[Bug 15480] New: Saving files in Word/Excel creates useless .lnk files

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15480

Summary: Saving files in Word/Excel creates useless .lnk files
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.1.5
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Hi,

In Word and Excel 2003 when we save files then a .lnk file is created in the
same directory as the source file.  These files are useless for two reasons:

1) They're in the same directory as the original .doc or .xls files which have
Word and Excel associated with them respectively.

2) On a standard Debian Lenny machine running Gnome the .lnk files aren't
recognised by any apps and won't cause Word or Excel to run.

I've searched around the place to see if we can turn this "feature" off, but
haven't found anything.  Is this possible?  If not, could this please be added.

[Bug 15480] Saving files in Word/Excel creates useless .lnk files

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Austin English  changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Austin English   2008-09-29 21:28:50 ---
I don't see this in Office 2007, fwiw.

Can you attach terminal output? How about a +file?

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[e-mail] changed:

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--- Comment #2 from [e-mail]  2008-10-01 06:51:56 ---
Office 2003 doesn't do that on my system, openSUSE 10.3, KDE 3.5.9. Maybe a
Gnome issue?

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Andrew Ruthven  changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Andrew Ruthven   2008-10-02 04:48:39 ---
This is actually wine 1.1.4, but has been happening 1.1.2 as well.  Also it is
Word 2000 (not 2003).

I'm running it from gnome-open, but the lnk file does show up in the trace.

The steps to reproduce are:

1) Create test1.doc (I used OpenOffice)
2) Open using: gnome-open test1.doc
3) Save As: test2.doc
4) See that test2.doc and test2.doc.lnk are created.

Attached is the trace+file as requested, I've cleaned it up a bit to remove
some references to a few files.

I've also just tested it by running:

wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Microsoft\ Office/Office/WINWORD.EXE \
    z:/tmp/test2.doc

And followed similar steps - saving as test3.doc - and test3.doc.lnk was
created as well.

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--- Comment #4 from Andrew Ruthven   2008-10-02 04:58:13 ---
The trace is too big to upload, it'll have to wait until tomorrow for me to
stick it on an appropriate webserver.  I'll update this report with the URL
once I've uploaded it.

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--- Comment #5 from Austin English   2008-10-02 13:12:09 ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> The trace is too big to upload, it'll have to wait until tomorrow for me to
> stick it on an appropriate webserver.  I'll update this report with the URL
> once I've uploaded it.

Compress it

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--- Comment #6 from Andrew Ruthven   2008-10-02 19:24:43 ---
Created an attachment (id=16434)
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trace+file from opening test1.doc and saving it as test2.doc

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Leonid Volnitsky  changed:

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--- Comment #7 from Leonid Volnitsky   2008-11-28 00:29:14 ---
I confirm this bug.  I've seen it with MS Word 2000 too.  But files are created
in my home directory.  My home dir is symlinked with desktop dir. I start word
from shell wrapper as:

wine "C:\program files\microsoft office\office\winword.exe" `winepath -w "$@"`

I do remember that in the past I've seen LNK files created in the same dir as
original doc files.

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Lei Zhang  changed:

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--- Comment #8 from Lei Zhang   2008-12-02 20:10:26 ---
confirming then.

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--- Comment #9 from Austin English   2009-06-02 10:37:33 ---
Is this still an issue in current (1.1.22 or newer) wine?

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--- Comment #10 from Andrew Ruthven   2009-06-22 22:23:55 ---
Yes, this behaviour still occurs in 1.1.24.

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zph  changed:

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--- Comment #11 from zph   2009-09-05 04:22:01 ---
Wine 1.28, MSO 2003
This .lnk files creating not only when files saving. .lnk files create for all
open files when MSO to close. 
The path for saving *.lnk is current active dir of MSO. (Dir to open/save last
files, or path to "My Documents", when new documents was created)

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--- Comment #12 from zph   2009-09-05 16:38:33 ---
Created an attachment (id=23458)
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Error is shell32.dll (Can't get path to users's "Recent" directory)

To test this bug I open "test_file.doc" and close it [push [x] button on window
border].

[Bug 15480] Saving files in Word/Excel 2000 creates useless .lnk files

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Rosanne DiMesio  changed:

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            Summary|Saving files in Word/Excel  |Saving files in Word/Excel
                   |creates useless .lnk files  |2000 creates useless .lnk
                   |                            |files

--- Comment #13 from Rosanne DiMesio   2010-05-31 22:50:07 ---
Is this still an issue in current Wine (1.2-rc2 or later)?

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--- Comment #14 from zph   2010-06-08 09:48:59 ---
(In reply to comment #13)
> Is this still an issue in current Wine (1.2-rc2 or later)?

I tested wine 1.2-rc2 with MSO 2003 (Word and Excel). I open|close|save files
but I don't find any created useless *.lnk files. Issue don't present in wine
1.2-rc2.

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Rosanne DiMesio  changed:

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--- Comment #15 from Rosanne DiMesio   2010-06-08 10:07:11 ---
Reported fixed.

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Alexandre Julliard  changed:

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--- Comment #16 from Alexandre Julliard   2010-06-11 12:50:27 ---
Closing bugs fixed in 1.2-rc3.

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Edward d'Auvergne  changed:

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--- Comment #17 from Edward d'Auvergne  2012-01-31 11:48:35 CST ---
This problem is still present in wine 1.3.34 with Office 2007!  The fix is
simple, just create the ~/.wine/drive_c/users/xxxx/Recent directory.  With this
directory missing, the *.lnk files are created in the same directory as the
MSOffice file.  With the directory present, the *.lnk files are created in the
correct history location.  I am unsure why the
~/.wine/drive_c/users/xxxx/Recent directory was missing.

