diff --git a/ng/onetcl.cpp b/ng/onetcl.cpp
index 0c160958..9552e024 100644
--- a/ng/onetcl.cpp
+++ b/ng/onetcl.cpp
@@ -3414,37 +3414,38 @@ const char * ngscript[] = {""
 ,"{event generate [focus -displayof %W] <MouseWheel> -delta -120}\n"
 ,"bind . <MouseWheel> { Ng_MouseMove 0 0 0 [expr {%D/-5}] zoom; redraw }\n"
 ,"bind .ndraw <<Drop:DND_Files>> {\n"
-,"set index [string first . %D end-6]\n"
-,"set type [string range %D $index+1 end]\n"
+,"set filename [join %D \" \"]\n"
+,"set index [string last . $filename]\n"
+,"set type [string range $filename $index+1 end]\n"
 ,"set ispde [string match -nocase $type \"pde\"]\n"
 ,"set isgeo [expr max([string match -nocase $type \"geo\"],[string match -nocase $type \"in2d\"])]\n"
 ,"set ismesh [expr max([string match -nocase $type \"vol\"],[string match -nocase $type \"vol.gz\"])]\n"
 ,"set ispy [string match -nocase $type \"py\"]\n"
 ,"if {$ispde == 1} {\n"
-,"AddRecentNGSFile %D;\n"
-,"NGS_LoadPDE  %D;\n"
+,"AddRecentNGSFile $filename;\n"
+,"NGS_LoadPDE  $filename;\n"
 ,"SetNumProcHelpMenu\n"
 ,"set selectvisual mesh;\n"
 ,"Ng_SetVisParameters\n"
 ,"}\n"
 ,"if {$ispy == 1} {\n"
-,"AddRecentPYNGSFile %D;\n"
-,"NGS_LoadPy  %D;\n"
+,"AddRecentPYNGSFile $filename;\n"
+,"NGS_LoadPy  $filename;\n"
 ,"}\n"
 ,"if {$isgeo == 1} {\n"
-,"AddRecentFile %D;\n"
-,"Ng_LoadGeometry %D;\n"
+,"AddRecentFile $filename;\n"
+,"Ng_LoadGeometry $filename;\n"
 ,"Ng_ParseGeometry\n"
 ,"set selectvisual geometry\n"
 ,"Ng_SetVisParameters\n"
 ,"redraw\n"
-,"wm title . [concat \"$progname - \" %D]\n"
-,"set dirname [file dirname %D]\n"
-,"set basefilename [file tail [file rootname %D]]\n"
+,"wm title . [concat \"$progname - \" $filename]\n"
+,"set dirname [file dirname $filename]\n"
+,"set basefilename [file tail [file rootname $filename]]\n"
 ,"}\n"
 ,"if {$ismesh == 1} {\n"
-,"AddRecentMeshFile %D;\n"
-,"Ng_LoadMesh %D;\n"
+,"AddRecentMeshFile $filename;\n"
+,"Ng_LoadMesh $filename;\n"
 ,"set selectvisual mesh\n"
 ,"Ng_SetVisParameters\n"
 ,"redraw\n"