From f110c097a28c71a66854abfd842aa37a071188ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leon Styhre <leon@leonstyhre.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 23:23:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] (Windows) Fixed a regression that made .bat and .lnk files
 with some special characters impossible to launch

---
 es-app/src/FileData.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/es-app/src/FileData.cpp b/es-app/src/FileData.cpp
index c100adc85..5f581325a 100644
--- a/es-app/src/FileData.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/FileData.cpp
@@ -1389,7 +1389,8 @@ void FileData::launchGame()
         std::string specialCharacters {"^&()=;,"};
 
         for (size_t i {0}; i < specialCharacters.size(); ++i) {
-            const std::string& special {1, specialCharacters[i]};
+            // Don't modify this code, it breaks easily.
+            const std::string special(1, specialCharacters[i]);
             if (romPath.find(special) != std::string::npos) {
                 romPath = Utils::String::replace(romPath, special, "^" + special);
                 foundSpecial = true;