escape backslashes

this makes windows-style path specs *ugly*. that's intentional. :-P

56 files changed, 142 insertions, 142 deletions

diff --git a/demos/embedded/desktopservices/desktopservices.pro b/demos/embedded/desktopservices/desktopservices.pro
index bff7c46..94ddedd 100644
--- a/demos/embedded/desktopservices/desktopservices.pro
+++ b/demos/embedded/desktopservices/desktopservices.pro
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ symbian {
 }
 
 wince*{
-    music.path = "\My Documents\My Music"
-    image.path = "\My Documents\My Pictures"
+    music.path = "\\My Documents\\My Music"
+    image.path = "\\My Documents\\My Pictures"
     DEPLOYMENT += music image
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/painting/svgviewer/svgviewer.pro b/examples/painting/svgviewer/svgviewer.pro
index 5af8731..4809b91 100644
--- a/examples/painting/svgviewer/svgviewer.pro
+++ b/examples/painting/svgviewer/svgviewer.pro
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ sources.path = $$[QT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES]/painting/svgviewer
 INSTALLS += target sources
 
 wince*: {
-     addFiles.sources = files\*.svg
-     addFiles.path = \My Documents
+     addFiles.sources = files\\*.svg
+     addFiles.path = "\\My Documents"
      DEPLOYMENT += addFiles
 }
 
 symbian: {
      TARGET.UID3 = 0xA000A64E
      include($$QT_SOURCE_TREE/examples/symbianpkgrules.pri)
-     addFiles.sources = files\*.svg
+     addFiles.sources = files\\*.svg
      addFiles.path = .
      DEPLOYMENT += addFiles
 }
diff --git a/examples/xml/dombookmarks/dombookmarks.pro b/examples/xml/dombookmarks/dombookmarks.pro
index 25e21cd..f906d2f 100644
--- a/examples/xml/dombookmarks/dombookmarks.pro
+++ b/examples/xml/dombookmarks/dombookmarks.pro
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ symbian: include($$QT_SOURCE_TREE/examples/symbianpkgrules.pri)
 
 wince*: {
      addFiles.sources = frank.xbel jennifer.xbel
-     addFiles.path = \My Documents
+     addFiles.path = "\\My Documents"
      DEPLOYMENT += addFiles
 }
diff --git a/examples/xml/saxbookmarks/saxbookmarks.pro b/examples/xml/saxbookmarks/saxbookmarks.pro
index 4af3ddd..7293bd1 100644
--- a/examples/xml/saxbookmarks/saxbookmarks.pro
+++ b/examples/xml/saxbookmarks/saxbookmarks.pro
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ INSTALLS += target sources
 
 wince*: {
      addFiles.sources = frank.xbel jennifer.xbel
-     addFiles.path = \My Documents
+     addFiles.path = "\\My Documents"
      DEPLOYMENT += addFiles
 }
 
diff --git a/mkspecs/common/symbian/symbian-makefile.conf b/mkspecs/common/symbian/symbian-makefile.conf
index 66b3d7f..a3aade7 100644
--- a/mkspecs/common/symbian/symbian-makefile.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/common/symbian/symbian-makefile.conf
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ QMAKE_PREFIX_STATICLIB =
 QMAKE_EXTENSION_STATICLIB = lib
 QMAKE_SYMBIAN_SHLIB   = 1
 
-DEFINES *= __PRODUCT_INCLUDE__=\<$${EPOCROOT}epoc32/include/variant/symbian_os.hrh\> \
+DEFINES *= __PRODUCT_INCLUDE__=\\<$${EPOCROOT}epoc32/include/variant/symbian_os.hrh\\> \
     __SYMBIAN32__ \
     __MARM_INTERWORK__ \
     _UNICODE \
diff --git a/mkspecs/common/wince/qmake.conf b/mkspecs/common/wince/qmake.conf
index 705cdc3..57b89b9 100644
--- a/mkspecs/common/wince/qmake.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/common/wince/qmake.conf
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ QMAKE_LIBS_OPENGL_ES2 = libGLESv2.lib
 
 QMAKE_LIBS_QT_ENTRY	= -lqtmain
 
-QMAKE_MOC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\moc.exe
-QMAKE_UIC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\uic.exe
-QMAKE_IDC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\idc.exe
+QMAKE_MOC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\moc.exe
+QMAKE_UIC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\uic.exe
+QMAKE_IDC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\idc.exe
 
 QMAKE_IDL		= midl
 QMAKE_LIB		= lib
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/dbusadaptors.prf b/mkspecs/features/dbusadaptors.prf
index 17dffa5..3463d58 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/dbusadaptors.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/dbusadaptors.prf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ qtPrepareTool(QMAKE_QDBUSXML2CPP, qdbusxml2cpp)
 
 for(DBUS_ADAPTOR, $$list($$unique(DBUS_ADAPTORS))) {
 
-    !contains(DBUS_ADAPTOR, .*\w\.xml$) {
+    !contains(DBUS_ADAPTOR, .*\\w\\.xml$) {
         warning("Invalid D-BUS adaptor: '$${DBUS_ADAPTOR}', please use 'com.mydomain.myinterface.xml' instead.")
         next()
     }
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/dbusinterfaces.prf b/mkspecs/features/dbusinterfaces.prf
index 412e80f..1828802 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/dbusinterfaces.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/dbusinterfaces.prf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ qtPrepareTool(QMAKE_QDBUSXML2CPP, qdbusxml2cpp)
 
 for(DBUS_INTERFACE, $$list($$unique(DBUS_INTERFACES))) {
 
-    !contains(DBUS_INTERFACE, .*\w\.xml$) {
+    !contains(DBUS_INTERFACE, .*\\w\\.xml$) {
         warning("Invalid D-BUS interface : '$${DBUS_INTERFACE}', please use 'com.mydomain.myinterface.xml' instead.")
         next()
     }
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/incredibuild_xge.prf b/mkspecs/features/incredibuild_xge.prf
index e241ca4..b8ca571 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/incredibuild_xge.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/incredibuild_xge.prf
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 contains(TEMPLATE, "vc.*")|contains(TEMPLATE_PREFIX, "vc") {
-    EOC = \$\$escape_expand(\n\t)
+    EOC = \$\$escape_expand(\\\\n\\\\t)
 
