From 11b7f942124006c0a9923c9ebe21e1f1b32bd400 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Corinna Vinschen Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 11:23:55 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Fix ShellExecuteW comment ShellExecuteW long path behaviour is now stable: It doesn't work since Windows 8.1. Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen --- winsup/cygwin/path.cc | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc index 4ffe5f9bd..419f9cfb0 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc +++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc @@ -1704,10 +1704,9 @@ symlink_native (const char *oldpath, path_conv &win32_newpath) to Win32 paths. */ if (final_oldpath->Buffer[0] == L'\\') { - /* Workaround Windows 8.1 bug. On Windows 8.1, the ShellExecuteW - function does not handle the long path prefix correctly for symlink - targets. Thus, we create simple short paths < MAX_PATH without - long path prefix. */ + /* Starting with Windows 8.1, the ShellExecuteW function does not + handle the long path prefix correctly for symlink targets. Thus, + we create simple short paths < MAX_PATH without long path prefix. */ if (RtlEqualUnicodePathPrefix (final_oldpath, &ro_u_uncp, TRUE) && final_oldpath->Length < (MAX_PATH + 6) * sizeof (WCHAR)) {