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[3.0] VLC 3.0.22 access %userprofile%\Documents when it's shouldn't

See forum report https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=167194

I narrowed down the issue to the Qt plugin likely doing the access.

The oldest 3.0.22 nightly we have also exhibits the issue. To reproduce, remove all files except

  • vlc.exe
  • libvlc.dll
  • libvlccore.dll
  • modules/gui/libqt_plugin.dll

Launch VLC, wait a few seconds and you'll get an alert it's trying to access %userprofile%\Documents when it's forbidden to do so.

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The Qt interface shouldn't do anything when it's launched.

I only have the issue on one machine and it's not 100% reproducible but like 95% of the time.

Edited by Steve Lhomme
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