[Bug: 21.5-b28] mswindows-shell-execute failure when shortcuts are symlinks

================================================================ Dear Bug Team! XEmacs started with: "d:\Program Files\XEmacs\xemacs-21.5-b28\i586-pc-win32\xemacs.exe" -q Two of the following commands in *scratch* failed. (mswindows-shell-execute "open" "http://www.xemacs.org/") (mswindows-shell-execute "open" "c:\\") t (mswindows-shell-execute "open" "c:") (mswindows-shell-execute "explore" "c:\\") t mswindows-shortcuts-are-symlinks t If mswindows-shortcuts-are-symlinks is set to nil then all the external processes start successfully. Aidan Kehoe reports that a "permission denied" error masks any prospective "file not found" error. I have seen similar errors using "cmd /c start" either as a command from "!" in dired, or in a Cygwin window outside of emacs. I cannot currently reproduce it. Is there another lisp function that might exercise the C realpath and similar functions to improve our diagnosis? ================================================================ System Info to help track down your bug: --------------------------------------- OS version: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] OS: Windows_NT XEmacs 21.5-b28 "fuki" (+CVS-20070925) configured for `i586-pc-win32'. Building XEmacs using "nmake". Building XEmacs using make flags " ". Building XEmacs in source tree "c:\\XEmacsBuild\\xemacs-21.5-2007-09-26". For src, using compiler "cl -nologo -W3 -DSTRICT -Zi -Od -MD -c -TP -Ic:\XEmacsBuild\xemacs-21.5-2007-09-26\nt\inc -Ic:\XEmacsBuild\xemacs-21.5-2007-09-26\src -I"e:/cygwin/usr/local/src\xpm-3.4k" -I"e:/cygwin/usr/local/src\xpm-3.4k\lib" -I"e:/cygwin/usr/local/src\libpng-1.2.8" -I"e:/cygwin/usr/local/src/zlib" -I"e:/cygwin/usr/local/src/tiff-3.7.3\libtiff" -I"e:/cygwin/usr/local/src\jpeg-6b" -I"e:/cygwin/usr/local/src/zlib" -DHAVE_MS_WINDOWS -DHAVE_MENUBARS -DHAVE_SCROLLBARS -DHAVE_TOOLBARS -DHAVE_WIDGETS -DHAVE_DIALOGS -DHAVE_XPM -DFOR_MSW -DHAVE_GIF -DHAVE_PNG -DHAVE_TIFF -DHAVE_JPEG -DHAVE_ZLIB -DHAVE_NATIVE_SOUND -DMULE -DERROR_CHECK_ALL -DPDUMP -DUSE_KKCC -DSYSTEM_MALLOC -DDEBUG_XEMACS -D_DEBUG -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -DWIN32_NATIVE -Demacs -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DPATH_VERSION=\"21.5-b28\" -DPATH_PROGNAME=\"xemacs\" -DEMACS_VERSION=\"21.5-b28\" -DEMACS_PROGNAME=\"xemacs\" -DSTACK_TRACE_EYE_CATCHER=xemacs_21_5_b28_i586_pc_win32 -DPATH_PREFIX=\"..\" -DEMACS_MAJOR_VERSION=21 -DEMACS_MINOR_VERSION=5 -DEMACS_BETA_VERSION=28 -DXEMACS_CODENAME=\""fuki"\" -DXEMACS_EXTRA_NAME=\"(+CVS-20070925)\" -DEMACS_CONFIGURATION=\"i586-pc-win32\"". For lib-src, using compiler "cl -nologo -W3 -DSTRICT -Zi -Od -MD -Ic:\XEmacsBuild\xemacs-21.5-2007-09-26\lib-src -Ic:\XEmacsBuild\xemacs-21.5-2007-09-26\src -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DWIN32_NATIVE". Compiling as C++. Installing XEmacs in "c:/XEmacsBuild/installed/2007-09-26/XEmacs-21.5-b28". Compiling in support for Microsoft Windows native GUI. Compiling in international (MULE) support. Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for GIF images. Compiling in support for PNG images. Compiling in support for TIFF images. Compiling in support for JPEG images. Compiling in support for GZIP compression/decompression. Compiling in support for toolbars. Compiling in support for dialogs. Compiling in support for widgets. Compiling in support for native sounds. Using portable dumper. Using system malloc. Using DLL version of C runtime library. Compiling in extra internal error-checking. NOTE: --------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Compiling in support for runtime error-checking. NOTE: XEmacs will run noticeably more slowly as a result. NOTE: Error-checking is on by default for XEmacs beta releases. NOTE: --------------------------------------------------------- Compiling in debugging support (no slowdown). Using new experimental GC mark algorithms. 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