From 6885bd29547d375af764e0f180c4d6aadb735c57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Jenne <j.jenne@digitaldata.works>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:43:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Windream: Handle unc paths in NormalizePath

---
 Windream/Windream.vb | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Windream/Windream.vb b/Windream/Windream.vb
index 71bcec9e..c2380c38 100644
--- a/Windream/Windream.vb
+++ b/Windream/Windream.vb
@@ -849,8 +849,16 @@ Public Class Windream
             If IsPathRooted(oNormalizedPath) Then
                 ' This breaks because it converts the path "\SomeFolder" into "C:\SomeFolder" LOL
                 'oNormalizedPath = GetFullPath(oNormalizedPath)
-                ' Lets just be pragmatic here
-                oNormalizedPath = oNormalizedPath.Replace("\\", "\")
+
+                ' If path is a UNC path, exclude the first double backslashes while replacing
+                If oNormalizedPath.StartsWith("\\") Then
+                    _logger.Debug("Path looks like a UNC Path")
+                    oNormalizedPath = "\\" & oNormalizedPath.Substring(2).Replace("\\", "\")
+                Else
+                    oNormalizedPath = oNormalizedPath.Replace("\\", "\")
+                End If
+
+                ' Replace forward slashes
                 oNormalizedPath = oNormalizedPath.Replace("/", "\")
 
                 _logger.Debug("Path after converting slashes: [{0}]", oNormalizedPath)