     # The VCPROJ generator will replace the \r\h with the coded \r\n: &#x0d;&#x0a;
     # No other generator understands the \h
-    win32-msvc2*|wince*msvc*: EOC = \$\$escape_expand(\r\h)
+    win32-msvc2*|wince*msvc*: EOC = \$\$escape_expand(\\\\r\\\\h)
 
     for(xge, INCREDIBUILD_XGE) {
         eval($${xge}.commands = Rem IncrediBuild_AllowRemote $$EOC Rem IncrediBuild_OutputFile $$replace($${xge}.output,/,\\) $$EOC $$eval($${xge}.commands))
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/lex.prf b/mkspecs/features/lex.prf
index df76a68..43d8fbd 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/lex.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/lex.prf
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
     QMAKE_LEXEXTRAFLAGS = $$QMAKE_LEXFLAGS
     !yacc_no_name_mangle:QMAKE_LEXEXTRAFLAGS += $$QMAKE_LEXFLAGS_MANGLE
 
-    lex.commands = $$QMAKE_LEX $$QMAKE_LEXEXTRAFLAGS ${QMAKE_FILE_IN}$$escape_expand(\n\t) \
-                   $$QMAKE_DEL_FILE $${QMAKE_CPP_MOD_MOC}${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}_lex$${first(QMAKE_EXT_CPP)}$$escape_expand(\n\t) \
-                   $$QMAKE_MOVE lex.${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}.c $${QMAKE_CPP_MOD_MOC}${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}_lex$${first(QMAKE_EXT_CPP)}$$escape_expand(\n\t)
+    lex.commands = $$QMAKE_LEX $$QMAKE_LEXEXTRAFLAGS ${QMAKE_FILE_IN}$$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+                   $$QMAKE_DEL_FILE $${QMAKE_CPP_MOD_MOC}${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}_lex$${first(QMAKE_EXT_CPP)}$$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+                   $$QMAKE_MOVE lex.${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}.c $${QMAKE_CPP_MOD_MOC}${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}_lex$${first(QMAKE_EXT_CPP)}$$escape_expand(\\n\\t)
     lex.output = $${QMAKE_CPP_MOD_MOC}${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}_lex$${first(QMAKE_EXT_CPP)}
 
     silent:lex.commands = @echo Lex ${QMAKE_FILE_IN} && $$lex.commands
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/moc.prf b/mkspecs/features/moc.prf
index e1032fd..abda78f 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/moc.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/moc.prf
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ win32:count($$list($$INCLUDEPATH), 40, >) {
 
     WIN_INCLUDETEMP=$$INCLUDETEMP
 
-    EOC = $$escape_expand(\n\t)
+    EOC = $$escape_expand(\\n\\t)
 
     if(contains(TEMPLATE, "vc.*")|contains(TEMPLATE_PREFIX, "vc")) {
         # the VCPROJ generator will replace the \r\h with the coded \r\n: &#x0d;&#x0a;
         # No other generator understands the \h
-        if(win32-msvc2*|wince*msvc*): EOC = $$escape_expand(\r\h)
-        else: EOC = $$escape_expand(\\)$$escape_expand(\n\t)
+        if(win32-msvc2*|wince*msvc*): EOC = $$escape_expand(\\r\\h)
+        else: EOC = $$escape_expand(\\\\\\n\\t)
     }
 
     unset(INCFILELIST)
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/sis_targets.prf b/mkspecs/features/sis_targets.prf
index da2d250..13ee1ad 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/sis_targets.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/sis_targets.prf
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ contains(TEMPLATE, app)|!count(DEPLOYMENT, 1) {
         }
     } else {
         sis_destdir = $$DESTDIR
-        !isEmpty(sis_destdir):!contains(sis_destdir, "[/\\]$"):sis_destdir = $${sis_destdir}/
+        !isEmpty(sis_destdir):!contains(sis_destdir, "[/\\\\]$"):sis_destdir = $${sis_destdir}/
         contains(QMAKE_HOST.os, "Windows"):sis_destdir = $$replace(sis_destdir, "/", "\\")
 
         sis_target.target = sis
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/symbian/add_mmp_rules.prf b/mkspecs/features/symbian/add_mmp_rules.prf
index 5384dbe..7f96b81 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/symbian/add_mmp_rules.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/symbian/add_mmp_rules.prf
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ defineTest(addMMPRules) {
                 # No value defined for current condition, so use default
                 varVal = $$eval($${var}.default)
             }
-            !isEmpty(varVal): libBlock += "$$join(varVal,$$escape_expand(\n))"
+            !isEmpty(varVal): libBlock += "$$join(varVal,$$escape_expand(\\n))"
         }
 
         MMP_RULES += $$libBlock
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/symbian/application_icon.prf b/mkspecs/features/symbian/application_icon.prf
index 76f9ba1..c5654d9 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/symbian/application_icon.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/symbian/application_icon.prf
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ contains( CONFIG, no_icon ) {
         # only uses filename from RSS_RULES.icon_file when referring to icon file name.
         baseTarget = $$basename(TARGET)
         baseTarget = $$replace(baseTarget, /,_)
-        baseTarget = $$replace(baseTarget, \\,_)
+        baseTarget = $$replace(baseTarget, \\\\,_)
         baseTarget = $$replace(baseTarget, " ",_)
         symbian-abld|symbian-sbsv2 {
             baseTarget = $$replace(baseTarget, -,_)
-            baseTarget = $$replace(baseTarget, \.,_)
+            baseTarget = $$replace(baseTarget, \\.,_)
             baseTarget = $$replace(baseTarget, :,_)
         }
 
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/symbian/def_files.prf b/mkspecs/features/symbian/def_files.prf
index 8bcd096..eb17402 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/symbian/def_files.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/symbian/def_files.prf
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ symbian-abld|symbian-sbsv2 {
     freeze_target.target = freeze
     freeze_target.depends = first
     # The perl part is to convert to unix line endings and remove comments, which the s60 tools refuse to do.
-    freeze_target.commands = perl -n -e \'next if (/; NEW/); s/\r//g; if (/MISSING:(.*)/x) { print(\"\$\$1 ABSENT\\n\"); } else { print; }\' < $$symbianObjdir/$${TARGET}.def >  $$elf2e32FileToAdd
+    freeze_target.commands = perl -n -e \'next if (/; NEW/); s/\\r//g; if (/MISSING:(.*)/x) { print(\"\$\$1 ABSENT\\n\"); } else { print; }\' < $$symbianObjdir/$${TARGET}.def >  $$elf2e32FileToAdd
     QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += freeze_target
 } else:contains(TEMPLATE, subdirs) {
     freeze_target.target = freeze
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/symbian/moc.prf b/mkspecs/features/symbian/moc.prf
index 29e0d8d..6030944 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/symbian/moc.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/symbian/moc.prf
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 load(moc)
 
 symbian-abld|symbian-sbsv2 {
-    RET = $$find(MOC_DIR, "(/|^)\.[^/]+/?$")
+    RET = $$find(MOC_DIR, "(/|^)\\.[^/]+/?$")
     !isEmpty(RET):{
         error("Symbian does not support directories starting with a dot. Please set MOC_DIR to a different value in your profile. MOC_DIR: $$MOC_DIR")
     }
 
