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Fix: Fixed issue with opening Control Panel from desktop #18264

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Fix: Fixed issue with opening Control Panel from desktop
yair100 Mar 15, 2026
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Update FilesLauncher.cpp
yair100 Mar 16, 2026
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions src/Files.App.Launcher/FilesLauncher.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -343,10 +343,14 @@ bool OpenInExistingShellWindow(const TCHAR* folderPath)
{
std::wstring openDirectory(folderPath);
bool mustOpenInExplorer = false;
constexpr auto godModeClsid = L"{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}";

if (strifind(openDirectory, L"::{") == 0)
openDirectory = L"shell:" + openDirectory;

if (strifind(openDirectory, godModeClsid) != std::wstring::npos)
mustOpenInExplorer = true;

if (strifind(openDirectory, L"shell:") == 0)
{
std::vector<std::wstring> supportedShellFolders{
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