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Bug 149 - JFileChooser in Register Virtual Stack Slices cannot open a shortcut
JFileChooser in Register Virtual Stack Slices cannot open a shortcut
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: Fiji
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Plugins
unspecified
PC Windows
: P4 normal
Assigned To: ImageJ Bugs Mailing List
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2010-03-01 16:54 CST by Albert Cardona
Modified: 2010-09-22 15:44 CDT
1 user (show)

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Description Albert Cardona 2010-03-01 16:54:43 CST
we know symlinks suck in Windows, but how come a "Shortcut" to a folder is not recognized as a folder? 

Information about your version of Java - this information is useful for the Fiji developers:
  os.arch => x86
  os.name => Windows XP
  os.version => 5.1
  java.version => 1.6.0_16
  java.vendor => Sun Microsystems Inc.
  java.runtime.name => Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment
  java.runtime.version => 1.6.0_16-b01
  java.vm.name => Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
  java.vm.version => 14.2-b01
  java.vm.vendor => Sun Microsystems Inc.
  java.vm.info => mixed mode
  java.awt.graphicsenv => sun.awt.Win32GraphicsEnvironment
  java.specification.name => Java Platform API Specification
  java.specification.version => 1.6
  sun.cpu.endian => little
  sun.desktop => windows
  file.separator => \
Comment 1 Albert Cardona 2010-03-01 16:56:33 CST
Specifically, in the pull down menu at the top of the JFileChooser dialog.
Comment 2 Johannes Schindelin 2010-09-22 15:44:16 CDT
Shortcuts in Windows are really files. They are not meant to be used as symlinks. There is some equivalent for symlinks with NTFS (called junction point) which you might want to use instead.