a success message dialog when running as SYSTEM
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Added a new feature to display an optional logo.png/logo.gif (png takes precedence if both exist) at the top of upgrade messageboxes (except the IconFinder, as it would become too large)
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DLL files in CopyTo... folders without the overwrite suffix will now also be overwritten if the source file is newer than the target file
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EXTMGR_ADDINS, AddinMenus, and NSF_HOOKS notes.ini entries are now processed as follows:
- if notes.exe is found in NotesProgramDirectoryNew, all entries are removed for which the bitness does not match
- if a pmc64(.dll) entry is found, but no such binary, and a 64 bit pmc.dll binary exists, the entry is changed to pmc.dll
- for entries which point to a binary which exists in both the program and data directory, the binary in the data directory is deleted
- in case multiple entries point to a MarvelClient binary (whether Essentials or licensed), only the newest binary and corresponding entry are kept
- in case entries point to a mix of MarvelClient Essentials and licensed binaries, the newest licensed binary is kept (even if older than the newest Essentials binary)
(If the common data folder contains pmc_data.dll or pmc64_data.dll and a corresponding entry exists, the newest Essentials binary is kept)
- entries pointing to non-existent binaries (in shareddata\common, program, or data, or (accessible) filename) are removed
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Fixed an issue where multiuser notes.ini backups did not work for more than one user since including 12.0.36
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Fixed an issue where silent GracefulShutdown was not done when running as system and DeferralPrompt was <> 0
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Fixed an issue where during Initiator(Pre), several MCUpgrade.ini entries were wrongly expanded leading to a whitelist signature mismatch.
This issue only occurred when during Initiator(Pre), SourceDirectoryInit and/or DeferralPrompt were changed.
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Added logging of logfile fullpath
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When running as SYSTEM and a console session user is present, SYSTEM, Administrators, and EVERYONE are automatically given all access to the LogFile (MCUprade.log)
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Fixed an issue where the log file was not closed when running as SYSTEM before launching /woptimonly (or any other program in console session for that matter)
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Added support for selective NotesDataDirectoryOldExclude by prefixing entries with "network:" (without quotes), e.g.
*.ntf
*.log
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*.dsk
cache.ndk
network:archives\*
*.tmp
The above example will exclude archives from a data folder when migrating the old data directory on a network drive to local in user context, but will not exclude them when the old data folder is on a fixed disk.
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Added a new option ini:StartupLinkMode; set to 1 to "recreate" any Notes startup links deleted during shortcut removal, set to 2 to create a common startup link in any case.
If set to 1, and both a public/common startup link and user startup links are detected, only the public/common one is recreated.
If no public/common startup link is detected but multiple user links, all user links are recreated.
Note that links which are recreated are based on the newly created public/common desktop link, and no based on the previous link details.
For example, if a user has a startup link to start the basic client with the -sa option, the newly recreated link will no longer start the basic client as it is based on the link freshly created by the installer.
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Added support for multiple log files in (Un)InstallExec* instructions
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Added HKEY_USERS\*\SOFTWARE\\HCL\Lotus to automatic removal if more than one uninstall instruction contains \nice.exe
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If Coptim=2 is set in MCUpgrade.ini (Citrix tab → Enable on Citrix only), and no terminal server session is detected, then "CITRIX=1 " and "CITRIX=1" are removed from installexec* instructions
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Added support for placeholder %MCU_ConsoleSessionSID% which is resolved as the current console session user SID, if there is a console session user
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If more than one uninstall instruction contains \nice.exe, HKEY_USERS\*\SOFTWARE\Lotus\Notes, HKEY_USERS\*\SOFTWARE\IBM\Notes, and HKEY_USERS\*\SOFTWARE\HCL\Notes are automatically removed.
This can be disabled by setting MCUpgrade.ini:PostUninstallRegistryCleanup=0
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Things that depend on at least one uninstall instruction (e.g., shortcut removal), now specifically check for \nice.exe in at least one uninstall instruction, instead of just counting number of uninstall instructions
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Added a new option ini:MultiUserSymlinkCleanup; defaults to 1 if one or more uninstall instructions present in MCUpgrade.ini; otherwise not set.
If set to 1, will delete any Lotus/IBM/HCL redirects according to MultiUserSharedDataOld and MultiUserSharedDataNew (e.g., C:\ProgramData\Lotus\Notes > C:\ProgramData\HCL\Notes)
This fix is important for all customers upgrading to HCL Notes 12.0.1, due to an issue with how the HCL installer treats pre-existing redirects/symlinks
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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
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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
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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.
