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 | |
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BleachBit |
Fix Released
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Medium
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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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For reference, here is the BleachBit.exe.log file containing the error.