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Does having them the way we do break anything? I have never had any issues.

I am not aware of any bug caused by that - that is why I flag it as feature request. The reason I am asking for this is I kind of often need to go to directories where the file is saved through long structure. In other software I use there is actually next to path button "Browse..." for this purpose. At this stage I copy the path, replace slashes to backslahes and paste it to browser. Not too bad, but...

It seems the only problem now is with files which are drag and dropped into QGIS - the path is for some reason still with slashes instead of backslashes. Windows, at least Windows 7, doesn't work well with slashes in many cases. For example I want to copy directory path from general layer properties to get quickly to that directory in the file explorer. I need to rewrite slashes to backslashes otherwise it doesn't work. Also if I copy grid/image path for layer properties to add raster layer in the second QGIS window it doesn't work - the file name is not valid. Same for vector data like shapefile if you browse for file. If I copy path with slashes directly into add vector layer Dataset field it works but propagates the slashes further like I would use drag and drop.

Any chance to move on with this? It is sometimes driving me crazy. Drag and dropped layers are saved into QGIS project file with slashes instead of backslashes on Windows. So whenever I want to load the same layer into new project based on other project I double click on layer copy the full path, in new project click on add vector/raster layer insert the path, open and... The file name is not valid.