Index: gwenview-16.08.1/app/main.cpp
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--- gwenview-16.08.1.orig/app/main.cpp
+++ gwenview-16.08.1/app/main.cpp
@@ -59,8 +59,19 @@ public:
             mMultipleUrlsDir.reset(new QTemporaryDir);
             mUrl = QUrl::fromLocalFile(mMultipleUrlsDir->path());
             QList<QUrl> list;
-            foreach(const QString & url, args) {
-                list << QUrl::fromUserInput(url);
+            QStringList tmpArgs = args;
+            tmpArgs.removeDuplicates();
+            foreach(const QString & url, tmpArgs) {
+#if (QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 4, 0))
+                list << QUrl::fromUserInput(url, QDir::currentPath(), QUrl::AssumeLocalFile);
+#else
+                QUrl tmpUrl = QUrl(url);
+                if (tmpUrl.scheme().isEmpty() && !url.startsWith(QLatin1Char('/'))) {
+                   list << QUrl::fromLocalFile(url);
+                } else {
+                   list << QUrl::fromUserInput(url);
+                }
+#endif
             }
 
             KIO::CopyJob* job = KIO::link(list, mUrl);
@@ -68,7 +79,7 @@ public:
         } else {
             QString tmpArg = args.first();
 #if (QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 4, 0))
-            mUrl = QUrl::fromUserInput(tmpArg, QDir::currentPath());
+            mUrl = QUrl::fromUserInput(tmpArg, QDir::currentPath(), QUrl::AssumeLocalFile);
 #else
             QUrl tmpUrl = QUrl(tmpArg);
             if (tmpUrl.scheme().isEmpty() && !tmpArg.startsWith(QLatin1Char('/'))) {