306194 - RMB over target - save link target as : click on desktop shortcut :asks to save over the name of the short cut

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 283730

(SeaMonkey :: Download & File Handling, defect)

Description

[Martin H. Eastburn]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050319
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050319

RMB over target - save link target as : click on desktop shortcut and does not
open :asks to save over the name of the short cut.  specifics :

Modzilla main "Help" menu - select "About Modzilla"  page with a Star Icon appears.
RMB over the Star and "select link target as"  
Defaults desktop - so then select a shortcut (one you can loose maybe) and select
this shortcut (directory type) (mycrashdir.lnk) seleecting it puts a popup
asking if you wish to replace it.  I have to say NO as it is a directory.

I then go to "my computer" select a disk drive and proceed.  SAVE AS tool
does not identify the lnk as something to open.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.RMB on a www page picture. save as pops up 
2.Select a shortcut to a disk folder on the desktop.
3.The error has occured - the lnk was not opened, but a warnign save over ...was.

Actual Results:  
If I select YES save over the link - the link has the picture inside but the 
file name stays the same and the extension is link - really messes up the
references and nothing good occurs.  The link dies.  The picture isn't there.
if it were mydirectory - I am not sure what it would do !

Expected Results:  
If I do a save file target as and a disk device (C,D,E,F,...) is there on the 
desktop - use open when selected and continue down the tree until a file can be
written. [ not overly easy, but it was working in prior verison ].
If a shorcut is encountered along the selection route - use open if it is a file
folder type.

Comment 1

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

please update to mozilla 1.7.11, it's fixed there.

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