{"version":"2.1.281","anchor":"launch-dir-filter-regex-no-longer-treats-single-letter-x","canonical_anchor":"launch-dir-filter-regex-no-longer-treats-single-letter-x","heading":"Launch-dir filter regex no longer treats single-letter 'x:' strings as non-paths","tier":null,"area":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281\/e\/launch-dir-filter-regex-no-longer-treats-single-letter-x","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281","markdown":"### Launch-dir filter regex no longer treats single-letter 'x:' strings as non-paths\n\nWindows drive paths like `C:` are no longer mistaken for web-style addresses and dropped from launch directories\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code filters the launch directory, project directories and extra directories to drop entries that look like a scheme (the `name:` prefix at the start of addresses such as `https:`) rather than a folder. The filter now needs at least two letters before the colon to treat an entry as a scheme.\n\nA single-letter prefix, such as the Windows drive letter in `C:`, is no longer filtered out.\n\n**Why**\n\nOn Windows, a directory given as a bare drive such as `C:` is now kept as a real path instead of being silently thrown away."}