Bug 135998 - Double clicking on a docx that has spaces in the path or file name generates an error but won't open
Summary: Double clicking on a docx that has spaces in the path or file name generates ...
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.0.0.3 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
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Reported: 2020-08-21 19:35 UTC by Dan Essin
Modified: 2020-09-10 03:59 UTC (History)
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Description Dan Essin 2020-08-21 19:35:34 UTC 
Description:
Can't open document files in LO 7 if the path or file name contains spaces.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Double click a doc or docx file such as 
D:\Dropbox\_Writing\ehr commentary\ScrivenerWork\Science Mag 2.docx
2. Get the following 4 messages, one after the other:
  a - D:\Dropbox\_Writing\ehr does not exist.
  b - D:\Dropbox\_Writing\ehr commentary\ScrivenerWork\commentary\ScrivenerWork\Science does not exist.
  c - D:\Dropbox\_Writing\ehr commentary\ScrivenerWork\Mag does not exist.
  d - D:\Dropbox\_Writing\ehr commentary\ScrivenerWork\2.docx does not exist.


Actual Results:
The document does not open

Expected Results:
The document that is double-clicked opens


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No


OpenGL enabled: Yes

Additional Info:
Version: 7.0.0.3 (x64)
Build ID: 8061b3e9204bef6b321a21033174034a5e2ea88e
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19041; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

profile and openGL are not relevant.
Comment 1 Dan Essin 2020-08-21 21:05:13 UTC 
This works correctly in 6.4
Comment 2 Dan Essin 2020-08-22 00:02:33 UTC 
not confirmed after uninstalling and reinstalling LO
Comment 3 Dan Essin 2020-08-22 04:16:22 UTC 
This error occurred when 7.0.0.3 was installed over 6.4 but not after a clean install
Comment 4 Dieter 2020-09-09 17:53:26 UTC 
(In reply to Dan Essin from comment #3)
> This error occurred when 7.0.0.3 was installed over 6.4 but not after a
> clean install

So it looks like a corrupted user profile

=> RESOLVED NOTABUG

Feel free to change it back to UNCONFIRMED with a short reasoning, if you disagree.