Re: PROBLEMS WITH WINDOWS SHORTCUTS

[Alexander Kiwerski]

Verified on Windows XP Pro SP1. Crashes Explorer everytime.

/Alex Kiwerski


At 05:19 AM 3/15/2003 -0800, S G Masood wrote:

>PROBLEMS WITH WINDOWS SHORTCUTS
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>Topic: Problems with Windows Shortcuts
>Tested With: Windows 98, Windows 2000 Server
>Author: S.G.Masood (sgmasood@yahoo.com)
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>DESCRIPTION:
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>There is a problem with the way Windows (tested with
>Win98 and Win2k Server) handles shortcut (.lnk) files.
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>A specially crafted shortcut will crash
>explorer.exe/shell32.dll.
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>A shortcut, say, A.lnk is created and it is made to
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>shortcut B.lnk. Then, B.lnk is made to point to A.lnk.
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>folder containing these two files is viewed or
>accessed in any way,
>explorer crashes.

[Dan Daggett]

> Verified on Windows XP Pro SP1. Crashes Explorer everytime.
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> /Alex Kiwerski

On a side note, if you browse to the folder through an application and the
application is set to view all file types it will crash the application
instead of explorer. I have tested this with Windows XP Pro SP1 in
Dreamweaver and Photoshop. I can imagine this will work with any
application.

Dan Daggett