Shortcut-Files (*.lnk) and huge delay while listing files

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Hi there.. o)

I noticed for several weeks now, that my "drop everything in here"/"what a mess"-folder took
up to 10 seconds to get displayed in a dopus lister. I have just about 500 files in there right
now, so that cannot be the problem. I tracked that delay down to a shortcut-file, these files
which end with *.lnk.

The file which is linked to by this *.lnk-file is on a remote pc, specified by an UNC path.
The computer where that files resides is down, so the file is not available. Whenever DOpus
comes across this link-file, it takes very long to complete the directory listing. Even if I
isolate that file and put it in its own directory.

MS-Explorer does not delay while listing this file and accessing the directory from another
system over LAN with MS-Explorer does neither. But it does always "hang" when listing with
DO (if that file is local or on a LAN/UNC-path). So it seems Dopus is the "problem" here.
I had a look into the settings, but could not find anything regarding accessing or "touching"
these kind of shortcut-files.

I attach that *.lnk-file in a zip, perhaps you might want to try for yourself ?!.. This even
occured with DO-v9. Don't be scared by the filename, that shortcut was created unintentionally
and contains this path: "\192.168.2.1\d$\bin\s\RunBatchInvisible.bat D:\bin\s\startup-sequence.bat".
Again: This is a simple shortcut, there is no batch or script in there!

And yes, I have a "startup-sequence" on my windows machines.. o))

Thank you!.. o)
Rob.

Shortcut to RunBatchInvisible.zip (839 Bytes)

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If you've turned on Preferences / Folders / Folder Behaviour / Sort shortcuts to folders like folders, turn it off (or make sure you don't have shortcuts that point to machines that don't exist).

3

Turning that "Sort shortcuts to folders like folders" option to off, helps indeed and opus is not
hanging anymore. I did not try this option, because this shortcut does not link to a folder and
I did not expect it to change anything.

Do you think this behaviour is ok the way it is ?! As this is no folder-shortcut and explorer
does not hang on those abandonded shortcuts, one could assume this is some kind of a little
bug to fix ?!Or this has something to do with DOs extended functionality, trying to fetch extra-
information from this type of file which, explorer for example, does not hunt for. I don't know.

But I'm happy again, now that my folder lists as quickly as before, that odd shortcut i banned.

Thank you!.. o)

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Opus has no way to know if it points to a folder until it has looked at what it points at.

5

Ah ok, that explains everything!
Thx for this little, but very helpful information.

Rob.