I looked into this a bit when Bender2k14 mentioned it on the forums. Pausing the timer if the file is reported to be a broken link seems like the most obvious thing to do.
Patch against the nautilus source directory is attached. Regards Iain ** Attachment added: "timed_wait.patch" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27078707/timed_wait.patch -- timeout dialog displayed wrongly when trying to use a broken launcher https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263266 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs