How & when are people's attachments .lnk files?

[Jeff]

Occasionally when people try to send an attachment, they accidentally send a .lnk file using outlook express. (My antivirus removes these since they look like a virus and lets me know that the .lnk has been removed.) Now the question - when and how exactly are these .lnk files being attached when the people are trying to send an attachment (so I can tell them what not to do by accident.)

[Randall]

I've been wondering about that myself, because one of our clients did that to us recently. It was supposed to be a QuickBooks file, but all we got one one lousy kilobyte.

I think I found it:



Tell them not to check the "Make Shortcut to this file" box. (What was Microsoft thinking...?)

Randall

[Jeff]

Interesting - I never noticed that there, but you're right, it's an instant way to not actually attach your file

Thanks once again for solving the mystery Randall.

[hobbes]

Cool, someone else who actually uses Thumbs+

[Randall]

Cool, someone else who actually uses Thumbs+

No, that's just the file WinXP creates when you view a folder in thumbnail mode. Sorry to disappoint you.

Is Thumbs+ a good program?

Randall

[hobbes]

My bad. When I researched digital photo management software a few years ago, ThumbPlus was the only software to satisfy the majority of my requirements. Been a happy user since. Cerious is very good about getting desired features into the beta cycle on a timely basis.

[Randall]

First program I've seen with color management support. I'll have to check it out.

Randall