-    RET = $$find(RCC_DIR, "(/|^)\.[^/]+/?$")
+    RET = $$find(RCC_DIR, "(/|^)\\.[^/]+/?$")
     !isEmpty(RET):{
         error("Symbian does not support directories starting with a dot. Please set RCC_DIR to a different value in your profile. RCC_DIR: $$RCC_DIR")
     }
 
-    RET = $$find(OBJECTS_DIR, "(/|^)\.[^/]+/?$")
+    RET = $$find(OBJECTS_DIR, "(/|^)\\.[^/]+/?$")
     !isEmpty(RET):{
         error("Symbian does not support directories starting with a dot. Please set OBJECTS_DIR to a different value in your profile. OBJECTS_DIR: $$OBJECTS_DIR")
     }
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/symbian/symbian_building.prf b/mkspecs/features/symbian/symbian_building.prf
index 802adde..c230272 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/symbian/symbian_building.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/symbian/symbian_building.prf
@@ -22,16 +22,16 @@ contains(QMAKE_CFLAGS, "--thumb")|contains(QMAKE_CXXFLAGS, "--thumb")|contains(Q
 }
 
 defineReplace(processSymbianLibraries) {
-    library = $$replace(1, "\.dll$", ".dso")
+    library = $$replace(1, "\\.dll$", ".dso")
     library = $$replace(library, "^-l", "")
-    isFullName = $$find(library, \.)
+    isFullName = $$find(library, \\.)
     isEmpty(isFullName):library="$${library}.dso"
     linux-gcce {
         newLIB = "-l:$${library}"
     } else {
         newLIB = "$${library}"
     }
-    contains(library, "\.dso$")|contains(library, ".lib$"):PRE_TARGETDEPS += $$library
+    contains(library, "\\.dso$")|contains(library, "\\.lib$"):PRE_TARGETDEPS += $$library
     return($$newLIB)
 }
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ isEmpty(VERSION) {
 }
 
 # Check for version validity.
-!isEmpty(VERSION):!contains(VERSION, "[0-9]+"):!contains(VERSION, "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+")!contains(VERSION, "[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+){2}") {
+!isEmpty(VERSION):!contains(VERSION, "[0-9]+"):!contains(VERSION, "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+")!contains(VERSION, "[0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+){2}") {
     error("Invalid VERSION for Symbian: $$VERSION")
 }
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ isEmpty(TARGET.UID2):TARGET.UID2 = 0x00000000
 
 capability = $$replace(TARGET.CAPABILITY, " ", "+")
 capability = $$join(capability, "+")
-capability = $$replace(capability, "\+-", "-")
+capability = $$replace(capability, "\\+-", "-")
 isEmpty(capability): capability = "None"
 capability = "--capability=$$capability"
 
@@ -214,9 +214,9 @@ symbian_resources_INCLUDES += "-I $$symbian_resources_RCC_DIR"
 
 for(symbian_resource, SYMBIAN_RESOURCES) {
     symbian_resource = $$basename(symbian_resource)
-    symbian_resource_clean = $$replace(symbian_resource, "\.rss$", ".rsc")
+    symbian_resource_clean = $$replace(symbian_resource, "\\.rss$", ".rsc")
     QMAKE_DISTCLEAN += $${symbianDestdir}/$${symbian_resource_clean}
-    symbian_resource_clean = $$replace(symbian_resource, "\.rss$", ".rpp")
+    symbian_resource_clean = $$replace(symbian_resource, "\\.rss$", ".rpp")
     QMAKE_CLEAN += $${symbian_resources_RCC_DIR}/$${symbian_resource_clean}
 }
 
