SYMPTOM:
Beginning in Strategy 9.x, the XQuery Editor and Generator exposes the Application Settings within the GUI. Upon opening the Application Settings to edit them the Axis Path is set to 'UNINITIALIZED' as seen below:

Secondly, if the value is manually modified to the desired location for the axis2.xml file, an error message is displayed and the settings will not be saved.

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