[Bug 15480] New: Saving files in Word/Excel creates useless .lnk files

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Mon Sep 29 20:22:49 CDT 2008


http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15480

           Summary: Saving files in Word/Excel creates useless .lnk files
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.1.5
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs at winehq.org
        ReportedBy: andrew at etc.gen.nz


Hi,

In Word and Excel 2003 when we save files then a .lnk file is created in the
same directory as the source file.  These files are useless for two reasons:

1) They're in the same directory as the original .doc or .xls files which have
Word and Excel associated with them respectively.

2) On a standard Debian Lenny machine running Gnome the .lnk files aren't
recognised by any apps and won't cause Word or Excel to run.

I've searched around the place to see if we can turn this "feature" off, but
haven't found anything.  Is this possible?  If not, could this please be added.


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