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/uic.prf b/mkspecs/features/uic.prf
index c87372d..5324e65 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/uic.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/uic.prf
@@ -86,14 +86,14 @@ defineReplace(imageCollectionCmd) {
     for(image, $$list($$split(1))) {
            EMBEDDED_IMAGES += $$image
            count(EMBEDDED_IMAGES, 5) {
-                isEmpty(RET): RET += echo $$EMBEDDED_IMAGES > images.tmp $$escape_expand(\n\t)
-                else:         RET += echo $$EMBEDDED_IMAGES >> images.tmp $$escape_expand(\n\t)
+                isEmpty(RET): RET += echo $$EMBEDDED_IMAGES > images.tmp $$escape_expand(\\n\\t)
+                else:         RET += echo $$EMBEDDED_IMAGES >> images.tmp $$escape_expand(\\n\\t)
                 unset(EMBEDDED_IMAGES)
            }
     }
-    !isEmpty(EMBEDDED_IMAGES):RET += echo $$EMBEDDED_IMAGES >> images.tmp $$escape_expand(\n\t)
+    !isEmpty(EMBEDDED_IMAGES):RET += echo $$EMBEDDED_IMAGES >> images.tmp $$escape_expand(\\n\\t)
     !isEmpty(RET) {
-        RET += $$QMAKE_UIC3 -embed $$TARGET -f images.tmp -o $$2 $$escape_expand(\n\t)
+        RET += $$QMAKE_UIC3 -embed $$TARGET -f images.tmp -o $$2 $$escape_expand(\\n\\t)
         return($$RET)
     }
     return($$QMAKE_UIC3 -embed $$TARGET $$1 -o $$2)
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/win32/embed_manifest_dll.prf b/mkspecs/features/win32/embed_manifest_dll.prf
index 60a55ce..7305c04 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/win32/embed_manifest_dll.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/win32/embed_manifest_dll.prf
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ MANIFEST_DIR = $$OBJECTS_DIR
 isEmpty(MANIFEST_DIR):MANIFEST_DIR = .
 !if(plugin:no_plugin_manifest):if(win32-msvc2005*|win32-msvc2008*|win32-msvc2010*):!static:!equals(TEMPLATE_PREFIX, "vc"):equals(TEMPLATE, "lib") {
     NOPATH_TARGET = $$TARGET
-    NOPATH_TARGET ~= s,\\ , ,q      # Remove space escaping (NOPATH_TARGET is quoted)
-    NOPATH_TARGET ~= s,\\,/,g       # Change to single type separators
+    NOPATH_TARGET ~= s,\\\\ , ,q    # Remove space escaping (NOPATH_TARGET is quoted)
+    NOPATH_TARGET ~= s,\\\\,/,g     # Change to single type separators
     NOPATH_TARGET ~= s,^(.*/)+,,    # Remove all paths
     QMAKE_LFLAGS += /MANIFEST $$quote(/MANIFESTFILE:\"$${MANIFEST_DIR}\\$${NOPATH_TARGET}.intermediate.manifest\")
     QMAKE_PREV_POST_LINK = $$QMAKE_POST_LINK
-    QMAKE_POST_LINK = $$quote(mt.exe -nologo -manifest \"$$replace(MANIFEST_DIR,/,\\)\\$${NOPATH_TARGET}.intermediate.manifest\" -outputresource:$(DESTDIR_TARGET);2$$escape_expand(\n\t))
+    QMAKE_POST_LINK = $$quote(mt.exe -nologo -manifest \"$$replace(MANIFEST_DIR,/,\\)\\$${NOPATH_TARGET}.intermediate.manifest\" -outputresource:$(DESTDIR_TARGET);2$$escape_expand(\\n\\t))
     QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$QMAKE_PREV_POST_LINK
     QMAKE_CLEAN += \"$$replace(MANIFEST_DIR,/,\\)\\$${NOPATH_TARGET}.intermediate.manifest\"
 }
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/win32/embed_manifest_exe.prf b/mkspecs/features/win32/embed_manifest_exe.prf
index 169134d..5b37a6d 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/win32/embed_manifest_exe.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/win32/embed_manifest_exe.prf
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ MANIFEST_DIR = $$OBJECTS_DIR
 isEmpty(MANIFEST_DIR):MANIFEST_DIR = .
 if(win32-msvc2005*|win32-msvc2008*|win32-msvc2010*):!equals(TEMPLATE_PREFIX, "vc"):equals(TEMPLATE, "app") {
     NOPATH_TARGET = $$TARGET
-    NOPATH_TARGET ~= s,\\ , ,q      # Remove space escaping (NOPATH_TARGET is quoted)
-    NOPATH_TARGET ~= s,\\,/,g       # Change to single type separators
+    NOPATH_TARGET ~= s,\\\\ , ,q    # Remove space escaping (NOPATH_TARGET is quoted)
+    NOPATH_TARGET ~= s,\\\\,/,g     # Change to single type separators
     NOPATH_TARGET ~= s,^(.*/)+,,    # Remove all paths
     QMAKE_LFLAGS += /MANIFEST $$quote(/MANIFESTFILE:\"$${MANIFEST_DIR}\\$${NOPATH_TARGET}.intermediate.manifest\")
     QMAKE_PREV_POST_LINK = $$QMAKE_POST_LINK
-    QMAKE_POST_LINK = $$quote(mt.exe -nologo -manifest \"$$replace(MANIFEST_DIR,/,\\)\\$${NOPATH_TARGET}.intermediate.manifest\" -outputresource:$(DESTDIR_TARGET);1$$escape_expand(\n\t))
+    QMAKE_POST_LINK = $$quote(mt.exe -nologo -manifest \"$$replace(MANIFEST_DIR,/,\\)\\$${NOPATH_TARGET}.intermediate.manifest\" -outputresource:$(DESTDIR_TARGET);1$$escape_expand(\\n\\t))
     QMAKE_POST_LINK += $$QMAKE_PREV_POST_LINK
     QMAKE_CLEAN += \"$$replace(MANIFEST_DIR,/,\\)\\$${NOPATH_TARGET}.intermediate.manifest\"
 }
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/win32/qaxserver.prf b/mkspecs/features/win32/qaxserver.prf
index 1ff6825..2899976 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/win32/qaxserver.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/win32/qaxserver.prf
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ equals(ACTIVEQT_IDE, "VisualStudio") {
     ACTIVEQT_IDL = $${QMAKE_IDL}
     ACTIVEQT_TARGET = "$(TargetPath)"
     win32-msvc {
-        ACTIVEQT_NEWLINE = $$escape_expand(\t)
+        ACTIVEQT_NEWLINE = $$escape_expand(\\t)
         ACTIVEQT_OUTPUT = $(IntDir)/$${TARGET}
     } else {
-        ACTIVEQT_NEWLINE = $$escape_expand(\n\t)
+        ACTIVEQT_NEWLINE = $$escape_expand(\\n\\t)
         ACTIVEQT_OUTPUT = $(IntDir)$${TARGET}
     }
     ACTIVEQT_TLBOUT = "$(TargetDir)/$${TARGET}.tlb"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ equals(ACTIVEQT_IDE, "VisualStudio") {
 equals(ACTIVEQT_IDE, "makefile") {
     ACTIVEQT_IDC = -$(IDC)
     ACTIVEQT_IDL = -$(IDL)
-    ACTIVEQT_NEWLINE = $$escape_expand(\n\t)
+    ACTIVEQT_NEWLINE = $$escape_expand(\\n\\t)
     ACTIVEQT_TARGET = $(DESTDIR_TARGET)
     ACTIVEQT_OUTPUT = $(OBJECTS_DIR)/$${TARGET}
     isEmpty(DESTDIR) {
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/yacc.prf b/mkspecs/features/yacc.prf
index c078e09..4d7e0a3 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/yacc.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/yacc.prf
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
     !yacc_no_name_mangle:QMAKE_YACCDECLFLAGS += $$QMAKE_YACCFLAGS_MANGLE
 
     yacc_decl.commands = \
-        $$QMAKE_YACC $$QMAKE_YACCDECLFLAGS ${QMAKE_FILE_IN}$$escape_expand(\n\t) \
-        $$QMAKE_DEL_FILE $${QMAKE_CPP_MOD_MOC}${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}_yacc$${first(QMAKE_EXT_H)} $${QMAKE_CPP_MOD_MOC}${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}_yacc$${first(QMAKE_EXT_CPP)}$$escape_expand(\n\t) \
-        $$QMAKE_MOVE $${QMAKE_YACC_HEADER} $${QMAKE_CPP_MOD_MOC}${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}_yacc$${first(QMAKE_EXT_H)}$$escape_expand(\n\t) \
-        $$QMAKE_MOVE $${QMAKE_YACC_SOURCE} $${QMAKE_CPP_MOD_MOC}${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}_yacc$${first(QMAKE_EXT_CPP)}$$escape_expand(\n\t)
+        $$QMAKE_YACC $$QMAKE_YACCDECLFLAGS ${QMAKE_FILE_IN}$$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+        $$QMAKE_DEL_FILE $${QMAKE_CPP_MOD_MOC}${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}_yacc$${first(QMAKE_EXT_H)} $${QMAKE_CPP_MOD_MOC}${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}_yacc$${first(QMAKE_EXT_CPP)}$$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+        $$QMAKE_MOVE $${QMAKE_YACC_HEADER} $${QMAKE_CPP_MOD_MOC}${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}_yacc$${first(QMAKE_EXT_H)}$$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+        $$QMAKE_MOVE $${QMAKE_YACC_SOURCE} $${QMAKE_CPP_MOD_MOC}${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}_yacc$${first(QMAKE_EXT_CPP)}$$escape_expand(\\n\\t)
     yacc_decl.output = $${QMAKE_CPP_MOD_MOC}${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}_yacc$${first(QMAKE_EXT_H)}
 
