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Active Directory Replication Status Tool crashing
Hi, Some recent .Net update broke the app. It crashes right after the splash screen. Application: repl.exe Framework Version: v4.0.30319 Description: The process was terminated due to an un...
Having the same issue and I have .NET 4.8, enabled TLS 1.2 on both Client/Server registry settings and still...just a splash screen and same event viewer information as the above posting from Vandrey. Here's another thread with more folks exclaiming the same issue:
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2462722-active-directory-replication-status-tool-broken
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2462722-active-directory-replication-status-tool-broken
- The following post articulates how to modify a specific dll. I've done it and it works:
https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/xpfune/ad_replication_status_tool_broken_again_in_early/
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2462722-active-directory-replication-status-tool-broken- Followed the post and fixed the Microsoft.Sirona.dll as described in there.
Works a treat now.
The fix is clearly a slightly crude bodge that just bypassed checking for the correct version and certificates / security checks that the defective dll is triggering.
**bleep** poor that Microsoft haven't fixed what they broke back in September themselves!
Maybe a challenge to ex MS developer and you tuber Dave Garage might yield a properly working fix faster than MS!
