LNK files are almost impossible to get to [RESOLVED]

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

An LNK file is a link to some location. If I double left-click on Path of Folder Name of any other file then a folder holding it is opened. But wit LNKs Everything is apparently trying to always open the location saved in the LNK file; even when I copy its location to clipboard it copies the Target from LNK file

The only way for me to get to it is to use right click menu on it - but only the version that shows up if I click such file in the Path column. And that is because it has that extra entry with the name of folder in which it is located which can be unfolded to sub-menu on top of which is version of Open that opens that folder in Windows Explorer


I am using Everything 1.5.0.1341a x64 Portable on Windows 10 Enterprise 20H2 x64

And for Open Path and Explore Path I use

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$exec("C:\q\FreeCommander\FreeCommander.exe" /T /R="%1")

[NotNull]

This is caused by the way you configured the starting of FreeCommander.

You tell it to open a .lnk file, which it will do, bringing you to the target of the lnk file.
And it looks like FreeCommander has no option to treat lnk-files different.
I expected FC to open zip files too (instead of going to the folder of the zip-file), but it doesn't


Try this for Open Path:

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$exec("C:\path to\FreeCommander.exe" /C /T /R="$parent("%1")")

However, this way you will lose the feature to highlight the file in the list.
Best to contact the developer(s) of FreeCommander and suggest an option to ignore processing the lnk-file



(Tested with FreeCommander XE 2018 Build 770 32-bit public )

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

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Try this for Open Path:

Does not work - I get the system sound of blockade

However, this way you will lose the feature to highlight the file in the list.

So even if- it would be with a too big of a side effect

Best to contact the developer(s) of FreeCommander and suggest an option to ignore processing the lnk-file

I already had way back:
https://freecommander.com/forum/viewtop ... 20&t=10331

(Tested with FreeCommander XE 2018 Build 770 32-bit public )

I use now FreeCommander XE 2023 Build 887 64-bit Donor Portable

[horst.epp]

There is no way to get what you want for .lnk results with Free Commander.
Using Everything .lnk results with Total Commander works as you want.
Also XYplorer works as you desire.
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Windows 11 Home x64 Version 22H2 (OS Build 22621.1555)
Everything 1.5.0.1343a (x64)
Everything Toolbar 1.0.5.0

[NotNull]

I already had way back:

If you already know tghat this is an issue with FreeCommander without a workable workaround, then why ask on the Everything forum?

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

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why ask on the Everything forum?

Because I did not knew it was that FreeCommander issue causing this issue in Everything. And that one I had discovered by chance in 2020 and forgot about it since then - while this one I discovered just now when doing cleanups that became possible for me thanks to plethora of options available in Everything

And after being pointed out to FC as a culprit it brought it back to my memory


I will continue then my topic on forum of FreeCommander

[NotNull]

Understood. Thanks for clarifying!

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

New build 888 of FreeCommander has fixed this: https://freecommander.com/forum/viewtop ... 772#p41032

Case closed