SUMMARY Plasma 5.19 doesn't open some exe files on double click. For example GOG's installation exe files doesn't open on double click but they are opening fine with right click->Open with Wine Loader or via terminal with "wine setup.exe". All exe files used to work fine on double click with all previous Plasma 5 versions. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Double click on a GOG .exe file OBSERVED RESULT Nothing happens. EXPECTED RESULT It should start the installer. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.71.0 Qt Version: 5.15.0
I dimly recall that this might have been intentional. If so, seems like we broke WINE users. :/
But many other exe files are working fine? Should we expect a fix? It's a regression for me.
- What happens when you double click it? - what's the output of: ls -l /path/to/exe file /path/to/exe (replace /path/to/exe with the actual path to the exe file that doesn't work)
ls - /media/sdb1/Game/Ashes/game-ashes.of.the.singularity.escalation.part01/setup_ashes_of_the_singularity_escalation_2.92.0_(64bit)_(36283).exe bash: syntax error near unexpected token `(' But there are exe files without ( in the name and they didn't work too. Double click on this particuar exe used to working in pre 5.19 versions. I renamed it and it's starting though.
There was a KIO change that probably fixes this that will come out on Sunday. Please reopen if it's still an issue after then
Indeed, looks like a duplicate of bug 423412 (which is fixed by using the CommandLauncherJob ctor that uses KShell::quoteArgs, '(' characters need quoting). *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 423412 ***
(In reply to David Edmundson from comment #5) > There was a KIO change that probably fixes this that will come out on Sunday. > Please reopen if it's still an issue after then Ok, thanks :)
It's fixed, thank you!