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Windows 11 24H2 breaks ACS shortcuts

  • 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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