Windows 10 is not playing nice

[bwolfsohn]

We're testing our app on windows 10. Currently, our apps are compiled under 1.9 SL1.

The applications have installed correctly (i.e. c:\aucmail) , but, after a couple of days, the data directory was replaced by what looks like an xml file, and the contents moved inside the windows directory in a random windows directory name.

Has anyone come across this ??

[sdenjupol148]

Brian,

I never touch a new version of windows in the first nine months.
You are a brave man to try it.

Bobby

[skiman]

Hi,

We have tested with Windows 10 without any problem.

We also have a customer using our (1.9) application already in production environment without issues. I warned him, but he upgraded all his PC's to windows 10 as soon as he could. Lucky for us, there were no problems with it.

Normally I would agree with Bobby, but our customers are free to install the version they want.

[skiman]

Hi Brian,

I asked around here, and maybe it could be of the 'Volume Shadow Copy'. You should turn it off.

To Stop Volume Shadow Copy: net stop VSS

To diable via de registry:
Disabled:
REG add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\VSS" /v Start /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f

Maybe this helps.

[bwolfsohn]

Let m,e be a little clearer on what happened...

this is our directory structure:
the last 3 directories are where our data is stored.
the program runs from the cus directory

c:\cus
c:\cus\cusauc
c:\cus\aucmail
c:\cus\aucinv


these 3 directories were replaced with 676 +\- byte xml files, and their contents moved into the windows directory.

c:\cus\cusauc
c:\cus\aucmail
c:\cus\aucinv

[Tom]

Looks like you're (or someone/-thing else is) creating files with the directory names. What's the contens of the XMLs? Something you know?

Maybe there's ransomware* running on the system. What about the files in the directories moved to the Windows dirs? Are they fine?

I'm running W10 on seven computers (of 20 in the company) so far, since there's no choice, and it seems to run well. Users do the upgrade, whatever we say. The only bigger probleme we're facing 'til now is about colors (highlighting in browses, disabled tabs).

* I just read an article about faked mails which seem to guide to a Windows 10 upgrade. What they do: Installing CryptoWall, a ransomware virus which encrypts data and leaves files in the directories they destroyed. Those files explain how to get the data back.

[bwolfsohn]

the entire directory with data was moved to the \windows directory.


it wasn't immediate.. it was overnite in some cases..


each of the directories were replaced by a file of the same name. here's the contents:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
<assemblyIdentity
version="1.0.0.0"
processorArchitecture="X86"
name="YourCompanyName.YourDivision.YourApp"
type="win32"
/>
<description>Your app description here</description>
<dependency>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity
type="win32"
name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
version="6.0.0.0"
processorArchitecture="X86"
publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"
language="*"
/>
</dependentAssembly>
</dependency>
</assembly>

[bwolfsohn]

I'm trying to upload a 100k jpg screenshot of the sindows directories it created, but it just sits there on uploading file...

[bwolfsohn]

Here is the windows directory.

the smss directory are our directories that were moved to windows.

we checked on the shadow copy thing.. not it..

[Auge_Ohr]

i do not have those Problems with Windows 10 ( 3 Installations )

the entire directory with data was moved to the \windows directory.

hm ... where are you TEMP / TMP point to ?

it wasn't immediate.. it was overnite in some cases..
each of the directories were replaced by a file of the same name. here's the contents:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
...
</assembly>

this is only a XP Manifest File ... do you use XP Manifest ?

what happens if you install you Xbase++ Application on other Drive ( D: ) ?