cant run application shortcuts (.lnk's)

[purple]

all shortcuts, (.lnk's), can be ran from Explorer but not from TC 7.5, all i get is the "Error Executing Program!" window..

anyone could help?
thanks

[Clo]

2purple

Hello !

• This occurs when you -or some tool- remove¦s the keys in the Registry to suppress the (ugly) overlay arrow-icons
added by Win on the icons of the Desktop.
- It's so here, and I have to live with… because IIRC, it seems that there is no workaround … except to restore these keys.
- This didn't occur with Win9x : In the same case, the *.LNK worked from TC…

 KR
Claude
Clo[face=arial][/face]

[ghisler(Author)]

Yes, it's a bug of the Windows function ShellExecuteEx.

Press Shift+F4 in Total Commander, write name linkfix.reg and press Enter. Paste the following code:

Code: Select all

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]
"IsShortcut"=""

Then choose "Save as" and set the file format to Unicode. Then double click on the file to fix the problem.

[Balderstrom]

@Clo, I never noticed that when using TweakUI to remove the shortcut overlay arrow, or to modify it...

[Clo]

2ghisler(Author)

Good evening,

•Aside :
- Here, the code markers appear “as is” in your reply, I guess it's confusing… The key content is

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]
"IsShortcut"=""

- Any clue about the reason for ? The smiley is OK, so I don't see…

 VG
Claude
Clo

[ghisler(Author)]

Fixed it, thanks! It seems that ShellExecuteEx looks for this "IsShortcut" entry to determine whether an extension belongs to a shortcut or not...

[Clo]

2Balderstrom

Hello !

• Like I said above, that worked in Win 9x, I assume that you are talking of Win2K ?
- The Win bug is in XP for sure, I don't know with Vista¦Win7…

 KR
Claude
Clo

[purple]

thanks ghisler, it worked..
also, thansk for the SHIFT+F4 thingy. didnt knew about it

[MVV]

thanks ghisler, it worked..
also, thansk for the SHIFT+F4 thingy. didnt knew about it

I suggest you to read keyboard.txt file in TC folder, probably you'll know many other combinations.

[eugensyl]

A more complete repair reg file can be:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk]
@="lnkfile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{000214EE-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{000214F9-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{00021500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\ShellNew]
"Command"="rundll32.exe appwiz.cpl,NewLinkHere %1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]
@="Shortcut"
"EditFlags"=dword:00000001
"IsShortcut"=""
"NeverShowExt"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\CLSID]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Offline Files]
@="{750fdf0e-2a26-11d1-a3ea-080036587f03}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\DropHandler]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\IconHandler]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\ShimLayer Property Page]
@="{513D916F-2A8E-4F51-AEAB-0CBC76FB1AF8}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@="Shortcut"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\InProcServer32]
@="shell32.dll"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\PersistentAddinsRegistered]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\PersistentAddinsRegistered\{89BCB740-6119-101A-BCB7-00DD010655AF}]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\PersistentHandler]
@="{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\ProgID]
@="lnkfile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021401-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\shellex\MayChangeDefaultMenu]

...for any purpose (when link doesn't work even in Explorer).