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  • 1.  Windows 11 24H2 breaks ACS shortcuts

    Posted Thu January 23, 2025 09:21 AM

    I've been noticing that the ACS shortcuts (.hod, .bchx, etc.) stop working after the Windows 11 24H2 update.  Anyone else been experiencing this?

    The Windows 11 update seems to remove this registry key: 
    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AcsFile\Shell\Open\Command]
    "C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe" "C:\<IBM ACS Location>\Start_Programs\Windows_x86-64\acslaunch_win-64.exe" "%1"

    If I recreate this key manually or with Group Policy, the shortcuts will start working again.  Reinstalling the ACS client will also recreate the file associations, but who knows if the next Windows update will just remove them again.

    I wonder if this is related to the deprecation of the Windows Console Host?




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    Teddy Thorsgaard
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  • 2.  RE: Windows 11 24H2 breaks ACS shortcuts

    Posted Fri January 24, 2025 03:02 AM

    I have experienced the same behavior after upgrade from Win10 to Win11 23H2, though it seems that not everybody got the issue or they haven't complain about it yet.



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    Denis Roche
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  • 3.  RE: Windows 11 24H2 breaks ACS shortcuts

    Posted Thu August 28, 2025 03:06 PM

    We are fixing this by running the following in CMD now:

    assoc .hod=AcsFile
ftype AcsFile="C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe" "C:\Users\Public\IBM\ClientSolutions\Start_Programs\Windows_x86-64\acslaunch_win-64.exe" "%1"


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    Artem Zavyalov
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    Original Message


  • 4.  RE: Windows 11 24H2 breaks ACS shortcuts

    Posted Fri August 29, 2025 07:08 AM

    I think the reason is that Microsoft has deprecated the older Windows Console.

    https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-deprecates-legacy-console-mode-in-windows-11-and-future-releases/



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    Steven Lukas
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    Original Message


  • 5.  RE: Windows 11 24H2 breaks ACS shortcuts

    Posted Fri August 29, 2025 08:21 AM

    If file associations are overwritten or lost-whether due to system changes or another application-they can usually be restored by launching the IBM i Access Client Solutions main interface and selecting File Associations... under the Tools menu.



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    Tony Crabtree
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    Original Message


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