Re: PROBLEMS WITH WINDOWS SHORTCUTS

[Dan Daggett]

 Verified on Windows XP Pro SP1.  Crashes Explorer everytime.

 /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

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 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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DESCRIPTION:

There is a problem with the way Windows (tested with
Win98 and Win2k Server) handles shortcut (.lnk) files.
A specially crafted shortcut will crash
explorer.exe/shell32.dll.
A shortcut, say, A.lnk is created and it is made to
point to another
shortcut B.lnk. Then, B.lnk is made to point to A.lnk.
Now when the
folder containing these two files is viewed or
accessed in any way,
explorer crashes.