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From: Nicholas Geti on 9 Feb 2010 18:13
I have a client who swears that when she clicks on a folder shortcut on the
desktop, it will make shortcut of each subfolder and drop them on the
desktop. Is this possible?



From: Ken Blake, MVP on 9 Feb 2010 19:54
On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 18:13:33 -0500, "Nicholas Geti"
<ngeti(a)optonline.net> wrote:

> I have a client who swears that when she clicks on a folder shortcut on the
> desktop, it will make shortcut of each subfolder and drop them on the
> desktop. Is this possible?



No. She is either mistaken, or she has some very strange piece of
software running.

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From: Unknown on 10 Feb 2010 10:30
Malware can do 'most anything.
"Nicholas Geti" <ngeti(a)optonline.net> wrote in message
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>I have a client who swears that when she clicks on a folder shortcut on the
>desktop, it will make shortcut of each subfolder and drop them on the
>desktop. Is this possible?
>
>
>


From: Twayne on 10 Feb 2010 11:22
In news:4b71ec1a$0$31257$607ed4bc(a)cv.net,
Nicholas Geti <ngeti(a)optonline.net> typed:
> I have a client who swears that when she clicks on a folder shortcut
> on the desktop, it will make shortcut of each subfolder and drop them
> on the desktop. Is this possible?

It shouldn't. But depending on what program/s the shortcut is running,
malware could be doing it. It's probably quickest to delete that shortcut
and make a new one for whatever program it is that she wants to run.

Personally, I'd like to see what it says in that shortcut when you right
click on Properties and view the Shortcut tab, and the test in the "Target"
box. That would tell a lot, maybe enough to pin it down, maybe not.

HTH,

Twayne


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