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[BUG] OS Updating Breaks HashCheck

Open CanadianJeff opened this issue 8 years ago • 12 comments

my windows 10 just updated to the latest version and now I have a "Windows.old"

hashcheck was left behind in "Windows.old" I found this out when I started autoruns from sysinternals autoruns and it showed that the dll files for hashcheck were missing

installing a new copy of hashcheck put the new files in place so it works again just stupid microsoft being dumb thats all

CanadianJeff avatar Sep 22 '16 00:09 CanadianJeff

To be fair, HashCheck probably shouldn't be installed under \Windows... but when it was written back in 2008, it wasn't uncommon practice to place files there, and it's never occurred to me that this should change.

I'll leave this open, it should probably be fixed. Thanks for catching it, and for checking in autoruns that it was still in the registry after the upgrade.

gurnec avatar Sep 22 '16 01:09 gurnec

Can confirm, happened to me also when I received the Anniversary update for Windows 10.

Masxx avatar Oct 25 '16 04:10 Masxx

To avoid OS update breaking this extension, the installation path should be C:\Program Files\HashCheck.

KrasnayaPloshchad avatar Oct 27 '16 16:10 KrasnayaPloshchad

ah god damn it windows I just updated to the new creators update and now my hashcheck is gone once again thank you microsoft :-)

CanadianJeff avatar May 01 '17 09:05 CanadianJeff

Me too.

scara avatar May 16 '17 21:05 scara

So, uh... Is this getting changed? I love this extension :D

jpegxguy avatar Jul 30 '17 14:07 jpegxguy

upgraded to Windows 10 1709 (release preview) - HashCheck is trashed yet again and i had to reinstall it.

please upvote this feedback for MS: https://aka.ms/I6yxql @

R-Adrian avatar Oct 14 '17 06:10 R-Adrian

Hi,

As a Windows Insider Preview tester, this happens to me quite a lot.

While it is simple to just reinstall, I'm still adding my comment (more so to to nudge you just a bit on this issue than anything else).

JohnLGalt avatar Jan 17 '18 17:01 JohnLGalt

Windows 10 1803 - Spring Creators Update (build 17133.1) breaks HashCheck v2.4.0 again, predictably.

had to reinstall HashCheck after the edition upgrade.

R-Adrian avatar Apr 01 '18 09:04 R-Adrian

Yes, as Aditza2015 keeps bringing up, every Windows 10 major update breaks HashCheck v2.4.0 and you have to reinstall it. It is easy and fast to reinstall, but would be nice to see this fixed.

ZPNRG avatar Apr 05 '18 03:04 ZPNRG

I've gotten used to this, as I run Insider Preview builds (and Skip ahead builds when they are available) on my testing desktop, and every build change causes HC to break. But it would be nice if this could survive OS upgrades.

JohnLGalt avatar Apr 05 '18 16:04 JohnLGalt

I also had to reinstall after upgrading to Windows 10 1803. Program shows in app/remove programs, but attempting to uninstall it throws an error.

jo2k avatar May 04 '18 12:05 jo2k