HidHide icon indicating copy to clipboard operation
HidHide copied to clipboard

Applications added via symbolic link path don't get processed by HidHide

Open velocity7 opened this issue 7 months ago • 6 comments

Bug description

If you add an application path that is passed in via symbolic link, HidHide will not process it and it doesn't get filtered out properly (e.g., cannot hide/unhide devices depending on blacklist/whitelist).

Steps to reproduce

  • Confirm that you can add an application to HidHide and it tests properly with filtering.
  • Create a symbolic link to the application using mklink, Link Shell Extension, etc.
  • Remove the application from the list, then add it using the symbolic link.

Actual result: Only adding the application directly as opposed to symbolic link works. Expected result: Symbolic link should work.

Screenshots

N/A

Machine info

N/A

Any other helpful information

Symbolic link bug appears to have been mentioned in ticket https://github.com/nefarius/HidHide/issues/99 but wasn't officially submitted as a ticket.

velocity7 avatar Dec 01 '23 15:12 velocity7