From 21e09cb5b1a650c2b19f9f7fe0649b9a605e2f09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PhyxionNL <7643972+PhyxionNL@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:05:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor devicePath initialization in BatteryGroup

Ref: https://github.com/LibreHardwareMonitor/LibreHardwareMonitor/issues/1946
---
 LibreHardwareMonitorLib/Hardware/Battery/BatteryGroup.cs | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/LibreHardwareMonitorLib/Hardware/Battery/BatteryGroup.cs b/LibreHardwareMonitorLib/Hardware/Battery/BatteryGroup.cs
index e96a0cd..dd7bba1 100644
--- a/LibreHardwareMonitorLib/Hardware/Battery/BatteryGroup.cs
+++ b/LibreHardwareMonitorLib/Hardware/Battery/BatteryGroup.cs
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ internal class BatteryGroup : IGroup
                                                                     &cbRequired,
                                                                     null))
                         {
-                            string devicePath = pData->DevicePath.ToString();
+                            string devicePath;
+
+                            fixed (void* pDevicePath = &pData->DevicePath.e0)
+                                devicePath = new string((char*)pDevicePath);
 
                             SafeFileHandle battery = PInvoke.CreateFile(devicePath, (uint)FileAccess.ReadWrite, FILE_SHARE_MODE.FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_MODE.FILE_SHARE_WRITE, null, FILE_CREATION_DISPOSITION.OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAGS_AND_ATTRIBUTES.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, null);
                             if (!battery.IsInvalid)