Quick fix for 2107965 - Issues in EPM Add-in after installing Microsoft updates

[Former Member]

As mentioned in the note from SAP (2107965) there is a option to delete the *.exd files under users %appdata% folder...

I just wrote a quick batch script to take care of this since we allready pushed out the MS security updates and the EPM client doesn't want to refresh the reports anymore.

Feel free to use it however you want. And offcourse I take no responsability for it

just open up notepad and paste below data into a new file that you save as for example BPC_MS_update_fix.bat

now you can send this to people needed this fix.

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@echo off

REM delete *.exd under %appdata% recursively

REM fix for MS security updates

del %appdata%\..\*.exd /S /Q

cls

echo.

echo Finished fixing MS security patches, please restart Excel!

echo.

pause

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Brgds

Mattias

[Former Member]

Please note that if you want to e-mail this fix(batch file) to someone that some email clients may block batch files. You can easily zip the batch file to get around that.

Brgds

Mattias

[Former Member]

Mattias

Your fix worked like a charm, it was a lot easier than anything Microsoft had published anywhere. Thanks for your help!

[Former Member]

Aaron,

Thank you, always nice to be able to help out.

Brgds

Mattias

[JohnL]

Thanks Mattias.

Please note Microsoft updated KB 2553154 with the following:

Known issues with this security update

• After you install this security update, you may receive an error message that resembles any of the following when you insert a Forms3 control into an Office document, or when you edit the properties of a control:
  Object library invalid or contains references to object definitions that could not be found.
  OR
  Cannot insert object.
  OR
  The program used to create this object is Forms. That program is either not installed on your computer or it is not responding. To edit this object, install Forms or ensure that any dialog boxes in Forms are closed.
  Note In this error message, the Forms text may also be replaced by the GUID of the control.

For more information about how to resolve this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

3025036

  (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3025036/ ) 

"Cannot insert object" error in an ActiveX custom Office solution after you install the MS14-082 security update

The resolutions described in the Microsoft KB 3025036 are the same but it also mentions:

Make sure that the 2007 Office suite or Office 2010 and Office Click-to-Run have the latest updates installed. To obtain the latest updates for Click-to-Run, perform an online repair of Office 2013.