3773189 - ABAP system does not start: DISPATCHER EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN after gateway fails to start

• After the kernel upgrade, the ABAP system does not start even though the database is up.
• Dispatcher trace file (dev_disp)  shows:
  
  *** ERROR => DpAsCreate: CreateProcess LocalDrive\usr\sap\<SID>\SYS\exe\run\gwrd.EXE -dp pf=\\< instance folder path> (3: No such process) [dpntdisp.c   509]
  ***LOG Q0I=> DpAsCreate, CreateProcess ( CreateProcess 3) [dpntdisp.c   511] 
  ...
  ...
  *** DP_FATAL_ERROR => Gateway could not be started - I better exit now
  *** DISPATCHER EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN ***
  

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