diff --git a/e2e/drag-drop.e2e.ts b/e2e/drag-drop.e2e.ts
index b017992..c227d17 100644
--- a/e2e/drag-drop.e2e.ts
+++ b/e2e/drag-drop.e2e.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,19 @@ test("drops a single file and returns it", async ({page}) => {
   expect(files[0].hasHandle).toBe(true);
 });
 
+test("the returned File stays readable after the drop (issue #1411)", async ({page}) => {
+  // The handle branch now hands back the File captured from getAsFile() rather than
+  // handle.getFile(). Reading its contents *after* the drop event resolved proves that File is a
+  // durable, readable snapshot — the property Electron's webUtils.getPathForFile() relies on, and
+  // what regressed when v1.x started returning the handle's File instead.
+  // https://github.com/react-dropzone/react-dropzone/issues/1411
+  await cdpDrop(page, [fixture("files/hello.json")]);
+
+  const files = await readResult(page);
+  expect(files[0].hasHandle).toBe(true);
+  expect(files[0].content).toBe('{"hello": true}\n');
+});
+
 test("drops a directory and flattens it recursively", async ({page}) => {
   await cdpDrop(page, [fixture("tree")]);
 
diff --git a/e2e/fixture.html b/e2e/fixture.html
index 8aed48c..0b434db 100644
--- a/e2e/fixture.html
+++ b/e2e/fixture.html
@@ -20,15 +20,20 @@
       async function handle(evt) {
         try {
           const files = await fromEvent(evt);
-          window.__result = files.map(file => ({
-            name: file.name,
-            type: file.type,
-            size: file.size,
-            path: file.path,
-            relativePath: file.relativePath,
-            isFile: file instanceof File,
-            hasHandle: typeof file.handle?.getFile === "function"
-          }));
+          // Read contents *after* fromEvent resolved (i.e. after the drop event and its awaits), to
+          // prove the returned File is still a durable, readable snapshot.
+          window.__result = await Promise.all(
+            files.map(async file => ({
+              name: file.name,
+              type: file.type,
+              size: file.size,
+              path: file.path,
+              relativePath: file.relativePath,
+              isFile: file instanceof File,
+              hasHandle: typeof file.handle?.getFile === "function",
+              content: await file.text()
+            }))
+          );
         } catch (err) {
           window.__error = String((err && err.message) || err);
         }
diff --git a/e2e/helpers.ts b/e2e/helpers.ts
index 3cd3c65..a588f6c 100644
--- a/e2e/helpers.ts
+++ b/e2e/helpers.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export interface SelectedFile {
   relativePath?: string;
   isFile: boolean;
   hasHandle: boolean;
+  content: string;
 }
 
 const MIME: Record<string, string> = {
diff --git a/src/file-selector.spec.ts b/src/file-selector.spec.ts
index 6f9b054..7cbc278 100644
--- a/src/file-selector.spec.ts
+++ b/src/file-selector.spec.ts
@@ -453,6 +453,53 @@ it("reads getAsFile() synchronously so awaiting getAsFileSystemHandle can't neut
   expect((files[0] as FileWithPath).name).toBe(name);
 });
 
+it("returns the original getAsFile() File (not handle.getFile()) so Electron's webUtils.getPathForFile keeps resolving a path (issue #1411)", async () => {
+  // In Electron, webUtils.getPathForFile() only resolves an on-disk path from the *original* File
+  // the drop produced (what DataTransferItem.getAsFile() returns). A File from
+  // FileSystemFileHandle.getFile() loses that path (electron/electron#33647), so when a handle is
+  // available we must still hand back the original File, with the handle attached.
+  // See https://github.com/react-dropzone/react-dropzone/issues/1411
+  const name = "dropped.json";
+  const originalFile = createFile(name, {ping: true}, {type: "application/json"});
+  const handleFile = createFile(name, {ping: true}, {type: "application/json"});
+  const h = {
+    getFile() {
+      return Promise.resolve(handleFile);
+    }
+  } as any;
+  const evt = dragEvtFromItems([dataTransferItemWithFsHandle(originalFile, h)]);
+
+  const files = await fromEvent(evt);
+  expect(files).toHaveLength(1);
+
+  const [file] = files as FileWithPath[];
+  // Object identity is preserved: the returned File is the one from getAsFile(), not the handle's.
+  expect(file).toBe(originalFile);
+  expect(file).not.toBe(handleFile);
+  // The durable handle is still attached.
+  expect((file as any).handle).toBe(h);
+});
+
+it("falls back to handle.getFile() when getAsFile() returns null (e.g. a cross-window drop)", async () => {
+  // No original File to preserve, so the handle's File is the only source. It still carries the
+  // durable handle.
+  const name = "cross-window.json";
+  const handleFile = createFile(name, {ping: true}, {type: "application/json"});
+  const h = {
+    getFile() {
+      return Promise.resolve(handleFile);
+    }
+  } as any;
+  const evt = dragEvtFromItems([dataTransferItemWithFsHandle(null, h)]);
+
+  const files = await fromEvent(evt);
+  expect(files).toHaveLength(1);
+
+  const [file] = files as FileWithPath[];
+  expect(file).toBe(handleFile);
+  expect((file as any).handle).toBe(h);
+});
+
 it("guesses the {type} from the extension using the built-in defaults", async () => {
   const mockFile = createFile("test.png", {ping: true}); // typeless File
   const evt = inputEvtFromFiles(mockFile);
diff --git a/src/file-selector.ts b/src/file-selector.ts
index 317a0ef..5979270 100644
--- a/src/file-selector.ts
+++ b/src/file-selector.ts
@@ -154,10 +154,16 @@ async function fromDataTransferItem(item: DataTransferItem, entry?: FileSystemEn
   const syncFile = item.getAsFile();
 
   const h = await getFsHandle(item);
-  // Prefer the File System Access handle when we got one: it carries a durable handle (and, for
-  // cross-window drops, the freshest File).
   if (h !== null && h !== undefined) {
-    const file = await h.getFile();
+    // Hand back the File we captured synchronously from the DataTransferItem when we have it,
+    // rather than `handle.getFile()`. Both wrap the same dropped file, but only the original
+    // preserves the File object identity that Electron's `webUtils.getPathForFile()` needs to
+    // resolve an on-disk path; a File from `FileSystemFileHandle.getFile()` loses it
+    // (electron/electron#33647), which broke drag-and-drop path access in Electron.
+    // See https://github.com/react-dropzone/react-dropzone/issues/1411
+    // `syncFile` is only null in rare cases (e.g. a cross-window drop where getAsFile() returned
+    // null), so fall back to the handle's File there. Either way, attach the durable handle.
+    const file = syncFile ?? (await h.getFile());
     file.handle = h;
     return toFileWithPath(file);
   }