TC freezes in Nethood folder

[MVV]

I have repeated test many times and situation repeats. I don't sure that this is a TC only bug but we can do something with it.

I opened %USERPROFILE% folder and pressed Ctrl+B, while srcolling, TC freezes. I found a rezson:

When I in folder %USERPROFILE%\Nethood, TC shows a folder "My MSN Links" (I don't know exact English folder name but there only one such folder, in properties link to http://www.msnusers.com/ specified). When I search * here, search finds "My MSN Links\Desktop.ini" and "My MSN Links\target.lnk". But when I try to enter "My MSN Links" folder (or pressing Ctrl+B, or pressing 'feed to listbox' button in search dialog), TC freezes.

Yes, if I try to open this folder in Windows Explorer, it freezes also. But I think it is possible to do something with TC to keep it from this.

WinXP SP2, TC 7.04a and 7.5RC1

[ghisler(Author)]

No problem here with Ctrl+B in %USERPROFILE% on XP SP3. Apparently the broken link hangs windows until a timeout occurs. I don't think that I can do anything about it, sorry.

[MVV]

Do you have such "My MSN Links" folder? On my working PC this folder made TC freeze permanently. I don't feel much discomfort but for someone this may be irritative.

[ghisler(Author)]

No, I don't have an "My MSN Links" folder - any ideas on how to create it? Maybe you can zip it and send me the contents by e-mail to beta at ghisler dot com?

[MVV]

I don't know how to create such folders. It is a some kind of system folders. When I open its properties, I see unusual properties like address. But maybe its properties are determined by .inf-file... I'll check it when get access to that PC again.

[MVV]

I found archive with this folder in Internet. It is not big so I post its contents here:

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MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="_____________MSN.zip"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="_____________MSN.zip"
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=

On my Windows 7 TC also freezes when I try to enter this folder (also some non-TC error message appears).

[ghisler(Author)]

The problem seems to be somewhere within Windows, when trying to get the icon for this lnk file. I'm not sure whether there is a solution, but I will try to find one.

[MVV]

Thanks for remembering about report. TC 7.5 final opens this folder (attached above) w/o any troubles or freezes.

[ghisler(Author)]

Thanks!