293536 - Clicking on Windows .lnk files Causes "Save To" dialog box to believe you want to save your download to a lnk file

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 283730

(SeaMonkey :: Download & File Handling, defect)

Description

[horzempa]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041217
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041217

In the "Save File to" directory chooser, when downloading a file, clicking on a
".lnk" file does not change folder to the link, but instead thinks you want to
save your file to a the name of the link. Problem not in Mozilla 1.7.5

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download a file; Choose "Save file to disk"
2. When "Save File to" dialog box appears, click on a .lnk file
3. You will get message "X.lnk already exists. Overwrite it?" instead of going
to the folder mentioned in link properties.

Actual Results:  
I chose not to overwrite my lnk file.

Expected Results:  
Go to the lnk folder mentioned in the link properties.

Comment 1

[OstGote!]

This is a regression.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 283730 ***