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Nod5

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Custom alias icon and file properties conflict
« on: January 21, 2015, 01:21 PM »
Setting a custom icon in an alias breaks the right click file proporties action for me.

Create an alias under myaliases with this as result
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test | C:\test.txt /icon=test.ico
Copy test.ico to same folder as myaliases.alias

Next search FARR to display that result > right click > properties.
I get this error message:
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Windows cannot find 'C:\test.txt /icon=test.ico'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.
Happens in both Windows 7 and Windows 8.

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Re: Custom alias icon and file properties conflict
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2015, 06:07 PM »
Nice find, thank you -- i will fix.
I'm planning on a new FARR release this week.

Sorry it took me so long to reply!!

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Re: Custom alias icon and file properties conflict
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2015, 03:11 AM »
Fixed; will be in next release uploaded this week.

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