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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/downloader/external.py3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py
index a57c15856..1d5cc9904 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py
@@ -131,5 +131,6 @@ def list_external_downloaders():
def get_external_downloader(external_downloader):
""" Given the name of the executable, see whether we support the given
downloader . """
- bn = os.path.basename(external_downloader)
+ # Drop .exe extension on Windows
+ bn = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(external_downloader))[0]
return _BY_NAME[bn]