If one downloads images with Launcher on Windows and accepts default names like 
"Pharo 7.0 - 32bit (stable)" this will end up in path names like

   "C:/Users/Admin/Documents/Pharo/images/Pharo 7.0 - 32bit (stable)"

The dot and space combination in such files can later make trouble when 
downloading projects (like Seaside) using Iceberg and libgit and leading
later to the  "IceGenericError: failed to stat file  ... The filename or 
extension is too long" problem.

I guess the dot in combination with spaces in the name is sometimes seen as the 
path element on current directory.

If one gives an own name like "LatestPharo7" in Launcher (having 
C:/Users/Admin/Documents/Pharo/images/LatestPharo7 then) Seaside loads
even from the FileTree format.


As many people prefer to use Launcher now these days they might easily hit this 
problem.

I opened an issue already for Launcher so this discussion here on ML is watched:
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-launcher/issues/327

Feedback and tests from Windows users are welcomed.

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