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Re: PROBLEMS WITH WINDOWS SHORTCUTS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alexander Kiwerski)
Mon Mar 17 19:12:03 2003
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Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 14:22:28 -0800
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From: Alexander Kiwerski <alex@winstar.net>
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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
>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.
