[vim/vim] netrw doesn't recognize `~`, `/`, or `\` as valid path in Windows (Issue #20003)

[Tom Vamvanij]

tomvam created an issue (vim/vim#20003)

Steps to reproduce

1. Run Vim
2. :Ex ~ or :Ex ~\some\path\ or :Ex ~/some/path. Press tab while typing to see that wildmenu, if applicable, does recognize the path (wildmenu will automatically replace / with \ on windows). Replace ~ with / or \ to see that those also don't work.
3. Nothing seems to happen. netrw doesn't load, but there's no error message. If :Sex or :Vex is used instead, a split will be effected, but with the original buffer in the new window, as if by :sp or :vs.

Expected behaviour

netrw should load and point at the specified path.

Version of Vim

Environment

Windows. (I have another copy of Vim 9.1. that was shipped w/ Git for Windows, and that one works as expected.)

Logs and stack traces

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