Product:
Cognos Controller 10.3.1 (version 10.3.1100.166)
Cognos Analytics 11.0.8.11
Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 Server

Problem:
After upgrade of Cognos Controller Client on Citrix server, the help menu does not work.

Error message:
Error Launching menu item “Help”.
Could not find a part of the path ‘c:\program files (x86)\IBM\IBM Cognos Controller\ctrl_ug_fapug_contectlinks.csv’.
at system.Net.FileWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResultasyncResult) at…

Possible solution:
The file ccr.exe.config contain the wrong path. Open C:\Program Files\ibm\IBM Cognos Controller Local Client\ccr.exe.config in notepad.
Change the value

<add key=”CASUrl” value=”C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\IBM Cognos Controller\”/>

to

<add key=”CASUrl” value=”C:\Program Files\ibm\IBM Cognos Controller Local Client\”/>

Save the file and try again.
Check also that <add key=”HelpUrl” value=”http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter“/>  point to the correct web address.

Example of the ccr.exe.config file:

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
<!–
IBM SOURCE CODE HEADER START
# =====================================================================
# IBM Confidential
#
# OCO Source Materials
#
# IBM Cognos Products: ccr
#
# (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2004, 2014
#
# The source code for this program is not published or otherwise
# divested of its trade secrets, irrespective of what has been
# deposited with the U.S. Copyright Office.
# =====================================================================
# IBM SOURCE CODE HEADER END
–>
<configuration>

<configSections>
<sectionGroup name=”profile”>
<section name=”Settings” type=”System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler, System, Version=1.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089, Custom=null”/>
</sectionGroup>
<section name=”log4net” type=”log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net” requirePermission=”false”/>
</configSections>
<profile>
<Settings>
<add key=”SelectDb” value=”true”/>
<add key=”Language” value=”2057″/>
<add key=”CASUrl” value=”C:\Program Files\IBM\IBM Cognos Controller Local Client\”/>
<add key=”WSSUrl” value=”http://servername/ibmcognos/controllerserver”/>
<add key=”HelpUrl” value=”http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter”/>
<add key=”InstallExcelLink” value=”false”/>
<add key=”CacheDir” value=””/>
</Settings>
</profile>
<system.web>
<webServices>
<soapExtensionTypes>
<add type=”ClientExtension, ControllerExtension” priority=”0″ group=”0″/>
</soapExtensionTypes>
</webServices>
</system.web>

<log4net>
<root>
<level value=”ERROR”/>
<appender-ref ref=”CCRClient”/>
</root>
<appender name=”CCRClient” type=”log4net.Appender.FileAppender”>
<staticLogFileName value=”false”/>
<file type=”log4net.Util.PatternString”>
<conversionPattern value=”${LOCALAPPDATA}\CCRClientLogs\%date{MM_dd_yyyy}.txt”/>
</file>
<appendToFile value=”true”/>
<layout type=”log4net.Layout.PatternLayout”>
<conversionPattern value=”%date %-5level %logger – %message%newline”/>
</layout>
</appender>
</log4net>

</configuration>
Then in the users profile, check the same values are correct, in the file /appdata/roaming/cognos/ccr/ccr.config.