At 13:09 2018-10-23, Ted Roche tedroche@gmail.com wrote:

Something is seriously wrong at MSFT.

No VFP development.

What? There is more?

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/189344/windows-10-version-1809-s...

I just read another article on this and submitted it to RISKS.

The re-release of the "Feature Update 1809" i.e., the new version of windows for September '18, hence 1809, is deleting user's data, again.

I got the idea of a monster movie with the tag, "Will it kill again?"

I strongly recommend you turn off Updates as best you can. I've set all our machines here to "Metered" connections and set "Feature" updates to a 365 day delay and Security updates to a 30 day delay.

Mine are off since, well, years. I am so glad that I am still on Windows 7.

I think Windows has gotten too complex for MS to understand. Shadow directories and fake redirections and everything dependent not on the OS or the File System, but the Registry, may just be a step too far.

A Big Ball of Mud.

"... may ..."? "... a step ..."? Such optimism.

I am using PKZIP version 2.04g. At 25 years old, it may be older than some of those Microsoft programmers. It might work better, too.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko