From b469895aa8c7c04c17dcccf3605077f436ffb047 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: joffrey-b <birsterj@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:25:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix path parsing when trailing backslash precedes closing
 quote on Windows

---
 .github/workflows/build.yml |  2 +-
 src/easymode.cpp            | 10 ++++++++++
 src/scan.cpp                | 10 ++++++++++
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 885feec..b3ba5f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   build_windows:
     name: Windows
-    runs-on: windows-2025
+    runs-on: windows-2022
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
     env:
diff --git a/src/easymode.cpp b/src/easymode.cpp
index 845c80e..87109ad 100644
--- a/src/easymode.cpp
+++ b/src/easymode.cpp
@@ -493,7 +493,17 @@ void easy_mode(int argc, char *argv[])
         quit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    // Windows CommandLineToArgvW treats \" as a literal " rather than closing
+    // the argument, so a path typed as "C:\foo\bar\" arrives with a trailing "
+    // instead of \. Strip it so filesystem operations work correctly.
+    std::string path_arg = argv[optind];
+    if (!path_arg.empty() && path_arg.back() == '"')
+        path_arg.pop_back();
+    scan_easy(path_arg, preset ? preset : std::filesystem::path(), threads);
+#else
     scan_easy(argv[optind], preset ? preset : std::filesystem::path(), threads);
+#endif
 }
 
 static bool convert_bool(const char *value, bool &setting)
diff --git a/src/scan.cpp b/src/scan.cpp
index e37e6de..decd62b 100644
--- a/src/scan.cpp
+++ b/src/scan.cpp
@@ -133,7 +133,17 @@ ScanJob* ScanJob::factory(char **files, size_t nb_files, const Config &config)
     std::vector<Track> tracks;
     std::unordered_set<FileType> types;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < nb_files; i++) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        // Windows CommandLineToArgvW treats \" as a literal " rather than closing
+        // the argument, so a path typed as "C:\foo\bar\" arrives with a trailing "
+        // instead of \. Strip it so filesystem operations work correctly.
+        std::string file_str = files[i];
+        if (!file_str.empty() && file_str.back() == '"')
+            file_str.pop_back();
+        path = file_str;
+#else
         path = files[i];
+#endif
         if (!std::filesystem::exists(path)) {
             output_error("File '{}' does not exist", path.string());
             return nullptr;