LO50421: CANNOT OPEN ICS FILE FROM WITHIN THE NOTES CLIENT

APAR status

• Closed as user error.

Error description

• When trying to Open an ICS file from within notes, the following
  error occurs.
  
  
  
  Steps To Reproduce:
  1.  Send a calendar invite from an outside account. ( I used
  google calendar)
  2.  Using an 8.,5.1 Notes Client, right click on the ICS file
  that  is inside
  the Invitation.
  3.  Select : Open with, and choose notes.exe
  4.  The following error occurs "Invalid directory name or device
  not ready"
  
  **Even if you set the Internet Explorer options to have Lotus
  Notes as the
  default client, you still cannot open the ICS file. If you save
  the ICS file to
  the desktop and double click on it, Outlook opens.
  

Local fix

• change the file association for .ics files to RPCLAUNCHER.exe
  

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• This APAR is associated with SPR# ABUI83TQVN.
  A programming error was found and will be corrected in a future
   release.
  

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  NOTES CLIENT

• Fixed component ID

  5724E6255

Applicable component levels