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All components with an expired certificate will be re-deployed automatically, if necessary
| CopyTo...\files were deleted if the upgrade directory was in Common Program Files and the CopyTo... folder contained notes.ini | |
| ENHANCEMENT | DeferralPrompt now also supports values 3 and 4. 3 could actually be really confusing, 4 makes sense to also show DeferralPrompt when using Initiator |
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Release 2024-04-09 - 14.1.0
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| FIX | Improved desktop preview rendering through better windows desktop refresh beforehand |
| FIX / CHANGE | Really fixed the fix from 14.0.7 (After clicking OK in / closing the shutdown notice dialog, the retry dialog will now appear immediately IF A DIALOG WITH BUTTONS APPEARS in Notes upon a close attempt through another (new or respawning) window) |
| CHANGE / ENHANCEMENT | MCUpgradeMain.exe has been removed entirely(!) |
Release 2024-03-27 - 14.0.7
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| FIX | Fixed an issue where the cinema splash screen always loaded MCUpgradeProgress.html, regardless of language to be used |
| FIX | Fixed an issue where text and buttons were not properly displayed in dialogues with higher display scaling |
| FIX | Fixed an issue where GracefulShutdownCancelMessage was not always displayed, if GracefulShutdownRetryAllowCancel was set |
| FIX / CHANGE | After clicking OK in / closing the shutdown notice dialog, the retry dialog will now appear immediately if a dialog with buttons appears in Notes upon a close attempt through another (new or respawning) window |
| CHANGE | In case none of the domains in the mcu file match the current user's domain, MCUpgrade will exit with code 6000 instead of 1 |
| CHANGE | GracefulShutdownRetryAllowCancel now configures the nth retry dialog in which to display the cancel button; previously it configured the nth+1 dialog (the nth dialog after which) the cancel button and message appeared |
Release 2024-02-14 - 14.0.6
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| FIX | Fixed an issue introduced in 14.0.5 where upon displaying the shutdown counter message boxes, MCUpgrade terminated with an "undeclared variable" error message box |
| FIX | Fixed an issue where cascaded symlinks were not traversed entirely (e.g., Lotus > IBM > HCL was previously only traversed to IBM, now to HCL) |
| FIX | Fixed an issue where upon rescaling, text labels would not keep their current text |
Release 2024-02-13 - 14.0.5
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| FIX | Fixed an issue where logging always switched from MCUpgrade.log to MCUpgrade_AutoUpdate.log when running as SYSTEM, instead of only when running as SYSTEM via HCL AutoUpdate. This issue was introduced in 12.0.44 |
| FIX | Fixed an issue where HCL AutoUpdate was only checked for in %ProgramFiles(x86)%, but not in %ProgramFiles% |
| FIX | Fixed an issue where, when switching to AutoUpdate logging, the pre-existing log was not carried over |
| FIX | Fixed an issue where MCUpgradeMain and the cinema progress bar did not use the OS language if ini:UpgradeLanguage was not set |
| FIX | Fixed an issue where the language displayed in the progressbar possibly changed when running as SYSTEM |
| FIX | Fixed an issue where the substrings Installing and Uninstalling were not always displayed translated |
| FIX | Fixed an issue where clicking OK in the desktop preview dialog did sometimes not close the dialog immediately |
| FIX | Fixed an issue where console session fallback detection checked for taskhost.exe, where on Windows 8 and newer it needs to check for taskhostw.exe |
| CHANGE | Console session detection now checks for explorer.exe in console session first, followed by taskhost(w).exe, followed by a single fallback explorer.exe in different session. Previously, a single explorer.exe in different session was favored over taskhost(w).exe |
| CHANGE / ENHANCEMENT | If DeferralPromptMessage contains %DAYSLEFT% or %PROMPTSLEFT%, and @LF@, and days left or prompts left do not apply, then only the first part of DeferralPromptMessage is displayed |
| ENHANCEMENT | The progressbar is now dpi-aware, too, meaning that it changes size when switching display scale, for example, or when higher scaling is configured in Windows |
| ENHANCEMENT | When running as SYSTEM, MCUpgrade grants 'Users' read+execute access to the upgrade directory. Also, 'Users' are granted generic write access to any .log files created. This can be disabled by setting ini:GrantUsersAccess=0 |
Release 2024-02-02 - 14.0.4
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| FIX | Fixed an issue where the desktop preview did not work in all cases |
| FIX | Fixed an issue introduced in 14.0.1 where when running as SYSTEM, InstallFinished* messages were no longer displayed in the console session as the progressbar was closed prematurely |
| CHANGE | MCUpgrade.exe can now also be run without a .mcu file. Previously, this would be prevented by the LogonDomains filter, which was compared to an empty domain in that case. |
Release 2024-01-30 - 14.0.3
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| FIX | Fixed an issue where symlinks were removed during fixpack only installation |
| FIX | Fixed an issue where the new data, new program, and new shared data directory were not parsed for symlinks in case of a fixpack / in-place only installation |
| FIX | Fixed an issue where checking for whether a registry key exists did not always work |
Release 2024-01-26 - 14.0.2
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| FIX | Fixed an issue where animated GIFs stopped working since (including) 12.0.20 |
| CHANGE | Changed the default splash screen to the new 2024 MarvelClient for Notes 14 design |
| ENHANCEMENT | In case MarvelClient Upgrade can not elevate via the panagendaInstallerService, the following log output is added in addition to the "OpenPipe failed": ... please verify that the panagendaInstallerService is installed and running. |
Release 2023-12-21 - 14.0.1
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| FIX | Fixed an issue where ini:InstallService=1 would not install the service since (including) 12.0.42 |
| FIX | Fixed an issue where the progress bar did not display a proper icon in the task bar if a re-run shortcut was present on the Windows desktop before launching an upgrade |
| ENHANCEMENT / CHANGE | Updated the digital signature of all binaries (including service and helper DLLs) to until Nov 2024 (previous releases were valid until March 15, 2023) |
| ENHANCEMENT / CHANGE | The progress bar is now closed before displaying the success message or Windows desktop preview |
Release 2023-12-05 - 14.0.0
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| NEW | MarvelClient Upgrade ready to rumble for HCL Notes 14! |