From 26df2834f9feee8d4d739c1b08ce0bcbc4d4203e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: marko1olo <barsukdana@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 04:29:51 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix launching files from jar archives

---
 .../Helpers/Navigation/NavigationHelpers.cs    | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Files.App/Helpers/Navigation/NavigationHelpers.cs b/src/Files.App/Helpers/Navigation/NavigationHelpers.cs
index e436699351de..940a767cb43c 100644
--- a/src/Files.App/Helpers/Navigation/NavigationHelpers.cs
+++ b/src/Files.App/Helpers/Navigation/NavigationHelpers.cs
@@ -759,6 +759,24 @@ private static async Task<FilesystemResult> OpenFile(string path, IShellPage ass
 									if (!launchSuccess)
 										await Win32Helper.InvokeWin32ComponentAsync(path, associatedInstance, args);
 								}
+								else if (childFile.Item is ZipStorageFile zipStorageFile)
+								{
+									var options = InitializeWithWindow(new LauncherOptions());
+									var storageItem = (StorageFile)await FilesystemTasks.Wrap(() => zipStorageFile.ToStorageFileAsync().AsTask());
+									if (storageItem is null)
+									{
+										await Win32Helper.InvokeWin32ComponentAsync(path, associatedInstance, args);
+									}
+									else if (!await Launcher.LaunchFileAsync(storageItem, options))
+									{
+										var pickerOptions = InitializeWithWindow(new LauncherOptions
+										{
+											DisplayApplicationPicker = true
+										});
+										if (!await Launcher.LaunchFileAsync(storageItem, pickerOptions))
+											await Win32Helper.InvokeWin32ComponentAsync(path, associatedInstance, args);
+									}
+								}
 								else
 								{
 									await Win32Helper.InvokeWin32ComponentAsync(path, associatedInstance, args);