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Author Topic: [BUG or FEATURE?] Shortcuts starting with a dot ('.')  (Read 4142 times)

lujomu

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[BUG or FEATURE?] Shortcuts starting with a dot ('.')
« on: April 23, 2011, 06:12 AM »
Hi!

I am not sure if this actually is a bug or a feature, but if you launch a shortcut to a file/app from FARR that starts with a dot (e.g. ".My Shortcut.lnk"), it will open an explorer window with the path of the shortcut instead of opening the file/app itself.

I have several shortcuts that start with a dot for one reason or another. So is this the intended behavior?
If yes, can someone explain to me what it is good for?
If no, can it be fixed? ;)

Thanks & cheers,
lujomu

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Re: [BUG or FEATURE?] Shortcuts starting with a dot ('.')
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2011, 06:45 PM »
definitely not an intended feature.. putting this on my todo list -- not sure why it would behave that way.

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Re: [BUG or FEATURE?] Shortcuts starting with a dot ('.')
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2011, 10:31 AM »
Thanks for the consideration!