Yeah thats not a valid workaround as myself and majority of others use it on a server to share out to everyone else using QB.They need to actually fix their bro...

I had this same issue. However, when I checked the newly installed service (recreated from the update of QB) actually was crashing and failing to start. When I ...

You are totally correct. Ever since they got bought out a few years back their support services have been terribad.