path = wxURI::Unescape(path);
-#ifdef __WXMSW__
+#ifdef __WINDOWS__
// file urls either start with a forward slash (local harddisk),
// otherwise they have a servername/sharename notation,
// which only exists on msw and corresponds to a unc
- if ( path[0u] == wxT('/') && path [1u] != wxT('/'))
+ if ( path.length() > 1 && (path[0u] == wxT('/') && path [1u] != wxT('/')) )
{
path = path.Mid(1);
}