From c991795f0d9193d2a9431619e7534a6e69aa6237 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Veronica K. B. Olsen" <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 21:57:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Some additional tweaks for Windows

---
 nw/config.py | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nw/config.py b/nw/config.py
index 9aa7e6d8..a932553e 100644
--- a/nw/config.py
+++ b/nw/config.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class Config:
 
         if confPath is None:
             confRoot = QStandardPaths.writableLocation(QStandardPaths.ConfigLocation)
-            self.confPath = path.join(confRoot, self.appHandle)
+            self.confPath = path.join(path.abspath(confRoot), self.appHandle)
         else:
             logger.info("Setting config from alternative path: %s" % confPath)
             self.confPath = confPath
@@ -186,12 +186,13 @@ class Config:
 
         # If config folder does not exist, make it.
         # This assumes that the os config folder itself exists.
-        if self.osWindows:
-            if not path.isdir(self.confPath):
-                makedirs(self.confPath)
-        else:
-            if not path.isdir(self.confPath):
+        if not path.isdir(self.confPath):
+            try:
                 mkdir(self.confPath)
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.error("Could not create folder: %s" % self.confPath)
+                logger.error(str(e))
+                return False
 
         # Check if config file exists
         if path.isfile(path.join(self.confPath,self.confFile)):