Strips querystring from URL if it precedes with # in Windows 10 - Chrome

[codef0rmer]

Following code works fine - opens the exact URL in chrome.

var open = require("opn");
open('http://codef0rmer.github.io/eShell/index.html#/1?name=foobar', {app: 'chrome'});

However, if Chrome is a default browser and it's not mentioned then both hash and querystrings are stripped.

var open = require("opn");
open('http://codef0rmer.github.io/eShell/index.html#/1?name=foobar');

Any idea why spawn strips querystring?

[watson]

My default browser is Safari, but I just checked and this doesn't seem to be an issue there. Which OS do you use?

[codef0rmer]

Make Chrome your default browser in Windows 10 and run 2nd snippet from a terminal to reproduce the issue.

[sindresorhus]

Works fine for me on Windows 8.1 with Chrome. I don't have Windows 10 to test on.

[codef0rmer]

@sindresorhus: It works fine on Windows 8 but not on Windows 10. Same issue even with node-open :-(

[codef0rmer]

@sindresorhus: After some testing, I realized the problem was # in the URL, it strips everything after that. I also noticed target = target.replace(/&/g, '^&'); in your source and googled the entire web for # with no luck.

Just dark web is remaining now ;-)

[codef0rmer]

BTW, it's "cmd /c "start http://codef0rmer.github.io/eShell/index.html#/1?name=foobar" strips content followed by #.

[sindresorhus]

Does cmd /c "start \"http://codef0rmer.github.io/eShell/index.html#/1?name=foobar\"" work?

[codef0rmer]

Nope.

[watson]

Seems to me that the escape chars (\) in front and back of the URL is messing things up. I'm not any good with Windows, but may try single quotes instead?, E.g:

cmd /c "start 'http://codef0rmer.github.io/eShell/index.html#/1?name=foobar'"

Or the reverse:

cmd /c 'start "http://codef0rmer.github.io/eShell/index.html#/1?name=foobar"'

[codef0rmer]

@watson: No luck - The same error.

[HansHammel]

is this closed cause

var open = require("opn");
open('http://codef0rmer.github.io/eShell/index.html#/1?name=foobar', {app: 'chrome'});

works for me on win10
btw: no quotes work from commandline (IE - default)
cmd /c start http://codef0rmer.github.io/eShell/index.html#/1?name=foobar