Just wanted to confirm that both Persist’s work-arounds work perfectly. As Persist said, if you keep BB Manager running but ‘hidden’ and therefore the computer asleep and not shutdown, you don’t need to worry about option 2 that Persist mentioned, ie: all footpedal/footswitch settings remain the same. However, if you do close BB Manager it’s handy to keep the ‘PARAMS’ folder on the desktop and drop that onto your SD card AFTER you’ve updated so any personalized footpedal/footswitch settings remain intact.
So it’s a workaround that isn’t difficult once you’re aware of the issue. Obviously, I look forward to the developers making a permanent fix but in the meantime, thanks again Persist. 