When trying to upload a shortcut file, into the ITMS console, the file is not upload.
Instead the shortcut file being uploaded, the referenced file is being uploaded.
No error message.
ITMS 8.1 RU5
This is a known issue using HTML controls in Windows. Windows passes the real file instead of the link file. When using Java, it has its own file selection control that didn't implement Windows.
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