From b3b24ebfe6559866ba6d89acdb355001ca935c1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dominik Jain <dominik.jain@oraios-ai.de>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 16:45:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Make opening robust on Windows, using notepad.exe as a
 fallback

---
 src/serena/cli.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/serena/cli.py b/src/serena/cli.py
index aa77660..d80bdbd 100644
--- a/src/serena/cli.py
+++ b/src/serena/cli.py
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ def _open_in_editor(path: str) -> None:
         if editor:
             subprocess.run([editor, path], check=False)
         elif sys.platform.startswith("win"):
-            os.startfile(path)
+            try:
+                os.startfile(path)
+            except OSError:
+                subprocess.run(["notepad.exe", path], check=False)
         elif sys.platform == "darwin":
             subprocess.run(["open", path], check=False)
         else: