ID 414865 - Modo safe mode fails to launch if an app.zip folder is present in the Applications directory.

Problem summary

Modo Safe Mode fails to launch if an app.zip folder is present in the Applications directory.

Customer reported version
modo.13.2v1

Customer reported platform
10.14

Steps to reproduce

1) Open Terminal and type

touch Example.app.zip

2) Move this created file to the Applications directory.

3) Try to launch Modo Safe Mode.

4) Rename Example.app.zip to Example.ap.zip

5) Launching Modo Safe Mode should now work as expected.

Expected behaviour
Modo should launch in Safe Mode.

Actual behaviour
Finder reports the error "Unknown object type" (-1731) and Modo does not launch.

Workaround
Unknown.

Reproduced by support

This bug has been reproduced in:
13.2v1 - OSX 10.13

13.1v1 - OSX 10.13

13.0v1 - OSX 10.13

12.2v2 - OSX 10.13

12.1v2 - OSX 10.13

12.0v1 - OSX 10.13

11.2v3 - OSX 10.13 -regression

Unable to reproduce bug in:
11.2v2 - OSX 10.13

Earliest version tested

11.2v2 - This issue doesn't appear in this version and has regressed.