302533 - App restart and update driver code doesn't work if app run from UNC path

Status: NEW

(Toolkit :: Startup and Profile System, defect)

Description

[Darin Fisher]

App restart and update driver code doesn't work if app run from UNC path.

The problem is that we use the WIN32 GetShortPathName function when using
Microsoft's CRT.  We do that because the CRT has some odd quote handling that
makes it difficult to simply quote the file paths.  That said, there is probably
a way to quote effectively, but we'd need test carefully.

Comment 1

[James Ross]

This is probably a dup of bug 300264, which I filed /before/ making the remark
which presumably triggered this bug to be filed.

To be perfectly honest, I can't stand people using the CRT on Win32, use the
Win32 API and you're much better off :P - anyway, bug 300264 has fractionally
more info.

Comment 2

[Benjamin Smedberg]

Can somebody test with recent builds and report back?