diff --git a/mcsrc/lib/strescape.h b/mcsrc/lib/strescape.h
index a24f5d6..def5467 100644
--- a/mcsrc/lib/strescape.h
+++ b/mcsrc/lib/strescape.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ char *strutils_escape (const char *src, gsize src_len, const char *escaped_chars
 char *strutils_unescape (const char *src, gsize src_len, const char *unescaped_chars,
                          gboolean unescape_non_printable);
 char *strutils_shell_unescape (const char *text);
+char *strutils_shell_unescape_special (const char *text); //WIN32
 char *strutils_shell_escape (const char *text);
 
 char *strutils_glob_escape (const char *text);
diff --git a/mcsrc/lib/strutil/strescape.c b/mcsrc/lib/strutil/strescape.c
index 1412fee..7c40e63 100644
--- a/mcsrc/lib/strutil/strescape.c
+++ b/mcsrc/lib/strutil/strescape.c
@@ -220,6 +220,13 @@ strutils_shell_unescape (const char *text)
     return strutils_unescape (text, -1, ESCAPE_SHELL_CHARS, TRUE);
 }
 
+
+char *
+strutils_shell_unescape_special (const char *text)
+{
+    return strutils_unescape (text, -1, ESCAPE_SHELL_CHARS, FALSE);
+}
+
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 char *
diff --git a/mcsrc/src/filemanager/cd.c b/mcsrc/src/filemanager/cd.c
index 65b1f62..7d6d992 100644
--- a/mcsrc/src/filemanager/cd.c
+++ b/mcsrc/src/filemanager/cd.c
@@ -90,7 +90,11 @@ examine_cd (const char *_path)
     char *p;
 
     /* Tilde expansion */
+#if defined(WIN32)
+    path = strutils_shell_unescape_special (_path); //only escape specials
+#else
     path = strutils_shell_unescape (_path);
+#endif
     path_tilde = tilde_expand (path);
     g_free (path);
 
@@ -182,13 +186,13 @@ handle_cdpath (const char *path)
 
         cdpath = g_strdup (getenv ("CDPATH"));
         p = cdpath;
-        c = (p == NULL) ? '\0' : ':';
+        c = (p == NULL) ? '\0' : PATH_ENV_SEP;
 
-        while (!result && c == ':')
+        while (!result && c == PATH_ENV_SEP)
         {
             char *s;
 
-            s = strchr (p, ':');
+            s = strchr (p, PATH_ENV_SEP);
             if (s == NULL)
                 s = strchr (p, '\0');
             c = *s;
diff --git a/mcwin32/src/win32_utl.c b/mcwin32/src/win32_utl.c
index ccf1f4e..6c7c5ae 100644
--- a/mcwin32/src/win32_utl.c
+++ b/mcwin32/src/win32_utl.c
@@ -1750,14 +1750,15 @@ tilde_expand(const char *directory)
         ++directory;
     }
 
-    if (PATH_SEP == *directory) {               /* / ==> x:/ */
+    if (IS_PATH_SEP(*directory)) {              /* '/xxx' ==> 'x:/xxx' */
+        const char slash = *directory;
 
-        if (PATH_SEP != directory[1] ||         /* preserve URL's (//<server) */
-                0 == directory[2] || PATH_SEP == directory[2]) {
+        if (slash != directory[1] ||            /* preserve URL's (//<server) */
+                0 == directory[2] || slash == directory[2]) { /* and neither "//" or "///" */
             const char *cwd = vfs_get_current_dir ();
             char path[WIN32_PATH_MAX];
 
-            if ('/' == cwd[0] && 0 == cwd[1]) { /* vfs, possible ftp/sftp */
+            if (PATH_SEP == cwd[0] && 0 == cwd[1]) { /* vfs, possible ftp/sftp */
                 if (w32_getcwd (path, sizeof(path))) {
                     cwd = path;  /* apply underlying cwd */
                 }