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Faulty patches on Server 2022
There appear to be two faulty patches in this month's batch for Server 2022: 1) KB5034439 - which won't install at all on a large number of machines (hasn't installed on anything I've tried it on...
MIcrosoft has supplied a solution to the problem with KB5034129.
The problem appears to be caused by two residual registry keys which exist in Server 2016 but not in later versions. However, if the machine has been upgraded from 2016 they remain (although not required) and if they are present this problem with Edge / New Teams / New Outlook occurs.
The keys are:
- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msedge.exe]
- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msedgewebview2.exe]
The advice from Microsoft was to simply delete them.
I have tried this on an affected machine (I had removed the problem patch and blocked it in WSUS). I deleted those keys, gave it a reboot, reinstalled the patch and rebooted again, and all seems to be working correctly - no issues with Edge / New Teams / New Outlook.
The problem appears to be caused by two residual registry keys which exist in Server 2016 but not in later versions. However, if the machine has been upgraded from 2016 they remain (although not required) and if they are present this problem with Edge / New Teams / New Outlook occurs.
The keys are:
- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msedge.exe]
- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msedgewebview2.exe]
The advice from Microsoft was to simply delete them.
I have tried this on an affected machine (I had removed the problem patch and blocked it in WSUS). I deleted those keys, gave it a reboot, reinstalled the patch and rebooted again, and all seems to be working correctly - no issues with Edge / New Teams / New Outlook.
Thanks a lot for this solution. - It works for Edge.
But to bring back Chrome I had to remove also this key in the registry:
- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\chrome.exe]
Now my inplace upgraded (from W2016 to W2022 Server) works fine again.
We had to Remove also RdrCef.exe for Adobe Reader.
The difference to edge on chrome is that rdrcef is a Problem also in new deloyed Servers. You can see a crash in application event log.
- You're right - I saw this error but ignored it... - Thanks for this advise - after deleting this key in the registry too the error has gone away.
I hope Microsoft will distribute a patch for all these misprogrammed updates...
