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After their most recent IPVanish app update rollout for Windows, some users are getting the following error message when attempting to connect to a VPN server after the install of the upgrade: "An unknown error occurred when attempting to connect to the OpenVPN server".
Below's the Solution: Open the IPVanish app for Windows, click on the Settings icon in our app's menu on the left (Looks like a gear), then click on the 'CONNECTION' tab on the right, scroll down to the bottom and click the 'Install/Repair' button, click Install or Yes on the dialog box that appears and then try to reconnect. The app should connect normally.