ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
Windows 10, tried with Java 15, Java 17 and Java 20 (Early Access)

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
When having a shortcut to a folder on Windows, you normally can follow the shortcut by double clicking it. If you are creating the JFileChooser with your own FileSystemView you always get an Exception:

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.InternalError: Unable to bind C:\temp\myShortcutToFolder.lnk to parent
        at java.desktop/sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolder2$4.call(Win32ShellFolder2.java:474)
        at java.desktop/sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolder2$4.call(Win32ShellFolder2.java:458)
        at java.desktop/sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolderManager2$ComInvoker.invoke(Win32ShellFolderManager2.java:626)
        at java.desktop/sun.awt.shell.ShellFolder.invoke(ShellFolder.java:532)
        at java.desktop/sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolder2.getIShellFolder(Win32ShellFolder2.java:458)
        at java.desktop/sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolder2$16.call(Win32ShellFolder2.java:1261)
        at java.desktop/sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolder2$16.call(Win32ShellFolder2.java:1259)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:317)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1144)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:642)
        at java.desktop/sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolderManager2$ComInvoker$1.run(Win32ShellFolderManager2.java:595)
        at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1591)

This Issue has ben reported multiple times but all bug reports I found here were either marked as "cannot reproduce" or as duplicate of an bug report marked as cannot reproduce.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. Create a shortcut in "C:\temp" to a folder of your liking (you can create the shortcut anywhere else. It is just to have a short, easy to remeber path for the following setpes. The only condition is that the shortcut has to be a shortcut to a folder)
2. Execute the attached java Program (a JFileChooser with a custom FileSystemView)
=> A File Chooser Opens
3. Navigate to C:\temp (or the path you created the shortcut in)
=> The shortcut should be shown as an normal folder
4. Double click on the shortcut
=> The exception is thrown "java.lang.InternalError: Unable to bind C:\temp\myShortcutToFolder.lnk to parent"


EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
The shortcut should be followed and the folder the shortcut points to should be displayed in the File Chooser
ACTUAL -
An Exception is thrown "java.lang.InternalError: Unable to bind C:\temp\myShortcutToFolder.lnk to parent"

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import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;

import javax.swing.Icon;
import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
import javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView;

public class JFileChooserError {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    JFileChooser fc = new JFileChooser(new MyFileSystemView());
    fc.showOpenDialog(null);
  }

  private static class MyFileSystemView extends FileSystemView {

    FileSystemView delegate;

    MyFileSystemView() {
      delegate = FileSystemView.getFileSystemView();
      assert "javax.swing.filechooser.WindowsFileSystemView"
          .equals(delegate.getClass().getCanonicalName()) : "Please run this on Windows";
    }

    @Override
    public File createNewFolder(File containingDir) throws IOException {
      return delegate.createNewFolder(containingDir);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isRoot(File f) {
      return delegate.isRoot(f);
    }

    @Override
    public Boolean isTraversable(File f) {
      return delegate.isTraversable(f);
    }

    @Override
    public String getSystemDisplayName(File f) {
      return delegate.getSystemDisplayName(f);
    }

    @Override
    public String getSystemTypeDescription(File f) {
      return delegate.getSystemTypeDescription(f);
    }

    @Override
    public Icon getSystemIcon(File f) {
      return delegate.getSystemIcon(f);
    }

    @Override
    public Icon getSystemIcon(File f, int width, int height) {
      return delegate.getSystemIcon(f, width, height);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isParent(File folder, File file) {
      return delegate.isParent(folder, file);
    }

    @Override
    public File getChild(File parent, String fileName) {
      return delegate.getChild(parent, fileName);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isFileSystem(File f) {
      return delegate.isFileSystem(f);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isHiddenFile(File f) {
      return delegate.isHiddenFile(f);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isFileSystemRoot(File dir) {
      return delegate.isFileSystemRoot(dir);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isDrive(File dir) {
      return delegate.isDrive(dir);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isFloppyDrive(File dir) {
      return delegate.isFloppyDrive(dir);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isComputerNode(File dir) {
      return delegate.isComputerNode(dir);
    }

    @Override
    public File[] getRoots() {
      return delegate.getRoots();
    }

    @Override
    public File getHomeDirectory() {
      return delegate.getHomeDirectory();
    }

    @Override
    public File getDefaultDirectory() {
      return delegate.getDefaultDirectory();
    }

    @Override
    public File createFileObject(File dir, String filename) {
      return delegate.createFileObject(dir, filename);
    }

    @Override
    public File createFileObject(String path) {
      return delegate.createFileObject(path);
    }

    @Override
    public File[] getFiles(File dir, boolean useFileHiding) {
      return delegate.getFiles(dir, useFileHiding);
    }

    @Override
    public File getParentDirectory(File dir) {
      return delegate.getParentDirectory(dir);
    }

    @Override
    public File[] getChooserComboBoxFiles() {
      return delegate.getChooserComboBoxFiles();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isLink(File file) {
      return delegate.isLink(file);
    }

    @Override
    public File getLinkLocation(File file) throws FileNotFoundException {
      return delegate.getLinkLocation(file);
    }

  }

}

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CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
No workaround found

FREQUENCY : always