3 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/doxygen.cpp b/src/doxygen.cpp
index d545265..07214cb 100644
--- a/src/doxygen.cpp
+++ b/src/doxygen.cpp
@@ -9987,6 +9987,8 @@ void initDoxygen()
   setlocale(LC_CTYPE,"C"); // to get isspace(0xA0)==0, needed for UTF-8
   setlocale(LC_NUMERIC,"C");
 
+  portable_correct_path();
+
   Doxygen::runningTime.start();
   initPreprocessor();
 
@@ -10067,7 +10069,6 @@ void initDoxygen()
   g_compoundKeywordDict.insert("union",(void *)8);
   g_compoundKeywordDict.insert("interface",(void *)8);
   g_compoundKeywordDict.insert("exception",(void *)8);
-
 }
 
 void cleanUpDoxygen()
diff --git a/src/portable.cpp b/src/portable.cpp
index 5886793..46adccf 100644
--- a/src/portable.cpp
+++ b/src/portable.cpp
@@ -448,4 +448,26 @@ bool portable_isAbsolutePath(const char *fileName)
   return false;
 }
 
-
+/**
+ * Correct a possible wrong PATH variable
+ *
+ * This routine was inspired by the cause for bug 766059 was that in the Windows path there were forward slahes.
+ */
+void portable_correct_path(void)
+{
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
+  const char *p = portable_getenv("PATH");
+  char *q = (char *)malloc(strlen(p) + 1);
+  strcpy(q, p);
+  bool found = false;
+  for (int i = 0 ; i < strlen(q); i++)
+  {
+    if (q[i] == '/')
+    {
+      q[i] = '\\';
+      found = true;
+    }
+  }
+  if (found) portable_setenv("PATH",q);
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/src/portable.h b/src/portable.h
index 1471ce1..c5578a3 100644
--- a/src/portable.h
+++ b/src/portable.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ void           portable_sysTimerStop();
 double         portable_getSysElapsedTime();
 void           portable_sleep(int ms);
 bool           portable_isAbsolutePath(const char *fileName);
+void           portable_correct_path(void);
 
 extern "C" {
   void *         portable_iconv_open(const char* tocode, const char* fromcode);