Bug report: Copying folders with icons

Copying folders with custom icons fails.

use: Parallels on Mac OS X, with a bootcamp partition (I'm sure it would be the same with a virtual machine HD too)

Steps to reproduce:

1. Go to the Parallels / Windows desktop.
2. Navigate to a Mac shared folder containing some files you want to copy - which includes a folder with a custom icon.
3. Copy these files to a folder on the windows drive, like "My Documents"

Error message appears: "Cannot copy file 'Icon'. bad file name" (or some such, I didn't copy the error message exactly).

This is probably caused by the Mac OS (every since OS 7 I think) using a hidden file called "Icon\r" (programmers should get that one) to store the icon for a folder.

So... (IMO) the parallels tools should hide the incompatible file name from windows to prevent the error message from appearing, then the copy operation can be completed.

Bonus points for working out a way to put the custom icon onto the windows directory folder icon.... can that even be done?

 

Hello Soundevolution,

Thank you very much for the detailed description of the issue. We will try to reproduce.

Edited: the issue is reproduced and the bug report is made.

Best regards,
Xenos

 

Hello Soundevolution,
solution is out and will be included into the next build.

Thanks for the info!