     silent:yacc_decl.commands = @echo Yacc ${QMAKE_FILE_IN} && $$yacc_decl.commands
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     yacc_impl.name = source for ${QMAKE_FILE_IN}
     yacc_impl.input = YACCSOURCES
     yacc_impl.variable_out = GENERATED_SOURCES
-    yacc_impl.commands = $$escape_expand(\n)        # We don't want any commands where, but if command is empty no rules are created
+    yacc_impl.commands = $$escape_expand(\\n)        # We don't want any commands where, but if command is empty no rules are created
     yacc_impl.depends = $${QMAKE_CPP_MOD_MOC}${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}_yacc$${first(QMAKE_EXT_H)}    # Make sure we depend on the step above
     yacc_impl.output = $${QMAKE_CPP_MOD_MOC}${QMAKE_FILE_BASE}_yacc$${first(QMAKE_EXT_CPP)}   # Faked output from this step, output really created in step above
     QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS += yacc_impl
diff --git a/mkspecs/win32-borland/qmake.conf b/mkspecs/win32-borland/qmake.conf
index 63bf07a..2ba742c 100644
--- a/mkspecs/win32-borland/qmake.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/win32-borland/qmake.conf
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_ON =
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_EXCEPTIONS_OFF = -x-
 
 QMAKE_INCDIR		=
-QMAKE_LIBDIR		= $(BCB)\lib
+QMAKE_LIBDIR		= $(BCB)\\lib
 QMAKE_INCDIR_QT		= $$[QT_INSTALL_HEADERS]
 QMAKE_LIBDIR_QT		= $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS]
 
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ QMAKE_LIBS_QT_ENTRY	= -lqtmain
 #QMAKE_LIBS_OPENGL	=
 #QMAKE_LFLAGS_OPENGL	= /dopengl32.dll
 
-QMAKE_MOC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\moc.exe
-QMAKE_UIC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\uic.exe
-QMAKE_IDC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\idc.exe
+QMAKE_MOC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\moc.exe
+QMAKE_UIC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\uic.exe
+QMAKE_IDC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\idc.exe
 
 QMAKE_IDL		= midl
 QMAKE_LIB		= tlib /C /P256
diff --git a/mkspecs/win32-icc/qmake.conf b/mkspecs/win32-icc/qmake.conf
index fcc7691..acff5e1 100644
--- a/mkspecs/win32-icc/qmake.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/win32-icc/qmake.conf
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ QMAKE_LIBS_OPENGL       = opengl32.lib glu32.lib gdi32.lib user32.lib delayimp.l
 QMAKE_LIBS_COMPAT       = advapi32.lib shell32.lib comdlg32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib ws2_32.lib
 QMAKE_LIBS_QT_ENTRY	= -lqtmain
 
-QMAKE_MOC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\moc.exe
-QMAKE_UIC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\uic.exe
-QMAKE_IDC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\idc.exe
+QMAKE_MOC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\moc.exe
+QMAKE_UIC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\uic.exe
+QMAKE_IDC		= $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\idc.exe
 
 QMAKE_IDL		= midl
 QMAKE_LIB		= lib /NOLOGO
diff --git a/mkspecs/win32-msvc2003/qmake.conf b/mkspecs/win32-msvc2003/qmake.conf
index e92df12..5344331 100644
--- a/mkspecs/win32-msvc2003/qmake.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/win32-msvc2003/qmake.conf
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ QMAKE_LIBS_COMPAT       = advapi32.lib shell32.lib comdlg32.lib user32.lib gdi32
 
 QMAKE_LIBS_QT_ENTRY     = -lqtmain
 
-QMAKE_MOC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\moc.exe
-QMAKE_UIC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\uic.exe
-QMAKE_IDC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\idc.exe
+QMAKE_MOC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\moc.exe
+QMAKE_UIC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\uic.exe
+QMAKE_IDC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\idc.exe
 
 QMAKE_IDL               = midl
 QMAKE_LIB               = lib /NOLOGO
diff --git a/mkspecs/win32-msvc2005/qmake.conf b/mkspecs/win32-msvc2005/qmake.conf
index 5ed8e01..84e831f 100644
--- a/mkspecs/win32-msvc2005/qmake.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/win32-msvc2005/qmake.conf
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ QMAKE_LIBS_COMPAT       = advapi32.lib shell32.lib comdlg32.lib user32.lib gdi32
 
 QMAKE_LIBS_QT_ENTRY     = -lqtmain
 
-QMAKE_MOC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\moc.exe
-QMAKE_UIC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\uic.exe
-QMAKE_IDC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\idc.exe
+QMAKE_MOC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\moc.exe
+QMAKE_UIC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\uic.exe
+QMAKE_IDC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\idc.exe
 
 QMAKE_IDL               = midl
 QMAKE_LIB               = lib /NOLOGO
diff --git a/mkspecs/win32-msvc2008/qmake.conf b/mkspecs/win32-msvc2008/qmake.conf
index 373a36d..3e0bfb5 100644
--- a/mkspecs/win32-msvc2008/qmake.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/win32-msvc2008/qmake.conf
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ QMAKE_LIBS_COMPAT       = advapi32.lib shell32.lib comdlg32.lib user32.lib gdi32
 
 QMAKE_LIBS_QT_ENTRY     = -lqtmain
 
-QMAKE_MOC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\moc.exe
-QMAKE_UIC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\uic.exe
-QMAKE_IDC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\idc.exe
+QMAKE_MOC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\moc.exe
+QMAKE_UIC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\uic.exe
+QMAKE_IDC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\idc.exe
 
 QMAKE_IDL               = midl
 QMAKE_LIB               = lib /NOLOGO
diff --git a/mkspecs/win32-msvc2010/qmake.conf b/mkspecs/win32-msvc2010/qmake.conf
index 2a48938..d9fe711 100644
--- a/mkspecs/win32-msvc2010/qmake.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/win32-msvc2010/qmake.conf
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ QMAKE_LIBS_COMPAT       = advapi32.lib shell32.lib comdlg32.lib user32.lib gdi32
 
 QMAKE_LIBS_QT_ENTRY     = -lqtmain
 
-QMAKE_MOC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\moc.exe
-QMAKE_UIC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\uic.exe
-QMAKE_IDC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\idc.exe
+QMAKE_MOC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\moc.exe
+QMAKE_UIC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\uic.exe
+QMAKE_IDC               = $$[QT_INSTALL_BINS]\\idc.exe
 
