We have released a hotfix update version of PME after yesterday’s release as per: Patch Management Engine (PME) v2.4.0.x released

Some customers reported seeing errors where PME was attempting to use a named zip file. An example is as below.

6] 2021-11-25 03:23:33,481 ERROR Exception while decompressing pmeConfiguration from password protected zip file C:\ProgramData\MspPlatform\PME\Archives\4E91ABA2-C0AC-411F-818C-F244403D3DA7.zip: System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly ‘DotNetZip, Version=1.15.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6583c7c814667745’ or one of its dependencies. The located assembly’s manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)

Please note the issue was caused by a conflicting dependency, no code changes were required for a new build.

PME Hotfixed Version is v2.4.1.5153