Bug 507505

What I was attempting to do when I noticed the problem:
Sending file(s) from an Android device (using KDE connect app) to a Windows laptop.

What happened:
The Android phone claims the file was sent, but I have no idea where to find the file on the Windows laptop. There's no notification or indication on the Windows laptop that a file was received. I checked the settings for the "share and receive" plugin on the windows machine and the "save files in:" path is set to "/C:/Users/wmcdannell/Desktop" (notice the leading forward slash).

I then headed over to https://invent.kde.org/network/kdeconnect-kde/-/blob/master/plugins/share/shareplugin.cpp?ref_type=heads to check the code for anything obvious.

The following code might be where the leading forward slash comes from (works great on Android and linux of course) but I'm not familiar with cpp or the project so it could be coming from elsewhere.

plugins/share/shareplugin.cpp
Lines 57-63
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QUrl SharePlugin::getFileDestination(const QString filename) const
{
    const QUrl dir = destinationDir().adjusted(QUrl::StripTrailingSlash);
    QUrl destination(dir);
    destination.setPath(dir.path() + QStringLiteral("/") + filename, QUrl::DecodedMode);
    return destination;
}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Moreover, in the plugin settings for "share and receive", I can put anything I want in the "save files in" path. Even if it is not a valid path, when I click "apply" it gets saved 😲. When apply is clicked, a little input validation and checking that the chosen folder is writable by the app would probably be a good idea.

Additionally concerning, on the windows platform in particular, is the lack of information given to the user when a file is received. Even after updating the path to be a valid path, when I send a file from the Android device there is no notification of any kind to let me know that a file was sent to the laptop. The file just shows up in the destination folder. I'm perfectly ok with that being a more technically inclined user but a regular user of windows might be wondering: did it work? where did it go? how do i get there? The fact that the desktop folder is the default destination is good but I think a system notification or a notification from the app would be more user friendly.

Version of KDE connect installed:
kdeconnect-kde-release_25.04-4975-windows-cl-msvc2022-x86_64.exe (latest download as of 2025-07-24).

Platform details:
Edition	Windows 11 Home
Version	24H2
Installed on	‎7/‎4/‎2025
OS build	26100.4770
Experience	Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.197.0