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Windows shortcuts .lnk stopped working in Windows Firefox 137

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Hello, After installing Firefox 137, Windows shortcuts stopped working within Firefox: for example I am on Google Mail writing a new email. If I want to attach a file to my email, I click on the classic paper clip, it opens a windows dialog box to browse my files and folders. Up to now, if I did double-click on a shortcut (a .lnk file) it would follow the shortcut (like if it was a folder shortcut it would open the corresponding folder) for me to choose a file ... As of 137 it attaches the shortcut, and tries to attach the whole content of the folder ! I tried the same operation on Chrome, it works ok. I tried the same operation on a different service on Firefox (Mattermost) I have the same problem, so my guess is that the problem is with Firefox 137. (this has been working properly for the last 10 years at least). And I made the test on MacOS, no problem, it's really with Firefox 137 on Windows. Anybody else seeing this ?

Hello, After installing Firefox 137, Windows shortcuts stopped working within Firefox: for example I am on Google Mail writing a new email. If I want to attach a file to my email, I click on the classic paper clip, it opens a windows dialog box to browse my files and folders. Up to now, if I did double-click on a shortcut (a .lnk file) it would follow the shortcut (like if it was a folder shortcut it would open the corresponding folder) for me to choose a file ... As of 137 it attaches the shortcut, and tries to attach the whole content of the folder ! I tried the same operation on Chrome, it works ok. I tried the same operation on a different service on Firefox (Mattermost) I have the same problem, so my guess is that the problem is with Firefox 137. (this has been working properly for the last 10 years at least). And I made the test on MacOS, no problem, it's really with Firefox 137 on Windows. Anybody else seeing this ?