Emulator Issues #12288
openThe search subfolders option does not follow symlinks on windows
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Description
What's the problem? Describe what went wrong.
Basically what the title says. When search subfolders is checked and one of the selected folders contains a symlink, Dolphin will not find the games stored in the link's destination.
What steps will reproduce the problem?
- Create a directory symbolic link to a folder containing an ISO which Dolphin should detect. This is done with the "mklink /D" command (Directory junctions which are created with /J behave as expected)
- Open Dolphin and add the folder containing the symlink to the Game folders list.
- Enable the follow subfolders option if it's not enabled already
- Refresh if "Check for Game List Changes in the Background" is disabled
Is the issue present in the latest development version? For future reference, please also write down the version number of the latest development version.
5.0-12714
Is the issue present in the latest stable version?
No, 5.0 does not have this issue
If the issue isn't present in the latest stable version, which is the first broken version? (You can find the first broken version by bisecting. Windows users can use the tool https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-green-notice-development-thread-unofficial-dolphin-bisection-tool-for-finding-broken-builds and anyone who is building Dolphin on their own can use git bisect.)
5.0-10969
What are your PC specifications? (CPU, GPU, Operating System, more)
OS:Windows 7 (I will be able to check if the issue persists on Windows 10 in about a month if necessary)
(The rest of my system's specs don't appear relevant but I will provide them if they are)
Updated by Nickps over 3 years ago
I can confirm this is still a problem on Windows 10.
Updated by Billiard26 9 months ago
- Related to Emulator Issues #13283: Windows - Texture in symlink folders are not loaded added