# folderitem.launch does not launch PDF **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [February 16, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/folderitem-launch-does-not-launch-pdf/36159 "2017-02-16T22:07:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TomE](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/tome/32/583_2.png) [@TomE](https://forum.xojo.com/u/TomE)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/folderitem-launch-does-not-launch-pdf/36159/21 "2020-02-24T10:18:33Z")
> [@476538:@Emile Schwarz](#): > > Yes, not really helpfull. What do you do in that case ? Try to find the reason of the error without a clue from a meaningful error number 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Emile\_Schwarz](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@Emile\_Schwarz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Emile_Schwarz)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/folderitem-launch-does-not-launch-pdf/36159/22 "2020-02-24T11:17:06Z")
Or read my answer above. ---
**Author:** ![Aurelian\_N](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Aurelian\_N](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Aurelian_N)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/folderitem-launch-does-not-launch-pdf/36159/23 "2020-02-24T11:19:31Z")
Problem partially solved apparently it is a bug in API 2.0 so far please see Christian’s bug report ([https://xojo.com/issue/58856](https://xojo.com/issue/58856))][https://xojo.com/issue/58856](https://xojo.com/issue/58856) ---
**Author:** ![Emile\_Schwarz](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@Emile\_Schwarz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Emile_Schwarz)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/folderitem-launch-does-not-launch-pdf/36159/24 "2020-02-24T11:34:28Z")
The feedback link goes to idealab… I fire Feedback directly. No report found with that number: 58856 ---
**Author:** ![Aurelian\_N](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Aurelian\_N](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Aurelian_N)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/folderitem-launch-does-not-launch-pdf/36159/25 "2020-02-24T12:16:06Z")
[quote=476574:@Emile Schwarz]The feedback link goes to idealab… I fire Feedback directly. No report found with that number: 58856[/quote] well I guess it’s something related to their formatting, I guess XOJO could help by providing the correct format for the feedback URL. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Araujo](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/rick_araujo/32/251_2.png) [@Rick\_Araujo](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Rick_Araujo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/folderitem-launch-does-not-launch-pdf/36159/26 "2020-02-24T13:58:49Z")
Seems one of those “protections against alien files” of Catalina. Files coming from outside, in this case, FAT formatted disks, seems to receive some flag and fails to launch. > [@476574:@Emile Schwarz](#): > > The feedback link goes to idealab… Here: \<[https://xojo.com/issue/58856](https://xojo.com/issue/58856)\> ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/1X/455b4dcc0e61630e9f81940004ddffa49c432a46.png) [@system](https://forum.xojo.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/folderitem-launch-does-not-launch-pdf/36159/27 "2020-10-29T18:39:45Z")
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