[Bug 11797] New: .lnk files not relocatable

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11797

Summary: .lnk files not relocatable
           Product: Wine
           Version: CVS/GIT
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/2008-March/029362.html
discusses the use case where a user wants to install
a bunch of apps, then move .wine somewhere else.
This works except that .lnk files have absolute Linux
paths in them.  Perhaps .lnk files should be Windows
paths only, to allow for this sort of relocation?

[Bug 11797] .lnk files not relocatable

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11797

--- Comment #1 from Vitaliy Margolen   2008-03-01 10:19:53 ---
A sample file will be helpfull! Can provide one?

[Bug 11797] .lnk files not relocatable

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11797

--- Comment #2 from alfredo   2008-03-05 00:59:15 ---
Created an attachment (id=11118)
 --> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=11118)
example of linux file/dirnames in a windows .lnk file

[Bug 11797] .lnk files not relocatable

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11797

alfredo  changed:

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--- Comment #3 from alfredo   2008-03-05 01:01:37 ---
    Here is an example .lnk. You can see the entries db and .msts-test.
/home/db is
    the linux homedir, .msts-test the wine installation directory.

[Bug 11797] .lnk files not relocatable

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11797

Vitaliy Margolen  changed:

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--- Comment #4 from Vitaliy Margolen   2008-03-07 23:03:19 ---
And where do you see UNIX paths there???
Closing invalid

Location
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Total size    = 104
Header size   = 28
Flags         = 00000001
Volume ofs    = 0000001c size 17  type 3  serial 00000000  label 16 ("")
LocalPath ofs = 0000002d ("C:\Programme\Microsoft Games\Train
Simulator\LAUNCHER.EXE")
Net Path ofs  = 00000000
Final Path    = 00000067 ("")

Description :
Working directory : C:\Programme\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator
Arguments : -rungame
Icon path : C:\Programme\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\LAUNCHER.EXE
Done dumping TrainSimulator.lnk

[Bug 11797] .lnk files not relocatable

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11797

--- Comment #5 from Dan Kegel   2008-03-08 08:25:35 ---
I see Unix paths when I use 'strings' on the .lnk file,
so I believed the original report.  But now when I try
reproducing the real problem, e.g.
  install iTunes
  mv .wine .wine-foo
  WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wine-foo wine-git/programs/start/start Desktop/iTunes.lnk 
it works just fine.
  So perhaps the original poster failed to set WINEPREFIX.

The only remaining truth to this bug report is that
strings shows fragments of Unix paths in .lnk files.

Sorry for the noise!

[Bug 11797] .lnk files not relocatable

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11797

Dmitry Timoshkov  changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2008-03-08 11:04:08 ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> The only remaining truth to this bug report is that
> strings shows fragments of Unix paths in .lnk files.

winedump is able to decipher/print the contents of .lnk files,
so it may be used to try figure out why you see them.

[Bug 11797] .lnk files not relocatable

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11797

--- Comment #7 from alfredo   2008-03-08 14:05:26 ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/2008-March/029362.html
> discusses the use case where a user wants to install
> a bunch of apps, then move .wine somewhere else.
> This works except that .lnk files have absolute Linux
> paths in them.  Perhaps .lnk files should be Windows
> paths only, to allow for this sort of relocation?

(In reply to comment #6)
> (In reply to comment #5)
> > The only remaining truth to this bug report is that
> > strings shows fragments of Unix paths in .lnk files.
>
> winedump is able to decipher/print the contents of .lnk files,
> so it may be used to try figure out why you see them.

I havn't forget to set WINEPREFIX. After installation a haved moved the winedir
to a new name. Starting the application gives me the error! 
Then i have patched the winedir name in the lnk file (only one char twice) with
emacs and rerun the app. Now it work again.
Could be that it is application depending. I don't know why the lnk file was
used in my case. I'm calling the simulator exe direct, but something in the
application needs (or calls) the lnk file.
The fragments (are not really fragments) are important for this program - maybe
others (the most?) without looking at lnk files.

[Bug 11797] .lnk files not relocatable

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11797

--- Comment #8 from Dan Kegel   2008-03-08 16:39:21 ---
So, the app you're trying to relocate is Microsoft Train Simulator?

[Bug 11797] .lnk files not relocatable

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11797

--- Comment #9 from alfredo   2008-03-08 23:44:44 ---
(In reply to comment #8)
> So, the app you're trying to relocate is Microsoft Train Simulator?

Yes, it is.

[Bug 11797] .lnk files not relocatable

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11797

Austin English  changed:

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