From 9922335c3bbb74145c8078d9d58694f687a6b60c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 13:27:39 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix opening of UNC paths on windows

---
 src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
index 9face1d9e9..607fe629f6 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
@@ -592,8 +592,11 @@ def open_url(qurl):
 
 
 def open_local_file(path):
-    url = QUrl.fromLocalFile(path)
-    open_url(url)
+    if iswindows:
+        os.startfile(os.path.normpath(path))
+    else:
+        url = QUrl.fromLocalFile(path)
+        open_url(url)
 
 def is_ok_to_use_qt():
     global gui_thread, _store_app