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attaching lnk files

Артём — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 20:21:06 GMT

For some time now, when attempting to attach a file to an email, if the file's path includes a shortcut (*.lnk), Firefox attaches the shortcut itself rather than navigating to the intended file location. Mercury in retrograde, perhaps!

Re: attaching lnk files

siffemcon — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 21:19:41 GMT

I don't see how it could attach the file that the link points to. What was the last version you think it did that?

Re: attaching lnk files

Артём — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 21:36:26 GMT

Let me provide a specific example. I have a shortcut on my desktop that links to a folder containing a file. When I attempt to attach this file to an email, I navigate to my desktop, click on the shortcut to access the folder with the file, but instead, Firefox attaches the shortcut itself to the email. Previously, this behavior did not occur. I have verified this issue on two computers running Windows 10 and Windows 11, both with Firefox version 137.0.

Re: attaching lnk files

siffemcon — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 21:48:08 GMT

Gotcha. I tried on v115 and it works as it should. You should report it as a bug at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi/). If you do, please post the link to it here.

Re: attaching lnk files

Артём — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 22:38:13 GMT

I have found descriptions of similar issues and their solutions:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1958222
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1958552

Re: attaching lnk files

siffemcon — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 02:25:23 GMT

Thanks.

Re: attaching lnk files

NMurugesan — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:36:20 GMT

Actually *.lnk files has been created by Windows operating system.

Outlook.exe or olk.exe or thunderbird.exe or any email application at any OS do not know *.lnk or softlink files.

At windows to attach the *.lnk files

Click attach

Inside the dialog box

Select related *.lnk file without double left click

Press Alt Enter = get the actual file location

Copy actual file location

Paste that actual file location at

File name

input box inside the same dialog box at Windows OS.

Re: attaching lnk files

siffemcon — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 22:52:13 GMT

Bug 1958222 was fixed in FF v139.