[ scummvm-Bugs-749249 ] Cannot run games stored in the root of a drive in Win98SE

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Bugs item #749249, was opened at 2003-06-05 00:30
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Category: Unknown Crash/Other
Group: All Games
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Dave (the-huz)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Cannot run games stored in the root of a drive in Win98SE

Initial Comment:
Under Windows 98SE, ScummVM seems unable to run 
anything from the root directory of any drive. This rather 
scuppers the chances of running COMI straight from CD, 
as well as making extreme disorganisation impossible. 
This has happened in all binaries I’ve tried since 0.4.0, 
but it was probably in before then.

When trying to start the game from the command line, 
the ScummVM window appears but remains blank for a 
time ranging from 15-45 seconds, which seems to 
depend on the game. After this, an error 
message “cannot find file: `foo`” appears in the GUI 
(customised with CD-style messages for COMI). 
Choosing Retry repeats the pause and the error, 
choosing Cancel brings up the debugger.

Sample console output, trying to run COMI straight from 
CD:

C:\Games\ScummVM>scummvm -v
ScummVM 0.4.2cvs
Built on Jun  5 2003 00:48:23

C:\Games\ScummVM>scummvm -pg:\ comi
Using joystick: Microsoft PC-joystick driver
Looking for comi
Trying to start game 'The Curse of Monkey Island', 
version 8.1.0
[pause here]
(0:0:0x0): Cannot find file: 'comi.la0'(0:0:0x0): Cannot 
find file: 'comi.la0'!

The same happens with the COMI files copied directly to 
E:\, or the monkey2 files copied there. Running COMI or 
anything else from within a folder (eg. E:\comi) works 
fine.

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