diff --git a/src/gui/components/_legacy.py b/src/gui/components/_legacy.py
index 1483137..1cdb2d1 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/_legacy.py
+++ b/src/gui/components/_legacy.py
@@ -258,14 +258,18 @@ def _open_in_file_manager(folder: "Path", *, select: "Path | None" = None) -> bo
     """Open the OS file manager at *folder*, optionally highlighting *select*.
 
     Windows
-        ``explorer /select,<file>`` is preferred when *select* is given —
-        Explorer pops to the foreground with the freshly-saved file
-        already highlighted. Falls back to ``explorer <folder>``, then
-        ``os.startfile`` if both fail; ``os.startfile`` is known to
-        silently no-op or open behind the active window in some Windows
-        configurations, which is why we don't lead with it.
+        ``explorer <folder>`` only. We deliberately do NOT use
+        ``explorer /select,<file>``: when the path contains a space
+        (e.g. ``C:\\Users\\Michael Dombaugh\\Downloads``), Python's
+        ``subprocess.Popen`` quotes the ``/select,...`` argument as one
+        unit, and Explorer's ``/select`` parser does not handle that
+        form — it silently falls back to opening the user's default
+        view (typically Documents). Opening the bare folder works
+        reliably regardless of spaces. ``os.startfile`` is kept as a
+        last-resort fallback only.
     macOS
-        ``open -R <file>`` reveals the file in Finder.
+        ``open -R <file>`` reveals the file in Finder when ``select``
+        is given; otherwise just opens the folder.
     Linux / *BSD
         ``xdg-open`` on the folder. No reliable cross-distro way to
         highlight a specific file.
@@ -278,19 +282,11 @@ def _open_in_file_manager(folder: "Path", *, select: "Path | None" = None) -> bo
     import subprocess
 
     if sys.platform == "win32":
-        # explorer.exe with /select wants a literal "/select," followed
-        # by the path — no space between the comma and the filename, or
-        # Explorer misinterprets and opens "My Computer" instead.
-        attempts = []
-        if select is not None:
-            attempts.append(["explorer", f"/select,{select}"])
-        attempts.append(["explorer", str(folder)])
-        for cmd in attempts:
-            try:
-                subprocess.Popen(cmd)
-                return True
-            except Exception:
-                continue
+        try:
+            subprocess.Popen(["explorer", str(folder)])
+            return True
+        except Exception:
+            pass
         try:
             os.startfile(str(folder))  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
             return True