Index: Source/exehead/util.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/nsis/NSIS/Source/exehead/util.c,v
retrieving revision 1.106
diff -u -r1.106 util.c
--- Source/exehead/util.c	9 Sep 2005 16:08:44 -0000	1.106
+++ Source/exehead/util.c	1 Oct 2005 13:40:47 -0000
@@ -285,13 +285,13 @@
 
   mystrcpy(tmp, s);
 
-  validate_filename(tmp);
-
   root = skip_root(tmp);
 
   if (!root)
     return 0;
 
+  validate_filename(root);
+
   if ((g_flags & CH_FLAGS_NO_ROOT_DIR) && (!*root || *root == '\\'))
     return 0;
 
@@ -684,7 +684,10 @@
   char *nono = "*?|<>/\":";
   char *out;
   char *out_save;
-  while (*in == ' ') in = CharNext(in);
+
+  // ignoring spaces is wrong, " C:\blah" is invalid
+  //while (*in == ' ') in = CharNext(in);
+
   if (in[0] == '\\' && in[1] == '\\' && in[2] == '?' && in[3] == '\\')
   {
     // at least four bytes