KDiff3

Tracker: Bugs

8 KDiff3 Context menu handler breaks Windows Vista Start Menu. - ID: 1759117

Last Update: Comment added ( joachim99 )

Details:

Date: 2007-07-24
Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate

Issue Details:

After installing KDiff3 on Windows Vista I noticed that certain types of
shortcuts stopped working in my start menu, most noticeably Office 2007. On
initual investigation it looked to be an issue with the shortcuts
themselves as they have different properties to a standard shortcut lnk
file.
After some googling around the Microsoft Messageboards i found a link to
this site.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

Note Point 12 describes the issue that I was having. After insalling the
suggested program ShellExView I started disabling content menu extensions
until the Start Menu shortcuts started working again. The context menu
handelers disabled were

- Tortoise SVN
- WinRAR Archiver
- Avast!

On disabling the Kdiff3 context menu handler my start menu shortcuts
started working again.

On the Tortoisesvn page for Known Vista issues
http://tortoisesvn.net/node/269
It mentions that the vista context menus have changed.
This needs to be investigated for consideration in the next build.

Workaround:
To allow the Vista start menu to function correctly again, disable the
Kdiff3 context menu in ShellExView.

Submitted:

shaddo ( shaddo ) - 2007-07-23 18:02

Priority:

Status:

Closed

Resolution:

Fixed

Assigned:

Joachim Eibl

Category:

None

Group:

None

Visibility:

Public

Comments ( 7 )

Date: 2009-01-09 19:51 Sender: joachim99 Should work correctly in 0.9.93. Joachim
Date: 2008-11-17 04:44 Sender: colin_kershaw The new DLL resolved the issue for me. Additionally, I didn't need to reboot! :)
Date: 2007-10-10 19:47 Sender: ntautenhahn I noticed a similar bug with vista after installing Kdiff3 0.9.92 bundled with the windows installer of hg. My Start Menu was alright, but installing Kdiff3 disabled the "run as administrator" feature - it was still there, but when I right-clicked on a program which was user-executable and selected "run as administrator" nothing happened. A manual "runas /user:XY" worked, however, as well as programs which always require administrator-rights still asked for a admin-pw...
Date: 2007-09-27 20:08 Sender: frediek Got identical issue. Confirmed the KDiff3 shell extension was the root cause. Disabled only it - Start Menu worked. Enabled and disabled everything else (but not the ones from Microsoft) - Start Menu didn't work. Have installed attached patch - Start Menu works. Hope you will add this fix to your next release.
Date: 2007-09-02 21:41 Sender: joachim99 I had build problems while building the first dll. So it wouldn't work. I've uploaded the correctly built dll as zip-file. (Already tested by Jens Hatlak.) Joachim File Added: diff_ext_for_kdiff3.zip
Date: 2007-08-29 21:11 Sender: joachim99 I've applied Sergey's patch and uploaded it. Please test and report if it fixes the problem. In the "C:\Program Files\KDiff3" directory first rename the existing dll. (Deleting might not work.) Then copy the new diff_ext_for_kdiff3.dll there. Close all instances of explorer and reboot before testing. Joachim File Added: diff_ext_for_kdiff3.dll
Date: 2007-08-28 01:22 Sender: serg_z I have a patch that fixes the problem. see patch #1783005 for kdiff3 project

Attached File ( 1 )

Filename	Description	Download
diff_ext_for_kdiff3.zip	Dll with patch applied (second try)	Download

Changes ( 8 )

Field	Old Value	Date	By
close_date	-	2009-01-09 19:51	joachim99
status_id	Open	2009-01-09 19:51	joachim99
resolution_id	None	2009-01-09 19:51	joachim99
File Deleted	243434:	2007-09-02 21:41	joachim99
File Added	243939: diff_ext_for_kdiff3.zip	2007-09-02 21:41	joachim99
File Added	243434: diff_ext_for_kdiff3.dll	2007-08-29 21:11	joachim99
assigned_to	nobody	2007-07-23 18:03	shaddo
priority	5	2007-07-23 18:03	shaddo

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