The following applies to Capitalware Java products and any other program that uses Java (JVM) on Windows 10 with a recent Creators Update. Microsoft has changed something in Windows 10 that causes Java (JVM) to crash for some users (not all) when accessing a file.
For those IBM MQ users, just to refresh your memory, the following are MQ Java programs: MQ Explorer, JMSAdmin, Postcard, IVT (Verification), MQTT Listener, AMQP Listener, Java and Java/JMS sample applications, etc..
If you are using a Java program on Windows 10 that requires Java (JVM) and you get EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION with [MSVCR100.dll+0x121f4] then you may have the issue.
Microsoft has it documented here: Creators Update causing Java crashes
This issue appears to happen with most JVM’s. i.e. Oracle JRE, Excelsior Jet, OpenJDK, etc.. I cannot find a report of it with IBM JRE but it mostly likely has the issue too.
Capitalware’s Java products are desktop GUI programs, so if you see a popup box like the following then you have been hit with the issue:
Solution? Yes, sir, there is a solution and it is even stranger than the issue. It is a very simple solution: create a GodMode folder on your desktop and the issue goes away. I’m not kidding. Don’t ask me how many backdoors there are in Windows!!!
Here is a write up of the solution: Create a ‘God Mode’ Folder in Windows 10.
- Right-click on your desktop and select New Folder
- Type in or copy and paste the following as the name:
- Hit Enter and the folder icon will change to GodMode
- Once it has been created, you can delete it if you wish. Whatever was changed in the system is done and the GodMode folder is no longer required.
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
If you scroll further down on the GodMode link, you will see a comment that the word ‘GodMode’ can be anything (i.e. BudaMode, YahwahMode, etc..).
So there you go, when dealing with Windows, you just have entered the Twilight Zone. 🙂
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
