diff --git a/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp b/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
index 9712b99bc3..0b1ebe7656 100644
--- a/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
@@ -237,20 +237,6 @@ QVector<DolphinViewContainer*> DolphinMainWindow::viewContainers() const
     return viewContainers;
 }
 
-void DolphinMainWindow::setViewsWithInvalidPathsToHome()
-{
-    const QVector<DolphinViewContainer*> theViewContainers = viewContainers();
-    for (DolphinViewContainer *viewContainer : theViewContainers) {
-
-        // Only consider local dirs, not remote locations and abstract protocols
-        if (viewContainer->url().isLocalFile()) {
-            if (!QFileInfo::exists(viewContainer->url().toLocalFile())) {
-                viewContainer->setUrl(QUrl::fromLocalFile(QDir::homePath()));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 void DolphinMainWindow::openDirectories(const QList<QUrl>& dirs, bool splitView)
 {
     m_tabWidget->openDirectories(dirs, splitView);
diff --git a/src/dolphinmainwindow.h b/src/dolphinmainwindow.h
index 594c75691f..3a29d1c0a4 100644
--- a/src/dolphinmainwindow.h
+++ b/src/dolphinmainwindow.h
@@ -105,12 +105,6 @@ public:
      */
     void setViewsToHomeIfMountPathOpen(const QString& mountPath);
 
-    /**
-     * Sets any of the window's view containers which are currently displaying
-     * invalid locations to the home path
-     */
-    void setViewsWithInvalidPathsToHome();
-
     bool isFoldersPanelEnabled() const;
     bool isInformationPanelEnabled() const;
 
diff --git a/src/dolphinnavigatorswidgetaction.cpp b/src/dolphinnavigatorswidgetaction.cpp
index d66125af6c..4da5229ff8 100644
--- a/src/dolphinnavigatorswidgetaction.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphinnavigatorswidgetaction.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ DolphinNavigatorsWidgetAction::DolphinNavigatorsWidgetAction(QWidget *parent) :
 
 void DolphinNavigatorsWidgetAction::adjustSpacing()
 {
+    m_previousWindowWidth = parentWidget()->window()->width();
     auto viewGeometries = m_viewGeometriesHelper.viewGeometries();
     const int widthOfSplitterPrimary = viewGeometries.globalXOfPrimary + viewGeometries.widthOfPrimary - viewGeometries.globalXOfNavigatorsWidget;
     const QList<int> splitterSizes = {widthOfSplitterPrimary,
@@ -310,7 +311,17 @@ DolphinNavigatorsWidgetAction::ViewGeometriesHelper::ViewGeometriesHelper
 bool DolphinNavigatorsWidgetAction::ViewGeometriesHelper::eventFilter(QObject *watched, QEvent *event)
 {
     if (event->type() == QEvent::Resize) {
-        m_navigatorsWidgetAction->adjustSpacing();
+        if (m_navigatorsWidgetAction->parentWidget()->window()->width() != m_navigatorsWidgetAction->m_previousWindowWidth) {
+            // The window is being resized which means not all widgets have gotten their new sizes yet.
+            // Let's wait a bit so the sizes of the navigatorsWidget and the viewContainers have all
+            // had a chance to be updated.
+            m_navigatorsWidgetAction->m_adjustSpacingTimer->start();
+        } else {
+            m_navigatorsWidgetAction->adjustSpacing();
+            // We could always use the m_adjustSpacingTimer instead of calling adjustSpacing() directly
+            // here but then the navigatorsWidget doesn't fluently align with the viewContainers when
+            // the DolphinTabPage::m_expandViewAnimation is animating.
+        }
         return false;
     }
     return QObject::eventFilter(watched, event);
diff --git a/src/dolphinnavigatorswidgetaction.h b/src/dolphinnavigatorswidgetaction.h
index 6f5f8e7af6..3f50728e93 100644
--- a/src/dolphinnavigatorswidgetaction.h
+++ b/src/dolphinnavigatorswidgetaction.h
@@ -216,6 +216,12 @@ private:
     };
 
     ViewGeometriesHelper m_viewGeometriesHelper;
+
+    /**
+     * Used to check if the window has been resized.
+     * @see ViewGeometriesHelper::eventFilter() for why this is needed.
+     */
+    int m_previousWindowWidth = -1;
 };
 
 #endif // DOLPHINNAVIGATORSWIDGETACTION_H
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index ba894ec38c..779690c1c5 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -210,12 +210,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                 // If the user passed any URLs to Dolphin, open those in the
                 // window after session-restoring it
                 if (startedWithURLs) {
-                    mainWindow->openDirectories(urls, splitView);
+                    if (openFiles) {
+                        mainWindow->openFiles(urls, splitView);
+                    } else {
+                        mainWindow->openDirectories(urls, splitView);
+                    }
                 }
-
-                // Now handle invalid locations in the set of active views to
-                // avoid issues like https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=427619
-                mainWindow->setViewsWithInvalidPathsToHome();
             } else {
                 qCWarning(DolphinDebug) << "Unknown class " << className << " in session saved data!";
             }