From ef042ef070572221f39174292970df78d14ec23f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SkeleyM <86805089+SkeleyM@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 08:37:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: call filepaths instead of using `start` (#667)

---
 tagstudio/src/qt/helpers/file_opener.py | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tagstudio/src/qt/helpers/file_opener.py b/tagstudio/src/qt/helpers/file_opener.py
index f696d416..51afd230 100644
--- a/tagstudio/src/qt/helpers/file_opener.py
+++ b/tagstudio/src/qt/helpers/file_opener.py
@@ -46,11 +46,9 @@ def open_file(path: str | Path, file_manager: bool = False):
                     | subprocess.CREATE_BREAKAWAY_FROM_JOB,
                 )
             else:
-                command_name = "start"
-                # first parameter is for title, NOT filepath
-                command_args = ["", normpath]
+                command = f'"{normpath}"'
                 subprocess.Popen(
-                    [command_name] + command_args,
+                    command,
                     shell=True,
                     close_fds=True,
                     creationflags=subprocess.CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP