From d97687ab17a4b89a6e3b7a699b07b382ab004c0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Katharina=20Dr=C3=B6ge?= <kate@commandmc.de>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 12:35:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Make `case_insensitive_file_search` a no-op on Windows

---
 legendary/lfs/wine_helpers.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/legendary/lfs/wine_helpers.py b/legendary/lfs/wine_helpers.py
index ae9a55d..6867c82 100644
--- a/legendary/lfs/wine_helpers.py
+++ b/legendary/lfs/wine_helpers.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import configparser
 import logging
 import os
+import sys
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('WineHelpers')
 
@@ -23,8 +24,11 @@ def get_shell_folders(registry, wine_pfx):
 def case_insensitive_file_search(path: str) -> str:
     """
     Similar to case_insensitive_path_search: Finds a file case-insensitively
-    Note that this *does* work on Windows, although it's rather pointless
+    No-op on Windows
     """
+    if sys.platform == 'win32':
+        return path
+
     if os.path.exists(path):
         return path