Index: src/common/helpers.py
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--- src/common/helpers.py	(revision 6874)
+++ src/common/helpers.py	(working copy)
@@ -442,6 +442,10 @@
 		exec_command(command)
 
 def get_file_path_from_dnd_dropped_uri(uri):
+	# if in windows AND we somehow get uri not starting with ///
+	if os.name == 'nt' and not uri.startswith('///'):
+		pos = uri.find('///')
+		uri = uri[pos:]
 	path = urllib.url2pathname(uri) # escape special chars
 	path = path.strip('\r\n\x00') # remove \r\n and NULL
 	# get the path to file