Re: PROBLEMS WITH WINDOWS SHORTCUTS

[Alexander Kiwerski <alex@winstar.net>]

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.