Hi Gene,
Could a Windows 10 update cause a problem with the programs that we run?
Sure!
Any non-trivial program or update can confuse any other program in ways that neither programmer anticipated.
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A dozen Windows Server updates once refused to install and gave me a useless error message.
(Usually server updates go well, unlike the nightmare that we see in versions like Windows 7.)
Google led me to a post about how to fix things.
The fellow frankly admitted that his solution made no sense, but he insisted that it was easy and worked.
Just hide a standard icon on the server taskbar
Don't uninstall the standard program linked to the icon--just hide the icon.
It worked like a charm--all 12 updates installed without a hitch after the offending icon was out of sight.
Obviously, hiding a taskbar icon made no more sense than trimming toenails to cure paralysis.
But that's an example of how very complicated programs can fail.
Cheers,
Carl Fogel
