Troubleshooting
Problem
When accessing Analyst, user receives the following errors: Fatal Application Error. A Fatal Error has occurred in the startup section of the application. The application will be terminated. Please report the following information: Section: Message Init Could not read file: C:\cognos\c10\bin\Language\English\adminbif.AMF. renamed adminbifs.AMF to adminbif.AMF Received the following error: Fatal Application Error. A Fatal Error has occurred in the startup section of the application. The application will be terminated. Please report the following information: Section: Message Init Could not read file: C:\cognos\c10\bin\Language\English\adminodb.AMF. renamed adminodbc.AMF to adminodb.AMF. Successfully accessed Analyst.
Symptom
Unable to open Analyst
Cause
Windows supports long file names up to 255 characters in length. Windows also generates an MS-DOS compatible short file name in 8.3 format to allow MS-DOS based or 16-bit windows based programs to access these files. When the 8.3 setting is enabled only short file names are generated. Therefore the long file name of adminbifs.AMF is shortened to adminbif.AMF and adminodbc.AMF is shortened to adminodb.AMF and this causes the error on startup as the file cannot be located as it does not exist under that name and Analyst is a 32-bit program and works off the long file name only. See the following link for further information:-
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/142982
How Windows Generates 8.3 File Names from Long File Names
Environment
EP 10.1.1
Windows 7 Professional Workstation
Resolving The Problem
renamed adminbifs.amf to adminbif.AMF
renamed adminodbc.AMF to adminodb.AMF
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Document Information
Modified date:
15 June 2018
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swg21635667