R12/11i Getting Aferror.log File Created On Client PC Desktop

A file named "aferror.log" appearing on their client pc desktops. The file has a size of 'zero bytes'.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Login to the 11i/R12 homepage
2. Launch a form
3. Press the x button in your browser on the page that states "Important: do not close this window"... this will kill the forms session
4. Select logout on the homepage
5. Login again to the 11i/R12 homepage
6. Launch a form the aferror.log will appear on your desktop

This is a known issue and is described in Bug 6825183 "R12 GETTING AFERROR FILE CREATED ON DESKTOP"

Solution:

To resolve the problem on Release 12 apply Patch 6866258

For 11i customers the fix will be included in 11.5.10.2 RUP7