TC doesn't allow to make shortcut of a directory in its subdirectory
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Re: TC doesn't allow to make shortcut of a directory in its subdirectory
2Hacker
Do we somehow translate this text you quoted into our native languages of communication in different ways?
Because I see in it only the ABSENCE of at least some mention of problems with processing of .LNK files!
This is absolutely not what is written in this text.
Do we somehow translate this text you quoted into our native languages of communication in different ways?
Because I see in it only the ABSENCE of at least some mention of problems with processing of .LNK files!
This is absolutely not what is written in this text.
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Re: TC doesn't allow to make shortcut of a directory in its subdirectory
AntonyD,
Well, you are right, it depends on if .lnk files to folders were affected by the above mentioned history.txt fixes or not.
Roman
Well, you are right, it depends on if .lnk files to folders were affected by the above mentioned history.txt fixes or not.
Roman
Mal angenommen, du drückst Strg+F, wählst die FTP-Verbindung (mit gespeichertem Passwort), klickst aber nicht auf Verbinden, sondern fällst tot um.
Re: TC doesn't allow to make shortcut of a directory in its subdirectory
I really want to know what kind of software uses LNK files for enumerating subfolders, because it seems that TC doesn't allow creation of an absolutely legal LNK file only because of such a software.
In this case TC really doesn't allow me to create a file. And the error description (mentioned in the first post) is wrong.
Re: TC doesn't allow to make shortcut of a directory in its subdirectory
The documentation you refer to, is about soft and hard links in the FS level, a file with the LNK extension is a file that contains metadata for a UNC, if software is parsing it and making assumptions on its contents (or even worse treating it as an actual symlink!) its an issue with that specific application not the OS or TC. Saying that, I don't mind the limitation in TC, I don't really use lnk files .Hacker wrote: ↑2023-12-26, 12:17 UTCRoman27.02.19 Release Total Commander 9.22 release candidate 1 (32/64)
01.10.18 Fixed: Function to check file system links (junctions, reparse points) for infinite loops didn't handle relative paths created e.g. via "mklink /D MyDirLink ..\MyDir" while in directory "C:\MyDir" (32/64)
07.04.09 Release Total Commander 7.50 Beta 17
03.04.09 Fixed: NTFS file system: Do not follow symlinks which point to themselves or a parent dir of the current dir in "calculate occupied space", copy/move, search, and synchronize dirs (avoids infinite loops)
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Re: TC doesn't allow to make shortcut of a directory in its subdirectory
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Re: TC doesn't allow to make shortcut of a directory in its subdirectory
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You did not explain WHY you did so. As we all here explained to you that the essence of the .LNK file is COMPLETELY differs from the any kind on links (sym/hard) - in this case you do NOT have any pros objections in order to leave this bug intact\unchanged.
You did not explain WHY you did so. As we all here explained to you that the essence of the .LNK file is COMPLETELY differs from the any kind on links (sym/hard) - in this case you do NOT have any pros objections in order to leave this bug intact\unchanged.
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Re: TC doesn't allow to make shortcut of a directory in its subdirectory
If you look from the perspective of the meanings and facts that we have reported here and what I was guided by when I decided to support this topic, then this long-standing “decision” should now be considered only as a bug. That's why I wrote it right away.
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Re: TC doesn't allow to make shortcut of a directory in its subdirectory
I did explain it in this post:
viewtopic.php?p=446775#p446775
The problem is that I decided this many years (decades?) ago and don't remember why. Enabling it now would only ask for trouble.
viewtopic.php?p=446775#p446775
The problem is that I decided this many years (decades?) ago and don't remember why. Enabling it now would only ask for trouble.
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Re: TC doesn't allow to make shortcut of a directory in its subdirectory
Taking into account the specified period of time and complete forgetting of the fact - on the basis of what program or something else this modification was made in the code - at the current moment of time we can definitely enable full support of this file extension. At least under some sort of flag, if it bothers you so much.many years (decades?) ago and don't remember why.
Because at the current moment in time it's impossible to find ANY REAL example of that - that it would suddenly break something...
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Re: TC doesn't allow to make shortcut of a directory in its subdirectory
Indicative silence....
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Re: TC doesn't allow to make shortcut of a directory in its subdirectory
Well, it is a strange decision to leave this as is, but such situations are rare and it is possible to create that LNK in another folder and move to this one so we can live with it...