Start BleachBit with computer broken on non-English Windows
Bug #458424 reported by
Danilo Piazzalunga
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BleachBit |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Andrew Ziem | ||
Bug Description
Localized (non-English) versions of Windows change the names of the Start Menu folder and its subfolders. For example, on the Italian version of Windows, "%USERPROFILE%
When checking the "Start BleachBit with computer" option on Windows, BleachBIt tries to create the shortcut in a hardcoded path; instead, it should use SHGetSpecialFol
Patch attached. Not fully tested because I didn't rebuild the Windows version of BleachBit.
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| Danilo Piazzalunga (danilopiazza) wrote | #1 |
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| Danilo Piazzalunga (danilopiazza) wrote | #2 |
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| Andrew Ziem (ahziem1) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in bleachbit: | |
| assignee: | nobody → Andrew Ziem (ahziem1) |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| milestone: | none → 0.7.1 |
| status: | New → Triaged |
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| Andrew Ziem (ahziem1) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in bleachbit: | |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
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| Andrew Ziem (ahziem1) wrote | #5 |
| Changed in bleachbit: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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For reference, here is the BleachBit.exe.log file containing the error.