[Bug 54626] New: Saving files in Microsoft Word/Excel 2010 creates useless shortcut files

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54626

Bug ID: 54626
           Summary: Saving files in Microsoft Word/Excel 2010 creates
                    useless shortcut files
           Product: Wine
           Version: 8.0
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: shell32
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Here follows a new bug report regarding the problem observed in old bug report
15480.

It was told me that I should open a new bug report. ;-)

Okay, the issue regarding the creation of useless shortcut files is back in
Wine 8.0 (stable).

When I open a *.xlsx file at the desktop and save it (with the same name) to an
*.ods file then Excel 2010 will create two files. One is a *.lnk (which points
to the original xlsx) and the other is a shortcut regarding the ods file but
also with *.ods ending.

As mentioned, both of them are non-functional.

[Bug 54626] Saving files in Microsoft Word/Excel 2010 creates useless shortcut files

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54626

Austin English  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |[e-mail]
           Keywords|                            |regression

--- Comment #1 from Austin English  ---
Looking at bug 15480, this is likely a regression (from sometime after 1.7.14).
Reading through the bug, the workaround seemed to be making the directory
'$WINEPREFIX/drive_c/$USER/Recent'.

In older wine, that directory is created by wineboot. Newer wine doesn't seem
to create it.

I bisected for that change, which was introduced by:
commit 4111801ab317529c3e24c39a6a97e7043438231a
Author: Andrew Eikum 
Date:   Thu May 27 13:37:17 2021 -0500

shell32: Use winvista+ AppData paths.

Katamari Damacy Reroll makes an assumption that the LocalAppData folder
    is a sibling of the LocalAppDataLow folder.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Eikum 
    Signed-off-by: Alexandre Julliard

However, I don't have MS Office 2010, so I can't verify that this is the commit
that triggered this particular issue, but it looks related.

[Bug 54626] Saving files in Microsoft Word/Excel 2010 creates useless shortcut files

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54626

--- Comment #2 from C. Leu  ---
Yes, I can confirm that this really solved the problem. I had just to create a
"Recent" folder in the corresponding user profile.

And it looks that this issue does NOT occur on user profiles which already
includes a "Recent" folder.

Whatever, many thanks for the fast help and resolution Austin English!

So this problem is now "bisected" and understood. It is just necessary to
establish regarding older Office versions like 2010 a "Recent" folder in the
user profile. That's all. Maybe this is not needed for newer MS Office versions
but it is definitely for older ones. ;-)

[Bug 54626] Saving files in Microsoft Word/Excel 2010 creates useless shortcut files

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54626

C. Leu  changed:

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       Distribution|---                         |Ubuntu

[Bug 54626] Saving files in Microsoft Word/Excel 2010 creates useless shortcut files

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54626

Austin English  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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    Regression SHA1|                            |4111801ab317529c3e24c39a6a9
                   |                            |7e7043438231a
                 CC|                            |[e-mail]