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 14.0


Releases in reverse chronological order: 

Release 2024-02-14 - 14.0.6

MCUpgrade

FIXFixed an issue introduced in 14.0.5 where upon displaying the shutdown counter message boxes, MCUpgrade terminated with an "undeclared variable" error message box
FIXFixed an issue where cascaded symlinks were not traversed entirely (e.g., Lotus > IBM > HCL was previously only traversed to IBM, now to HCL)
FIXFixed an issue where upon rescaling, text labels would not keep their current text

Release 2024-02-13 - 14.0.5

MCUpgrade

FIXFixed 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
FIXFixed an issue where HCL AutoUpdate was only checked for in %ProgramFiles(x86)%, but not in %ProgramFiles%
FIXFixed an issue where, when switching to AutoUpdate logging, the pre-existing log was not carried over
FIXFixed an issue where MCUpgradeMain and the cinema progress bar did not use the OS language if ini:UpgradeLanguage was not set
FIXFixed an issue where the language displayed in the progressbar possibly changed when running as SYSTEM
FIXFixed an issue where the substrings Installing and Uninstalling were not always displayed translated
FIXFixed an issue where clicking OK in the desktop preview dialog did sometimes not close the dialog immediately
FIXFixed an issue where console session fallback detection checked for taskhost.exe, where on Windows 8 and newer it needs to check for taskhostw.exe
CHANGEConsole 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 / ENHANCEMENTIf 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
ENHANCEMENTThe 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
ENHANCEMENTWhen 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

MCUpgrade

FIXFixed an issue where the desktop preview did not work in all cases
FIXFixed 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
CHANGEMCUpgrade.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

MCUpgrade

FIXFixed an issue where symlinks were removed during fixpack only installation
FIXFixed 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
FIXFixed an issue where checking for whether a registry key exists did not always work

Release 2024-01-26 - 14.0.2

MCUpgrade

FIXFixed an issue where animated GIFs stopped working since (including) 12.0.20
CHANGEChanged the default splash screen to the new 2024 MarvelClient for Notes 14 design
ENHANCEMENTIn 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 

MCUpgrade

FIXFixed an issue where ini:InstallService=1 would not install the service since (including) 12.0.42
FIXFixed 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 / CHANGEUpdated the digital signature of all binaries (including service and helper DLLs) to until Nov 2024 (previous releases were valid until March 15, 2023)
ENHANCEMENT / CHANGEThe progress bar is now closed before displaying the success message or Windows desktop preview


Release 2023-12-05 - 14.0.0

MCUpgrade

NEWMarvelClient Upgrade ready to rumble for HCL Notes 14!