[PATCH 0/1] MR3325: shell32: Don't fall back to $HOME for missing user special folders.

[Tim Clem (＠tclem)]

Fall through in create_link and allow SHGetFolderPathAndSubDirW to
create an empty folder in place if the alternatives are not available.

Creating a link back to $HOME makes a recursive directory structure,
which results in crashes in programs that naively search %USERPROFILE%
(e.g. Quicken).

[PATCH 1/1] shell32: Don't fall back to $HOME for missing user special folders.

[Tim Clem]

From: Tim Clem

Fall through in create_link and allow SHGetFolderPathAndSubDirW to
create an empty folder in place if the alternatives are not available.

Creating a link back to $HOME makes a recursive directory structure,
which results in crashes in programs that naively search %USERPROFILE%
(e.g. Quicken).
---
 dlls/shell32/shellpath.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dlls/shell32/shellpath.c b/dlls/shell32/shellpath.c
index 5dd9f4b6310..8328477fc2c 100644
--- a/dlls/shell32/shellpath.c
+++ b/dlls/shell32/shellpath.c
@@ -2767,10 +2767,7 @@ static void create_link( const WCHAR *path, const char *xdg_name, const char *de
     {
         if (link_folder( mgr, &nt_name, target )) goto done;
     }
-    if (link_folder( mgr, &nt_name, default_name )) goto done;
-
-    /* fall back to HOME */
-    link_folder( mgr, &nt_name, "$HOME" );
+    link_folder( mgr, &nt_name, default_name );

done:
     RtlFreeUnicodeString( &nt_name );