Bug 263315 - Programs cannot handle Windows .lnk files
Summary: Programs cannot handle Windows .lnk files
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: frameworks-kio
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KDE-Windows
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Reported: 2011-01-16 14:16 UTC by leighman
Modified: 2020-09-30 19:06 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description leighman 2011-01-16 14:16:45 UTC 
Version:           4.5 (using KDE 4.5.4) 
OS:                MS Windows

When browsing in Gwenview, in my Pictures file I have a symlink Sample Pictures.lnk which links to Public/Public Pictures/Sample Pictures but Gwenview does not follow this and so displays error previews for each image.  Trying to open one of the images in Okular also fails giving a path like Sample Pictures.lnk/picture.jpg could not be opened
Opening the destination folder manually shows the pictures correctly.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Try to access Sample Pictures.lnk folder in Gwenview

Actual Results:  
Error icons shown.

Expected Results:  
Programs should interpret this symlink correctly as they would for an NTFS drive mounted in Linux.
Comment 1 Joseph A. Sochet, Esq. 2011-02-14 05:56:09 UTC 
This is actually true for PlasmaDesktop as well.  While the obvious fix is to replace my desktop links with real links, if replacement of explorer.exe this is a must.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2020-09-29 20:53:58 UTC 
Is this still happening in any recent versions of Plasma 5? I don't have any windows links to test this with.
Comment 3 Jazeix Johnny 2020-09-30 18:59:12 UTC 
I tested last Okular release from https://binary-factory.kde.org/job/Okular_Release_win64/

I created a folder with an image, I created a link to the folder.
I opened Okular, open the file from the link and it displayed fine.
So looks good to me.

I didn't find any installer for Gwenview on Windows so I can't test for it.
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2020-09-30 19:06:28 UTC 
Cool, thanks.