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• folder entry is launching executable instead of opening folder in windows explorer

  whiggs > 2024-04-11 02:54

  Hello.  Got a bug to report.  So, I recently added a folder item to quick access popup.  The folder was named "git" and it was located in my Documents folder:
  
  
  
  However, when I try to launch the aforementioned item in quick access popup, it does not open the configured folder as one would expect it to.  I used a tool to monitor exactly what actions quick access popup was performing when launching the item, I was able to figure out what was going on.  So, in my documents folder (which is the directory in which the git folder I created an item for is located), there also exists an executable file with the same name as the configured folder (so %USERPROFILE%\Documents\git.exe), and, when I attempt to open the git folder using the quick access popup item, quick access popup is running the executable instead of opening the folder:
  
  
  
  The git.exe file is simply an out-of-date git install executable, which is why when the quick access popup item launches the executable, this is what I see instead of the git folder open in Windows Explorer:
  
  

• RE: folder entry is launching executable instead of opening folder in windows explorer

  Jean Lalonde > 2024-04-11 07:30

  I reproduced your item in my menu and had no issue. A few questions to help diagnose the issue:
  
  Is there a file shortcut named git (or git.lnk) in your folder?
  If you remove the git.exe file what happens?
  Do you have other folder favorites in the Document folder? Do they work as expected?

• RE: folder entry is launching executable instead of opening folder in windows explorer

  whiggs > 2024-04-11 14:31

  (2024-04-11 07:30)Jean Lalonde Wrote: I reproduced your item in my menu and had no issue. A few questions to help diagnose the issue:
  
  Is there a file shortcut named git (or git.lnk) in your folder?
  If you remove the git.exe file what happens?
  Do you have other folder favorites in the Document folder? Do they work as expected?

  
  1) No.  It is not a shortcut.  As I stated in my original post, the executable is git installation executable that you download from the git website, but renamed to git.exe.  
  2) if I remove (or simply rename) the executable, the folder opens as one would expect it to.
  3) Look.  I am fairly confident that the reason that this is happening is because the executable file and the folder share the exact same name.  To test this, I created a shortcut for another folder in my documents folder in quick access popup, and it launched fine.  Then, I created a quick AutoIt script that had the exact same name as the folder that would display a message box when launched, compiled it as an executable, and moved the executable to my documents folder.  So, just to be clear, my documents folder contains both the new folder that I have configured as a shortcut (named pdfsam) and an executable named pdfsam.exe.  When I launch the new folder shortcut, this is what I see:
  
  
  
  Just so that we are clear as to the folder layout here, here is a quick illustration, since you said you were unable to replicate the problem:
  
  
  
  I can replicate it as many times as I need: as long as there is a folder and an executable that exist in the same folder with the same name, this is what happens.

• RE: folder entry is launching executable instead of opening folder in windows explorer

  Jean Lalonde > 2024-04-11 14:47

  I believe you :-) But I cannot reproduce the issue (having a folder named "git" and an executable named "git.exe" in the Documents folder).
  
  Let's try this. Enable "Favorite debugging" in "Options, Various Advanced Options". Then, edit the "git" folder favorite and enable the "Debug this favorite" checkbox. Now, try open the favorite and tell us what path is displayed in the "Debug favorite" message box?
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