# Open LNK shortcuts as before rather than attempting to overwrite

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/open-lnk-shortcuts-as-before-rather-than-attempting-to-overwrite/70150
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 16, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/open-lnk-shortcuts-as-before-rather-than-attempting-to-overwrite/70150 "2025-11-16T12:24:53Z")
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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/open-lnk-shortcuts-as-before-rather-than-attempting-to-overwrite/70150/2 "2025-11-16T14:20:43Z")

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Please see this topic where I've discussed what you're observing and also linked to a topic that describes details of the changed behaviour.

> [@Can no longer open shortcuts to folders](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-no-longer-open-shortcuts-to-folders/69588/4):
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> It's related to this change [2025-06-26] CHG: symbolic links to folders are not dereferenced in open and save dialogs to more likely preserve user intent and follow platform conventions. I've described details of this change at Unfortunately, it's not possible to let the Windows open dialogs resolve Shell links (\*.lnk shortcuts) and not dereference symbolic links and junctions points at the same time. I hope the workaround is sufficient for you. You can also always right-click on the sho…

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Moving this to #Support

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_[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/open-lnk-shortcuts-as-before-rather-than-attempting-to-overwrite/70150)._