The bug should probably be considered for reopening.  A proper fix for the bug
would be to create this directory should if not present rather than shell32.dll
throwing an error and dumping the lnk file in the same directory.

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[e-mail] changed:

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--- Comment #18 from [e-mail] 2012-05-15 02:55:19 CDT ---
The bug should be reopened. I experience the same issues on Wine 1.5.4 and Word
2010. Creating a Recent folder did not help.

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--- Comment #19 from [e-mail] 2012-05-15 06:50:22 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #18)
> The bug should be reopened. I experience the same issues on Wine 1.5.4 and Word
> 2010. Creating a Recent folder did not help.

Recent folder creation helped. Sorry. However, the bug is still present.

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--- Comment #20 from [e-mail] 2013-04-14 13:20:03 CDT ---
Same here:

- The bug is still active on Wine 1.4 (Ubuntu 10.04, Office 2010)
 - The creation of ~/.wine/drive_c/users/xxxx/Recent solved it

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Hernan Antolini  changed:

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--- Comment #21 from Hernan Antolini  2013-06-10 16:31:20 CDT ---
I verified same situation with the following versions :

wine 1.5.23
winetricks 20120912
playonlinux 4.2.1
OpenSuSE 12.3
oFFICE 2010

The workaround actually works, i've created the Recent directory in 
~/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/Office2010/drive_c/users/xxxxx

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Dan Kegel  changed:

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--- Comment #22 from Dan Kegel  2013-06-10 16:44:54 CDT ---
Curses, opened again!

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Ante de Baas  changed:

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--- Comment #23 from Ante de Baas  2013-08-26 09:04:03 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #21)
> I verified same situation with the following versions :
>
> wine 1.5.23
> winetricks 20120912
> playonlinux 4.2.1
> OpenSuSE 12.3
> oFFICE 2010
>
> The workaround actually works, i've created the Recent directory in 
> ~/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/Office2010/drive_c/users/xxxxx

Confirmed, running Wine 1.6 on Fedora 19.
same problem, creating a Recent directory works.

[Bug 15480] Saving files in Microsoft Word/Excel 2000-2010 creates useless .lnk files (CSIDL_RECENT folder missing)

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Anastasius Focht  changed:

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            Summary|Saving files in Word/Excel  |Saving files in Microsoft
                   |2000 creates useless .lnk   |Word/Excel 2000-2010
                   |files                       |creates useless .lnk files
                   |                            |(CSIDL_RECENT folder
                   |                            |missing)

--- Comment #24 from Anastasius Focht  ---
Hello folks,

CSIDL_RECENT folder will be automatically created upon WINEPREFIX creation
('rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 ...wine.inf')

NOTE: It won't be (re)created by Wine if you keep very old prefixes around.
      Either create it manually or use a new prefix.

--- snip ---
...
0011:trace:shell:SHGetFolderPathAndSubDirW Created missing system directory
L"C:\users\focht\Recent"
0011:trace:shell:SHGetFolderPathAndSubDirW returning 0x00000000 (final path is
L"C:\users\focht\Recent") 
--- snip ---

Regards

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Kenneth  changed:

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--- Comment #25 from Kenneth  ---
.lnk bug still present running MS Office 2010 under WINE 1.7.13

Adding "Recent" folder like this: ./wine/drive_c/users/username/Recent

seems to have cured the problem.

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--- Comment #26 from Anastasius Focht  ---
Hello Kenneth,

not sure if you have read and understood my last comment.

'$WINEPREFIX/drive_c/users/$USER/Recent' folder is automatically created upon
prefix creation.
It won't be (re)created if you recycle an old prefix where this folder was
missing or deliberately deleted this folder in a new prefix.
Create a clean (new!) prefix and check if the folder exists.
If not then your Wine build/package is broken.

WINEPREFIX=~/foo wineboot ; [[ -d ~/foo/drive_c/users/$USER/Recent ]] && echo
"ok"

Regards

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--- Comment #27 from Kenneth  ---
Well, I got the problem resolved but WINE jargon kind of throws me, e.g. 
"CSIDL_RECENT folder will be automatically created upon WINEPREFIX creation"

If I understand the rest of the comment, it seems to suggest that I should do a
fresh install of WINE (i.e. create a new WINEPREFIX) However I merely added the
Recent folder manually and solved the problem

What is CSIDL? I've read up about WINEPREFIX and as near as I can tell it means
one's WINE installation, which on my Mint laptop is found at ./wine in my HOME
directory. From some comments here and from a brief experiment using Play On
Linux it appears that WINE isn't necessarily installed in the same folder. I've
not used Crossover but guess that the naming convention would be different
there as well.

In any case, adding the Recent folder stopped scattering .lnk files everywhere
and after a couple of tests the .lnk files are ending up in
./wine/drive_c/users/username/Recent

My comment above was simply to point out that until I created the folder the
scattering of .lnk files was happening under my 1.7.13 installation of WINE.
Now it is not.

Thanks for help.

Ken

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--- Comment #28 from Rosanne DiMesio  ---
(In reply to Kenneth from comment #27)
> If I understand the rest of the comment, it seems to suggest that I should
> do a fresh install of WINE (i.e. create a new WINEPREFIX)

You are confusing installing Wine with creating a wineprefix. They are not the
same thing at all. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#wineprefix

If you need further help, ask on the forum.

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Alexandre Julliard  changed:

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--- Comment #29 from Alexandre Julliard  ---
Closing bugs fixed in 1.7.14.

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C. Leu  changed:

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--- Comment #30 from C. Leu  ---
Unfortunately this problem is again 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 (useless) 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.

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--- Comment #31 from Austin English  ---
(In reply to C. Leu from comment #30)
> Unfortunately this problem is again 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 (useless) 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.

Please open a new bug.