diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsdialoghelpers.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsdialoghelpers.cpp
index e9c0ccc..ae27b31 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsdialoghelpers.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsdialoghelpers.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 
 #define STRICT_TYPED_ITEMIDS
 #include <shlobj.h>
+#include <propkey.h>
 #include <shlwapi.h>
 
 // #define USE_NATIVE_COLOR_DIALOG /* Testing purposes only */
@@ -355,6 +356,70 @@ static inline QString guidToString(const GUID &g)
 inline QDebug operator<<(QDebug d, const GUID &g)
 { d.nospace() << guidToString(g); return d; }
 
+/*
+SIGDN_NORMALDISPLAY                = 0x00000000,
+SIGDN_PARENTRELATIVEPARSING        = (int)0x80018001,
+SIGDN_DESKTOPABSOLUTEPARSING       = (int)0x80028000,
+SIGDN_PARENTRELATIVEEDITING        = (int)0x80031001,
+SIGDN_DESKTOPABSOLUTEEDITING       = (int)0x8004c000,
+SIGDN_FILESYSPATH                  = (int)0x80058000,
+SIGDN_URL                          = (int)0x80068000,
+SIGDN_PARENTRELATIVEFORADDRESSBAR  = (int)0x8007c001,
+SIGDN_PARENTRELATIVE               = (int)0x80080001,
+SIGDN_PARENTRELATIVEFORUI
+*/
+
+static inline QString getItemString(IShellItem *item, SIGDN sigdn)
+{
+    LPWSTR name = 0;
+    if (SUCCEEDED(item->GetDisplayName(sigdn, &name))) {
+        const QString result = QString::fromWCharArray(name);
+        CoTaskMemFree(name);
+        return result;
+    }
+    return QString();
+}
+
+#define DEBUG_SHELL_ITEM(item, sigdn) str << ' ' <<  #sigdn << ": \"" << getItemString(item, sigdn) << '"';
+
+static void formatItem(IShellItem *item, QTextStream &str, int depth = 0)
+{
+    SFGAOF attributes = 0;
+    item->GetAttributes(SFGAO_STORAGECAPMASK | SFGAO_CONTENTSMASK, &attributes);
+    str << QString(2 * depth, QLatin1Char(' '))
+        << hex << " Attributes: 0x" << attributes << dec;
+    if (attributes & SFGAO_LINK)
+        str << " [link]";
+    DEBUG_SHELL_ITEM(item, SIGDN_NORMALDISPLAY)
+    DEBUG_SHELL_ITEM(item, SIGDN_PARENTRELATIVEPARSING)
+    DEBUG_SHELL_ITEM(item, SIGDN_DESKTOPABSOLUTEPARSING)
+    DEBUG_SHELL_ITEM(item, SIGDN_PARENTRELATIVEEDITING)
+    DEBUG_SHELL_ITEM(item, SIGDN_DESKTOPABSOLUTEEDITING)
+    DEBUG_SHELL_ITEM(item, SIGDN_FILESYSPATH)
+    DEBUG_SHELL_ITEM(item, SIGDN_URL)
+    DEBUG_SHELL_ITEM(item, SIGDN_PARENTRELATIVEFORADDRESSBAR)
+    DEBUG_SHELL_ITEM(item, SIGDN_PARENTRELATIVE)
+    if (QSysInfo::windowsVersion() >= QSysInfo::WV_WINDOWS8)
+        DEBUG_SHELL_ITEM(item, SIGDN_PARENTRELATIVEFORUI)
+    str << '\n';
+    IShellItem *parent = 0;
+    if (SUCCEEDED(item->GetParent(&parent)) && parent)
+        formatItem(parent, str, depth + 1);
+}
+
+inline QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, IShellItem *item)
+{
+    if (item) {
+        QString result;
+        QTextStream str(&result);
+        formatItem(item, str);
+        debug.nospace() << result;
+    } else {
+        debug << "null";
+    }
+    return debug;
+}
+
 namespace QWindowsDialogs
 {
 /*!
@@ -974,13 +1039,44 @@ void QWindowsNativeFileDialogBase::setMode(QFileDialogOptions::FileMode mode, QF
 
 QString QWindowsNativeFileDialogBase::itemPath(IShellItem *item)
 {
-    QString result;
-    LPWSTR name = 0;
-    if (SUCCEEDED(item->GetDisplayName(SIGDN_FILESYSPATH, &name))) {
-        result = QDir::cleanPath(QString::fromWCharArray(name));
-        CoTaskMemFree(name);
+    SFGAOF attributes = 0;
+    qDebug() << item;
+    if (FAILED(item->GetAttributes(SFGAO_FILESYSTEM, &attributes)))
+        return QString();
+    // Does it have a file system representation?
+    if (SFGAO_FILESYSTEM & attributes)
+        return QDir::cleanPath(getItemString(item, SIGDN_FILESYSPATH));
+    // Try to construct from parent path.
+    QString name = getItemString(item, SIGDN_NORMALDISPLAY);
+    name = getItemString(item, SIGDN_DESKTOPABSOLUTEPARSING);
+    IShellItem2 *item2 = 0;
+    const HRESULT hr =
+        QWindowsContext::shell32dll.sHCreateItemFromParsingName(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(name.utf16()),
+                                                                NULL, IID_IShellItem2,
+                                                                reinterpret_cast<void **>(&item2));
+
+
+    wchar_t *n;
+    if (SUCCEEDED(item2->GetString(PKEY_FileName, &n)))
+        qDebug() <<"FN" <<  QString::fromWCharArray(n);
+    WIN32_FIND_DATAW findData;
+    PROPVARIANT property;
+
+
+    ZeroMemory(&property, sizeof(PROPVARIANT));
+    if (SUCCEEDED(item2->GetProperty(PKEY_FindData, &property))) {
+        qDebug() <<"FD " << QByteArray((char *)&property, int(sizeof(property))).toHex()
+                   << hex << property.vt << dec << property.ppunkVal;
+        char *p = (char*)&property + sizeof(property) - sizeof(void *);
+        qDebug("FD %p", p);
+        WIN32_FIND_DATAW *fw = *(WIN32_FIND_DATAW **)(p);
+        qDebug("FW %p", fw);
+        qDebug() << "FW " << QString::fromWCharArray(fw->cFileName)
+                    << QString::fromWCharArray(fw->cAlternateFileName);
+
+
     }
-    return result;
+    return QString();
 }
 
 int QWindowsNativeFileDialogBase::itemPaths(IShellItemArray *items,
@@ -991,6 +1087,7 @@ int QWindowsNativeFileDialogBase::itemPaths(IShellItemArray *items,
         result->clear();
     if (FAILED(items->GetCount(&itemCount)))
         return 0;
+    qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << itemCount;
     if (result && itemCount) {
         result->reserve(itemCount);
         for (DWORD i = 0; i < itemCount; ++i) {
diff --git a/tests/manual/dialogs/dialogs.pro b/tests/manual/dialogs/dialogs.pro
index fe40994..0d85c0c 100644
--- a/tests/manual/dialogs/dialogs.pro
+++ b/tests/manual/dialogs/dialogs.pro
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets
 
 TARGET = dialogs
 TEMPLATE = app
-
+CONFIG+=console
 SOURCES += main.cpp filedialogpanel.cpp colordialogpanel.cpp fontdialogpanel.cpp
 HEADERS += filedialogpanel.h colordialogpanel.h fontdialogpanel.h