 QMAKE_IDL               = midl
 QMAKE_LIB               = lib /NOLOGO
diff --git a/projects.pro b/projects.pro
index 45fb8da..373b049 100644
--- a/projects.pro
+++ b/projects.pro
@@ -104,33 +104,33 @@ unix:!symbian {
  			(cd qmake && $(MAKE) distclean);
 }
 win32 {
-  confclean.commands += -$(DEL_FILE) src\core\global\qconfig.h $$escape_expand(\n\t) \
-			-$(DEL_FILE) src\core\global\qconfig.cpp $$escape_expand(\n\t) \
-			-$(DEL_FILE) mkspecs\qconfig.pri $$escape_expand(\n\t) \
-			-$(DEL_FILE) .qmake.cache $$escape_expand(\n\t) \
+  confclean.commands += -$(DEL_FILE) src\\core\\global\\qconfig.h $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+			-$(DEL_FILE) src\\core\\global\\qconfig.cpp $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+			-$(DEL_FILE) mkspecs\\qconfig.pri $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+			-$(DEL_FILE) .qmake.cache $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
 			(cd qmake && $(MAKE) distclean)
 }
 symbian {
   confclean.depends += distclean
   contains(QMAKE_HOST.os, "Windows") {
     confclean.commands += \
-            (cd src\tools\moc && $(MAKE) distclean) $$escape_expand(\n\t) \
-            (cd src\tools\rcc && $(MAKE) distclean) $$escape_expand(\n\t) \
-            (cd src\tools\uic && $(MAKE) distclean) $$escape_expand(\n\t) \
-            -$(DEL_FILE) src\corelib\global\qconfig.h $$escape_expand(\n\t) \
-            -$(DEL_FILE) src\corelib\global\qconfig.cpp $$escape_expand(\n\t) \
-            -$(DEL_FILE) mkspecs\qconfig.pri $$escape_expand(\n\t) \
-            -$(DEL_FILE) .qmake.cache $$escape_expand(\n\t) \
+            (cd src\\tools\\moc && $(MAKE) distclean) $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+            (cd src\\tools\\rcc && $(MAKE) distclean) $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+            (cd src\\tools\\uic && $(MAKE) distclean) $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+            -$(DEL_FILE) src\\corelib\\global\\qconfig.h $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+            -$(DEL_FILE) src\\corelib\\global\\qconfig.cpp $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+            -$(DEL_FILE) mkspecs\\qconfig.pri $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+            -$(DEL_FILE) .qmake.cache $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
             (cd qmake && $(MAKE) distclean)
   } else {
     confclean.commands += \
-            (cd src/tools/moc && $(MAKE) distclean) $$escape_expand(\n\t) \
-            (cd src/tools/rcc && $(MAKE) distclean) $$escape_expand(\n\t) \
-            (cd src/tools/uic && $(MAKE) distclean) $$escape_expand(\n\t) \
-            -$(DEL_FILE) src/corelib/global/qconfig.h $$escape_expand(\n\t) \
-            -$(DEL_FILE) src/corelib/global/qconfig.cpp $$escape_expand(\n\t) \
-            -$(DEL_FILE) mkspecs/qconfig.pri $$escape_expand(\n\t) \
-            -$(DEL_FILE) .qmake.cache $$escape_expand(\n\t) \
+            (cd src/tools/moc && $(MAKE) distclean) $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+            (cd src/tools/rcc && $(MAKE) distclean) $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+            (cd src/tools/uic && $(MAKE) distclean) $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+            -$(DEL_FILE) src/corelib/global/qconfig.h $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+            -$(DEL_FILE) src/corelib/global/qconfig.cpp $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+            -$(DEL_FILE) mkspecs/qconfig.pri $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
+            -$(DEL_FILE) .qmake.cache $$escape_expand(\\n\\t) \
             (cd qmake && $(MAKE) distclean)
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/3rdparty/webkit/WebCore/WebCore.pro b/src/3rdparty/webkit/WebCore/WebCore.pro
index 5def728..63e78a7 100644
--- a/src/3rdparty/webkit/WebCore/WebCore.pro
+++ b/src/3rdparty/webkit/WebCore/WebCore.pro
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ defineTest(addExtraCompiler) {
 
     for(file,input) {
         base = $$basename(file)
-        base ~= s/\..+//
+        base ~= s/\\..+//
         newfile=$$replace(outputRule,\\$\\{QMAKE_FILE_BASE\\},$$base)
         SOURCES += $$newfile
     }
diff --git a/src/3rdparty/webkit/WebKit/qt/Api/DerivedSources.pro b/src/3rdparty/webkit/WebKit/qt/Api/DerivedSources.pro
index 389fb5f..22d4c8d 100644
--- a/src/3rdparty/webkit/WebKit/qt/Api/DerivedSources.pro
+++ b/src/3rdparty/webkit/WebKit/qt/Api/DerivedSources.pro
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ qtheader_module.commands += echo $${QUOTE}$${LITERAL_HASH}define QT_QTWEBKIT_MOD
 qtheader_module.commands += echo $${QUOTE}$${LITERAL_HASH}include $${ESCAPE}<QtNetwork/QtNetwork$${ESCAPE}>$${QUOTE} >> $${qtheader_module.target} &&
 WEBKIT_CLASS_HEADERS = $${LITERAL_DOLLAR}$${LITERAL_DOLLAR}$${LITERAL_DOLLAR}$${LITERAL_DOLLAR}PWD/QtWebKit
 
-regex = ".*\sclass\sQWEBKIT_EXPORT\s(\w+)\s(.*)"
+regex = ".*\\sclass\\sQWEBKIT_EXPORT\\s(\\w+)\\s(.*)"
 
 for(HEADER, WEBKIT_API_HEADERS) {
     # 1. Append to QtWebKit header that includes all other header files
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ for(HEADER, WEBKIT_API_HEADERS) {
         res = $$find(src, $$regex)
         isEmpty(res):break()
 
-        exp = $$replace(src, $$regex, "EXPORTED_CLASS = \1")
+        exp = $$replace(src, $$regex, "EXPORTED_CLASS = \\1")
         eval($$exp)
 
         CLASS_TARGET = "qtheader_$${EXPORTED_CLASS}"
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ for(HEADER, WEBKIT_API_HEADERS) {
 
