[Bug 52053] New: start.exe doesn't open .lnk file: application/start menu items don't open

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Bug ID: 52053
           Summary: start.exe doesn't open .lnk file: application/start
                    menu items don't open
           Product: Wine
           Version: 6.21
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Created attachment 71064
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=71064
Console output wine 6.21

Since version 18 start menu items fail to open with a dialog saying that no
windows program is configured to open this kind of file followed by several
file not found dialogs.

Updating the prefix and opening files is also much slower.

This only happens one computer, I have another installation where everything
works.

After downgrade to version 16 everything works again. (I don't have a copy of
version 17.)

Attached console output of WINEPREFIX="<...>" wine start.exe
"c:\users\james\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft
Office Word Viewer 2003.lnk" under version 6.21

[Bug 52053] start.exe doesn't open .lnk file: application/start menu items don't open

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--- Comment #1 from [e-mail] ---
Created attachment 71065
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=71065
Console output wine 6.16

[Bug 52053] start.exe doesn't open .lnk file: application/start menu items don't open

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--- Comment #2 from Ken Sharp  ---
It works fine here. Try in a clean WINEPREFIX.

[Bug 52053] start.exe doesn't open .lnk file: application/start menu items don't open

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--- Comment #3 from [e-mail] ---
(In reply to Ken Sharp from comment #2)
> It works fine here. Try in a clean WINEPREFIX.

It works fine here, too, but it doesn't work *there*. That's why I attached the
console outputs, so you can see if there are any clues as to why.

Trying in a clean prefix was the first thing I did. No help.

[Bug 52053] start.exe doesn't open .lnk file: application/start menu items don't open

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--- Comment #4 from Ken Sharp  ---
> it doesn't work *there*.

You mean in an old WINEPREFIX? There's nothing we can do about that.

[Bug 52053] start.exe doesn't open .lnk file: application/start menu items don't open

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--- Comment #5 from [e-mail] ---
(In reply to Ken Sharp from comment #4)
> > it doesn't work *there*.
>
> You mean in an old WINEPREFIX? There's nothing we can do about that.

No, on the other computer. Independently of the age of the prefix. As I said.