Very interesting, David. We hadn't tried to install the latest
update, and I'm thankful now that we did not.
Jan
On 10/25/18, David Goldfield <david.goldfield@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
How-To Geek - Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 4:29 PMYou are invited to visit the moderator's Web site at WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info
Windows 10’s October 2018 Update Is Probably Delayed Until November (And
Here’s Why)
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Microsoft stopped offering Windows 10’s October 2018
Update<https://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/microsoft-pulls-the-windows-10-october-2018-update-for-deleting-files/>
on October 6, as it was deleting some people’s files. Now, another ugly data
loss bug has reared its head, and it won’t be fixed until November.
M.
Hamer<https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/if-you-copy-files-from-a-zip-file-without/18c78dcb-8ec6-4d82-90c6-31b90a428fc7>,
a Microsoft forum agent and moderator, explained this issue on October 23:
There is a known issue in the Windows 10 October Update where the consent
prompt “Do you want to replace these files” is missing when copying contents
from a .ZIP file.
With the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, if you copy or move files from a
.ZIP file (without first “extracting” the contents) in to a new destination
folder that contains duplicate filenames or is write-protected, you don’t
get a“Do you want to replace these files” prompt. It will appear that the
files were overwritten, when in fact the copy action for those files is not
executed and files have not been overwritten.
That all sounds a little dry and boring, but it’s serious: You could lose
data when working with zip files! In fact, he goes on to warn more about
this more explicitly:
Important: Do not attempt to Cut and Paste items from a compressed (.zip)
folder. This may result in unintentionally deleting items that may not be
recoverable.
Microsoft is working on a resolution and estimates a solution will be
available in early November for this issue.
After all the bad press, we can’t imagine Microsoft will want to re-release
the October 2018 Update with another bug that can potentially lead to data
loss. This one doesn’t seem quite as bad as automatically deleting entire
folders during the upgrade
process<https://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/microsoft-explains-why-windows-10s-october-2018-update-was-deleting-peoples-files/>,
but it’s still not great. And, if Microsoft starts rolling out the update
with this bug, it’s sure to bite some people. That means Microsoft has to
wait until November.
Please, if you work at Microsoft and you’re reading this: Don’t do it. Wait
until November. Fix the data loss bugs first.
Of course, there’s no official confirmation that Microsoft will delay the
update. We recommend you avoid clicking “Check for
Updates”<https://www.howtogeek.com/369656/dont-click-check-for-updates-unless-you-want-unstable-windows-10-updates/>
any time soon.
In the meantime, if you’ve already upgraded to the October 2018 Update, be
careful when working with Zip files in Windows. We recommend using a
third-party file extraction program, like 7-Zip<https://www.7-zip.org/>.
RELATED: Don’t Click “Check for Updates” Unless You Want Unstable Windows 10
Updates<https://www.howtogeek.com/369656/dont-click-check-for-updates-unless-you-want-unstable-windows-10-updates/>
https://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/windows-10s-october-2018-update-is-probably-delayed-until-november-and-here%e2%80%99s-why/
David Goldfield
Assistive Technology Specialist
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