--- main.c~0        2006-03-20 06:36:37.000000000 +0200
+++ main.c        2006-11-16 23:04:00.642263000 +0200
@@ -1296,7 +1296,12 @@ main (int argc, char **argv, char **envp
     argv[0] = concat (current_directory, "/", argv[0]);
 #else  /* !__MSDOS__ */
   if (current_directory[0] != '\0'
-      && argv[0] != 0 && argv[0][0] != '/' && strchr (argv[0], '/') != 0)
+      && argv[0] != 0 && argv[0][0] != '/' && strchr (argv[0], '/') != 0
+#ifdef HAVE_DOS_PATHS
+      && (argv[0][0] != '\\' && (!argv[0][0] || argv[0][1] != ':'))
+      && strchr (argv[0], '\\') != 0
+#endif
+      )
     argv[0] = concat (current_directory, "/", argv[0]);
 #endif /* !__MSDOS__ */
 #endif /* WINDOWS32 */