Launching files does not work (too deep in directories?)

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Yuriy
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Launching files does not work (too deep in directories?)

Post by Yuriy »

I have discovered a strange thing: launching files by their Windows extension does not work in some deep directories in RecycleBin.

For example, I have a file text.txt located in D:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-2681313834-3529579126-203007806-1000\$REVVUWW\ - pressing 'Enter' on this file opens the associated Windows program just fine. Bit this same file located one more directory deeper (in D:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-2681313834-3529579126-203007806-1000\$REVVUWW\LANGUAGE\) does not work that way - pressing 'Enter' only gives a message that 'There is no program associated with this file - set it in Default programs in Control Panel etc.' I tried it on other file types as well - even *.exe could not be launched that way!

I am not sure it is a bug - does Salamander has some limits on launching files inside deep directories' structure? But viewing/editing those files works nice, and it is possible to launch any file in $RECYCLE.BIN, but not that deep.
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Re: Launching files does not work (too deep in directories?)

Post by Jan Rysavy »

Could you please launch the same file with Windows Explorer?
Yuriy
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Re: Launching files does not work (too deep in directories?)

Post by Yuriy »

That was the first thing I tried to do - but it's not possible as Windows Explorer opens not folders inside $RECYCLE.BIN but a TrashBin (where you can only restore deleted files, not open or launch them).
Well, that's a very minor issue, as not many people would try to launch files from their recycle bin :) I am just curious what obscure error it could be.
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Re: Launching files does not work (too deep in directories?)

Post by therube »

> launching files by their Windows extension does not work in ... RecycleBin

I wasn't aware that you could launch files from within $Recycle.Bin, at all?
Double-clicking a file within $Recycle.Bin has always, only opened its Properties dialog.

I've always had to copy a file out of $Recycle.Bin in order to open it.

And right-click context-menu has always been the limited; Restore, Cut, Delete, Properties.

I manually created the 'X' directory.
Manually copied a file 'new.txt' into X.

Did a Ctrl+X on new.txt (within /X/), wanted to drop it into the parent directory & received this:

Note that this is on my C: drive.
My OS is on E:
There are four subdirectories with C:\$Recycle.Bin, all empty (except for "desktop.ini"), except for the listed one.

(Guess I'll have to read up more on this.)
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Yuriy
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Re: Launching files does not work (too deep in directories?)

Post by Yuriy »

therube, that's very interesting. It is strange that you get this nice message, and I have another one about 'no associated program for this file' (in Russian, even if I change the Salamabder language to English or French).

But you can launch *.wmv etc. from that very directory, right? Just not files in 'X' subdirectory.
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Re: Launching files does not work (too deep in directories?)

Post by therube »

> you can launch *.wmv etc. from that very directory, right? Just not files in 'X' subdirectory

No, nothing "launches" (via double-click or otherwise) for me, regardless of where within $Recycle.Bin the file may be.
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Yuriy
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Re: Launching files does not work (too deep in directories?)

Post by Yuriy »

OK, so that's how it works for me:

1. Root Recycle Bin directory: C:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-...\ - you can't launch anything, only Properties dialog appears when pressing 'Enter'.
2. One more directory deeper: C:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-...\$REVVUWW\ - you can launch any file in a usual way (in Salamander only, not in Windows Explorer where you just can't open a folder, only Properties dialog appears).
3. Two more directories deeper: C:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-...\$REVVUWW\X\ - you can't launch anything, message 'file is not associated' appears.
4. Three and more directories deeper: C:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-...\$REVVUWW\X\Y - you can't launch anything, and nothing appears when pressing 'Enter'.

Strange behaviour indeed :)
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