From 0ff84ef312d44b7dc6e3a805dee6a00c03c1df7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: crueter <crueter@eden-emu.dev>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:53:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [desktop] Fix path corruption for special characters on
 Windows (#3635)

https://github.com/azahar-emu/azahar/pull/1745

Authored-by: RedBlackAka <140876408+RedBlackAka@users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: crueter <crueter@eden-emu.dev>

Co-authored-by: RedBlackAka <140876408+RedBlackAka@users.noreply.github.com>
Reviewed-on: https://git.eden-emu.dev/eden-emu/eden/pulls/3635
Reviewed-by: DraVee <dravee@eden-emu.dev>
Reviewed-by: MaranBr <maranbr@eden-emu.dev>
---
 src/qt_common/util/game.cpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/qt_common/util/game.cpp b/src/qt_common/util/game.cpp
index 91f43579f3..34fbd04ff9 100644
--- a/src/qt_common/util/game.cpp
+++ b/src/qt_common/util/game.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ try {
         LOG_ERROR(Frontend, "Failed to get IPersistFile interface");
         return false;
     }
-    hres = persist_file->Save(std::filesystem::path{shortcut_path / (name + ".lnk")}.c_str(), TRUE);
+    hres = persist_file->Save(
+        std::filesystem::path{shortcut_path / (Common::UTF8ToUTF16W(name) + L".lnk")}.c_str(),
+        TRUE);
     if (FAILED(hres)) {
         LOG_ERROR(Frontend, "Failed to save shortcut");
         return false;