[New-bugs-announce] [issue27469] Unicode filename gets crippled on Windows when drag and drop

[Adam Bartoš]

New submission from Adam Bartoš:

When a Python script is run by drag-and-dropping another file on it in Windows explorer, the other file's path becomes sys.argv[1]. However, when the path contains a Unicode characters (e.g. α), it gets crippled – it is replaced by ordinary question mark.

Maybe this is not Python's fault. Calling directly GetCommandLineW already contains that question mark. I'm just curious whether the original path even can be reconstructed.

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components: Unicode, Windows
messages: 269991
nosy: Drekin, ezio.melotti, haypo, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Unicode filename gets crippled on Windows when drag and drop
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.5, Python 3.6

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