lnk gives Error executing program

[DavidPront]

When i double click a lnk file (shortcut) i get an error box saying: Error executing program. This happens on my windows server 2003 installation, but not on a windows xp installation.

Does somebody have the same problem or knows how to solve this?

[sqa_wizard]

When i double click a lnk file

Could you give some more details ?

What kind of link is it (where does it point to) ?
Is your login administrator or simple user ?

[Aezay]

I've tried the same thing.
Let me guess there's no problem running the lnk file in explorer, right?
I think this is some kind of a bug in the way TotalCmd handles shortcut files, the only solution I know is to create another shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+F5).

[Boofo]

When i double click a lnk file (shortcut) i get an error box saying: Error executing program. This happens on my windows server 2003 installation, but not on a windows xp installation.

Does somebody have the same problem or knows how to solve this?

I get the same error in Win XP Pro. How did you get around it in XP?

[ghisler(Author)]

Where does the non-working lnk file point to? TC always checks a double clicked lnk file first: If it contains a folder name, TC tries to open that folder internally, otherwise TC uses ShellExecuteEx to start the link.

Btw, could you send me such a non-functioning link by e-mail, zipped? You can find my e-mail address on www.ghisler.com (support section).

[Boofo]

Christian, I've got 2 coming to you. 1 was made in TC (with Ctrl+Shift+F5) and one was made in XP Pro. When I click on either one in Explorer, they work. In TC, I get the error when clicking on either link.

[Black Dog]

[face=courier]On 09-12-2003 22:56:22 +0000 DavidPront wrote:

D> When i double click a lnk file (shortcut) i get an error
D> box saying: Error executing program.

Delete "IsShortcut" field value in "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile" and "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Piffile".
You can use Registry plugin by Vitaliy Knyazev for this.[/face]

[Boofo]

On Windows XP Pro that will give the Error when clicking on the link. I had to add it back in the registry to stop the Error.

[Clo]

[face=courier]On 09-12-2003 22:56:22 +0000 DavidPront wrote:

D> When i double click a lnk file (shortcut) i get an error
D> box saying: Error executing program.

Delete "IsShortcut" field value in "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile" and "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Piffile".
You can use Registry plugin by Vitaliy Knyazev for this.[/face]

Hi!

I use this (deleting both these Registry values) to remove the irritating LNK symbols which spoil my pretty icons on the Desktop...
Note: I delete the values! No problem then...
Edit: "values", thank you Black Dog!
>>> Mr. Ch. Ghisler: I always suppress these values, and all works normally about shortcuts, either in Win 98Se & XP-Pro than in TC... But I don't click *.lnk files, Why? It's more logical to click on the EXE!
Friendly,
Claude
Clo

[Black Dog]

[face=courier]On 12-12-2003 07:22:05 +0000 Clo wrote:

C> Note: I delete the whole keys, not only the values!

"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile" is the KEY, "IsShortcut" is a VALUE.[/face]

[ghisler(Author)]

"IsShortcut" MUST be present, otherwise the ShellExecuteEx function cannot run lnk files! I have no idea what function Explorer uses to run links, but apparently not ShellExecuteEx.

[rellek]

"IsShortcut" MUST be present, otherwise the ShellExecuteEx function cannot run lnk files! I have no idea what function Explorer uses to run links, but apparently not ShellExecuteEx.

This is wrong!
I also deleted this key (to kill these stupid arrows) and at my system it works wonderfully

My System:
Windows XP Pro SP1 and much pre SP2-Patches ...

[Boofo]

"IsShortcut" MUST be present, otherwise the ShellExecuteEx function cannot run lnk files! I have no idea what function Explorer uses to run links, but apparently not ShellExecuteEx.

This is wrong!
I also deleted this key (to kill these stupid arrows) and at my system it works wonderfully

My System:
Windows XP Pro SP1 and much pre SP2-Patches ...

What exactly did you delete? When I tried that it wouldn't work when clicking on lnk files. It just gave me the error message. I am also using XP Pro with all of the update patches.

[ghisler(Author)]

Maybe Microsoft fixed it in one of the Pre-SP1 patches?

[Boofo]

Maybe Microsoft fixed it in one of the Pre-SP1 patches?

If they did, then they broke it again with one of the newer updates. I have all of the updates up to now.