December 25th, 2012

You too can use your psychic powers: Spaces in paths

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

I’m going to be lazy today and make you solve the problem.

Did a recent security hotfix change change the way we handle UNC paths with spaces? Normally, if we open the Run dialog and type \\server\share\Support Library\, the Support Library folder opens. But recently it stopped working. Instead of opening the Support Library folder, we get the Open With dialog:

Open with

Choose the program you want to use to open this file:

File: Support

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  Always use the selected program to open this kind of file

 

Can you figure out what happened recently that introduced this problem? You have all the information you need.

Category
Old New Thing
Topics
Tips/Support

Author

Raymond Chen

Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.

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