         # Qt's QRegExp does not support inline non-greedy matching,
         # so we'll have to work around it by updating the haystack
-        src = $$replace(src, $$regex, "\2")
+        src = $$replace(src, $$regex, "\\2")
         src_words = $$join(src, $${LITERAL_WHITESPACE})
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/3rdparty/webkit/WebKit/qt/docs/docs.pri b/src/3rdparty/webkit/WebKit/qt/docs/docs.pri
index 804817b..a56ddb4 100644
--- a/src/3rdparty/webkit/WebKit/qt/docs/docs.pri
+++ b/src/3rdparty/webkit/WebKit/qt/docs/docs.pri
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ include(../../../WebKit.pri)
 unix {
     QDOC = SRCDIR=$$PWD/../../.. OUTPUT_DIR=$$OUTPUT_DIR $$(QTDIR)/bin/qdoc3
 } else {
-    QDOC = $$(QTDIR)\bin\qdoc3.exe
+    QDOC = $$(QTDIR)\\bin\\qdoc3.exe
 }
 
 unix {
diff --git a/src/activeqt/control/control.pro b/src/activeqt/control/control.pro
index bf3647e..44eb928 100644
--- a/src/activeqt/control/control.pro
+++ b/src/activeqt/control/control.pro
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ TARGET   = QAxServer
 }
 
 CONFIG  += qt warn_off staticlib
-QTDIR_build:DESTDIR  = $$QT_BUILD_TREE\lib
+QTDIR_build:DESTDIR  = $$QT_BUILD_TREE\\lib
 
 DEFINES	+= QAX_SERVER
 win32-g++:DEFINES += QT_NEEDS_QMAIN
diff --git a/tests/auto/declarative/parserstress/parserstress.pro b/tests/auto/declarative/parserstress/parserstress.pro
index a95a855..3a675e4 100644
--- a/tests/auto/declarative/parserstress/parserstress.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/declarative/parserstress/parserstress.pro
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SOURCES += tst_parserstress.cpp
 
 symbian: {
     DEFINES += SRCDIR=\".\"
-    importFiles.sources = ..\..\qscriptjstestsuite\tests
+    importFiles.sources = ..\\..\\qscriptjstestsuite\\tests
     importFiles.path = 
     DEPLOYMENT = importFiles
 } else {
diff --git a/tests/auto/linguist/lupdate/testdata/good/backslashes/project.pro b/tests/auto/linguist/lupdate/testdata/good/backslashes/project.pro
index 4698b2b..d4dcda8 100644
--- a/tests/auto/linguist/lupdate/testdata/good/backslashes/project.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/linguist/lupdate/testdata/good/backslashes/project.pro
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-SOURCES += src\main.cpp
+SOURCES += src\\main.cpp
 
-TRANSLATIONS = ts\project.ts
+TRANSLATIONS = ts\\project.ts
diff --git a/tests/auto/patternistexamples/patternistexamples.pro b/tests/auto/patternistexamples/patternistexamples.pro
index 4092fc8..c528c93 100644
--- a/tests/auto/patternistexamples/patternistexamples.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/patternistexamples/patternistexamples.pro
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ wince*|symbian*: {
 	recipes.sources = $$QT_SOURCE_TREE/examples/xmlpatterns/recipes/*
 	recipes.path = recipes
 	files.sources = $$QT_SOURCE_TREE/examples/xmlpatterns/recipes/files/*
-	files.path = recipes\files
+	files.path = recipes\\files
 
 	DEPLOYMENT += snippets widgetRen globVar filetree recipes files
 	# take care of dependency
diff --git a/tests/auto/qaccessibility/qaccessibility.pro b/tests/auto/qaccessibility/qaccessibility.pro
index e33c04d..1b30beb 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qaccessibility/qaccessibility.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qaccessibility/qaccessibility.pro
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ unix:!mac:LIBS+=-lm
 contains(QT_CONFIG, qt3support): QT += qt3support
 
 wince*: {
-	accessneeded.sources = $$QT_BUILD_TREE\plugins\accessible\*.dll
+	accessneeded.sources = $$QT_BUILD_TREE\\plugins\\accessible\\*.dll
 	accessneeded.path = accessible
 	DEPLOYMENT += accessneeded
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/auto/qdesktopservices/qdesktopservices.pro b/tests/auto/qdesktopservices/qdesktopservices.pro
index 9ef557d..d32ed4c 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qdesktopservices/qdesktopservices.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qdesktopservices/qdesktopservices.pro
@@ -3,23 +3,23 @@ CONFIG += qttest_p4
 SOURCES		+= tst_qdesktopservices.cpp
 TARGET		= tst_qdesktopservices
 symbian: {
-   dummy.sources = text\testfile.txt
+   dummy.sources = text\\testfile.txt
    dummy.path = .
 
-   text.sources = text\*
-   text.path = \data\others\
+   text.sources = text\\*
+   text.path = \\data\\others
 
-   image.sources = image\*
-   image.path = \data\images\
+   image.sources = image\\*
+   image.path = \\data\\images
 
-   audio.sources = audio\*
-   audio.path = \data\sounds\
+   audio.sources = audio\\*
+   audio.path = \\data\\sounds
 
-   video.sources = video\*
-   video.path = \data\videos\
+   video.sources = video\\*
+   video.path = \\data\\videos
 
-   install.sources = install\*
-   install.path = \data\installs\
+   install.sources = install\\*
+   install.path = \\data\\installs
 
    DEPLOYMENT += image audio video install
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/qdirmodel/qdirmodel.pro b/tests/auto/qdirmodel/qdirmodel.pro
index 5a66883..36929b9 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qdirmodel/qdirmodel.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qdirmodel/qdirmodel.pro
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ load(qttest_p4)
 SOURCES         += tst_qdirmodel.cpp
 
 wince*|symbian {
-	addit.sources = dirtest\test1\*
-	addit.path = dirtest\test1
-	tests.sources = test\*
+	addit.sources = dirtest\\test1\\*
+	addit.path = dirtest\\test1
+	tests.sources = test\\*
 	tests.path = test
         sourceFile.sources = tst_qdirmodel.cpp
         sourceFile.path = .
diff --git a/tests/auto/qfile/test/test.pro b/tests/auto/qfile/test/test.pro
index faaa927..70c93ce 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qfile/test/test.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qfile/test/test.pro
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ SOURCES  += ../tst_qfile.cpp
 
 wince*|symbian {
     QT = core gui
-    files.sources += ..\dosfile.txt ..\noendofline.txt ..\testfile.txt \
-                     ..\testlog.txt ..\two.dots.file ..\tst_qfile.cpp \
-                     ..\Makefile ..\forCopying.txt ..\forRenaming.txt
+    files.sources += ..\\dosfile.txt ..\\noendofline.txt ..\\testfile.txt \
+                     ..\\testlog.txt ..\\two.dots.file ..\\tst_qfile.cpp \
+                     ..\\Makefile ..\\forCopying.txt ..\\forRenaming.txt
     files.path = .
-    resour.sources += ..\resources\file1.ext1
+    resour.sources += ..\\resources\\file1.ext1
     resour.path = resources
 
