diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/util.c b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/util.c
index 4bf44e8df6a..49e2cc7f8fb 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/util.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/util.c
@@ -509,10 +509,10 @@ char *BLI_gethome(void) {
 		{
 			//strcat(dir,".blender/");
 			strcpy(tmpdir,dir);
-			strcat(tmpdir,".blender/.B.blend");
+			strcat(tmpdir,"/.blender/.B.blend");
 			if (BLI_exists(tmpdir))
 			{
-				strcat(dir,".blender/");
+				strcat(dir,"/.blender/");
 				return(dir);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/winstuff.c b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/winstuff.c
index 59212ee444c..64a56b9a306 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/winstuff.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/winstuff.c
@@ -51,9 +51,12 @@
 int BLI_getInstallationDir( char * str ) {
 	char dir[FILE_MAXDIR];
 	char file[FILE_MAXFILE];
+	int a;
 	
 	GetModuleFileName(NULL,str,FILE_MAXDIR+FILE_MAXFILE);
 	BLI_split_dirfile(str,dir,file);
+	a = strlen(dir);
+	if(dir[a-1] == '\\') dir[a-1]=0;
 	
 	strcpy(str,dir);
 	
diff --git a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/writefile.c b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/writefile.c
index ffb17081854..25f4fa28f8e 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/writefile.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/writefile.c
@@ -1612,7 +1612,7 @@ int BLO_write_file(char *dir, int write_flags, char **error_r)
 	BLI_getInstallationDir(tmpdir);
 
 	if(BLI_exists(tmpdir))
-		strcat(tmpdir,".blender/");
+		strcat(tmpdir,"/.blender/");
 
 	BLI_make_file_string(G.sce, userfilename, tmpdir, ".B.blend");
 #else
diff --git a/source/blender/src/usiblender.c b/source/blender/src/usiblender.c
index 3ed78ec5839..9307359c205 100644
--- a/source/blender/src/usiblender.c
+++ b/source/blender/src/usiblender.c
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ void BIF_write_homefile(void)
 	char dir[FILE_MAXDIR+FILE_MAXFILE];
 	BLI_getInstallationDir(dir);
 
-	strcat(dir,".blender/");
+	strcat(dir,"/.blender/");
 
 	BLI_make_file_string("/", tstr, dir, ".B.blend");
 #else