I hadn't seen this before. I went into the output folder to delete everything in
a last ditch attempt to stop the linker crashing, and I see a symbolic link
there, with the name of my program. But I know I never created a symbolic link,
so the compiler, or the IDDE must have created it. Then I checked its properties
to see what it linked to, and it linked to nothing. As far as Windows is
concerned, a file with ".lnk" extension that does not link to something else is
a corrupt file.
Would it be possible to use some extension that isn't reserved?
E.g.: ".olk" for Optilink, or ".dml" for DM Linker...
Cheers!

Not sure if this will help you but did you know that a .lnk file is a Windows shortcut?

Phil

dan wrote:
> I hadn't seen this before. I went into the output folder to delete everything in
> a last ditch attempt to stop the linker crashing, and I see a symbolic link
> there, with the name of my program. But I know I never created a symbolic link,
> so the compiler, or the IDDE must have created it. Then I checked its properties
> to see what it linked to, and it linked to nothing. As far as Windows is
> concerned, a file with ".lnk" extension that does not link to something else is
> a corrupt file.
> Would it be possible to use some extension that isn't reserved?
> E.g.: ".olk" for Optilink, or ".dml" for DM Linker...
> Cheers!
> 
> 
> 

"dan" <dan_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:bvb7fi$1umc$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I hadn't seen this before. I went into the output folder to delete
everything in
> a last ditch attempt to stop the linker crashing, and I see a symbolic
link
> there, with the name of my program. But I know I never created a symbolic
link,
> so the compiler, or the IDDE must have created it. Then I checked its
properties
> to see what it linked to, and it linked to nothing. As far as Windows is concerned, a file with ".lnk" extension that does not link to something
else is
> a corrupt file.
> Would it be possible to use some extension that isn't reserved?
> E.g.: ".olk" for Optilink, or ".dml" for DM Linker...
> Cheers!

.lnk files are used to pass a command to the linker, as in:
    link @foo.lnk
It has nothing to do with symbolic links, and has been that way since before
win98 ever existed.

In article <bvbj96$2i2j$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Phil Thompson says...
>
>Not sure if this will help you but did you know that a .lnk file is a Windows shortcut?

That's exactly what I was talking about, Phil;  it's what I meant by "symbolic
link". I had not seen this with previous versions of Digital Mars.  Since I
installed the 8.39 beta, two days ago, I've been having linker crashes that I
could not trace. Today, it occurred to me that maybe the project files were
corrupted, so I went to the output folder to delete them and start the project
anew, and what I found there, to my astonishment, was a shortcut with the name
of my project. When I tried to see what it pointed to, it pointed to nothing.
This means that DMC++ is creating a file with an extension .LNK which perhaps
works in windows XP, or whatever version of windows Walter uses, but I think
it's what is causing the linker to crash in win98.
Cheers!

In article <bvbkug$2klq$2@digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
>.lnk files are used to pass a command to the linker, as in:
>    link @foo.lnk
>It has nothing to do with symbolic links, and has been that way since before win98 ever existed.

Yes, I realize now it's not the problem.  Well, it was a shot...