     DEPLOYMENT = files resour
diff --git a/tests/auto/qfileinfo/qfileinfo.pro b/tests/auto/qfileinfo/qfileinfo.pro
index 93599f4..2038514 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qfileinfo/qfileinfo.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qfileinfo/qfileinfo.pro
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ RESOURCES      += qfileinfo.qrc
 
 wince*:|symbian*: {
     deploy.sources += qfileinfo.qrc tst_qfileinfo.cpp
-    res.sources = resources\file1 resources\file1.ext1 resources\file1.ext1.ext2
+    res.sources = resources\\file1 resources\\file1.ext1 resources\\file1.ext1.ext2
     res.path = resources
     DEPLOYMENT = deploy res
 }
diff --git a/tests/auto/qgraphicsscene/qgraphicsscene.pro b/tests/auto/qgraphicsscene/qgraphicsscene.pro
index 31bb769..401c9eb 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qgraphicsscene/qgraphicsscene.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qgraphicsscene/qgraphicsscene.pro
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ DEFINES += QT_NO_CAST_TO_ASCII
 wince*|symbian*: {
    rootFiles.sources = Ash_European.jpg graphicsScene_selection.data
    rootFiles.path = .
-   renderFiles.sources = testData\render\*
-   renderFiles.path = testData\render
+   renderFiles.sources = testData\\render\\*
+   renderFiles.path = testData\\render
    DEPLOYMENT += rootFiles renderFiles
 }
 wince*:{
diff --git a/tests/auto/qimagewriter/qimagewriter.pro b/tests/auto/qimagewriter/qimagewriter.pro
index 8da2942..2171c3e 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qimagewriter/qimagewriter.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qimagewriter/qimagewriter.pro
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ win32-msvc:QMAKE_CXXFLAGS -= -Zm200
 win32-msvc:QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -Zm800
 
 wince*: {
-   addFiles.sources = images\*.*
+   addFiles.sources = images\\*.*
    addFiles.path = images
    DEPLOYMENT += addFiles
    DEFINES += SRCDIR=\\\".\\\"
 } else:symbian* {
-   addFiles.sources = images\*.*
+   addFiles.sources = images\\*.*
    addFiles.path = images
    DEPLOYMENT += addFiles
    qt_not_deployed {
diff --git a/tests/auto/qlibrary/lib2/lib2.pro b/tests/auto/qlibrary/lib2/lib2.pro
index 4654f4d..b441569 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qlibrary/lib2/lib2.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qlibrary/lib2/lib2.pro
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ symbian-abld: {
     TARGET.CAPABILITY=ALL -TCB
     FIXEDROOT = $$replace(EPOCROOT,/,\\)
 	QMAKE_POST_LINK = \
-    copy /Y $${FIXEDROOT}epoc32\release\\$(PLATFORM)\\$(CFG)\mylib.dll  $${FIXEDROOT}epoc32\release\\$(PLATFORM)\\$(CFG)\mylib.dl2 && \
-    copy /Y $${FIXEDROOT}epoc32\release\\$(PLATFORM)\\$(CFG)\mylib.dll  $${FIXEDROOT}epoc32\release\\$(PLATFORM)\\$(CFG)\system.trolltech.test.mylib.dll && \
-    IF NOT "$(PLATFORM)==WINSCW" copy /Y $${FIXEDROOT}epoc32\release\\$(PLATFORM)\\$(CFG)\mylib.dll  ..\tst\mylib.dl2
+    copy /Y $${FIXEDROOT}epoc32\\release\\$(PLATFORM)\\$(CFG)\\mylib.dll  $${FIXEDROOT}epoc32\\release\\$(PLATFORM)\\$(CFG)\\mylib.dl2 && \
+    copy /Y $${FIXEDROOT}epoc32\\release\\$(PLATFORM)\\$(CFG)\\mylib.dll  $${FIXEDROOT}epoc32\\release\\$(PLATFORM)\\$(CFG)\\system.trolltech.test.mylib.dll && \
+    IF NOT "$(PLATFORM)==WINSCW" copy /Y $${FIXEDROOT}epoc32\\release\\$(PLATFORM)\\$(CFG)\\mylib.dll  ..\\tst\\mylib.dl2
 }
 
 symbian-sbsv2: {
diff --git a/tests/auto/qlocale/test/test.pro b/tests/auto/qlocale/test/test.pro
index 7bc9f59..d57f2d1 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qlocale/test/test.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qlocale/test/test.pro
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ wince*: {
    addFiles.sources = \
         ../syslocaleapp
 
-   addFiles.path = \Program Files\tst_qlocale
+   addFiles.path = "\\Program Files\\tst_qlocale"
    DEPLOYMENT += addFiles
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/qlocalsocket/test/test.pro b/tests/auto/qlocalsocket/test/test.pro
index cfdc89b..687aae2 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qlocalsocket/test/test.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qlocalsocket/test/test.pro
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ wince* {
 
 symbian {
     additionalFiles.sources = lackey.exe
-    additionalFiles.path = \sys\bin
+    additionalFiles.path = \\sys\\bin
     TARGET.UID3 = 0xE0340005
     DEFINES += SYMBIAN_SRCDIR_UID=$$lower($$replace(TARGET.UID3,"0x",""))
 }
diff --git a/tests/auto/qmainwindow/qmainwindow.pro b/tests/auto/qmainwindow/qmainwindow.pro
index 43d73ae..e015f95 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qmainwindow/qmainwindow.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qmainwindow/qmainwindow.pro
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ load(qttest_p4)
 SOURCES += tst_qmainwindow.cpp
 
 # Symbian toolchain does not support correct include semantics
-symbian:INCPATH+=..\..\..\include\QtGui\private
+symbian:INCPATH+=..\\..\\..\\include\\QtGui\\private
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/qmake/testdata/functions/functions.pro b/tests/auto/qmake/testdata/functions/functions.pro
index 5e089e4..ad66ee8 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qmake/testdata/functions/functions.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qmake/testdata/functions/functions.pro
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ include( infiletest.pro, "", true )
 
 #replace
 VERSION=1.0.0
-VERSION_replaced=$$replace(VERSION,\.,_)
+VERSION_replaced=$$replace(VERSION,\\.,_)
 !isEqual(VERSION_replaced, 1_0_0) {
    message( "FAILED: replace function: $$VERSION_replaced" )
 }
diff --git a/tests/auto/qmovie/qmovie.pro b/tests/auto/qmovie/qmovie.pro
index 30e5901..a8ec478 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qmovie/qmovie.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qmovie/qmovie.pro
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ MOC_DIR=tmp
 !contains(QT_CONFIG, no-mng):DEFINES += QTEST_HAVE_MNG
 
 wince*: {
-   addFiles.sources = animations\*
+   addFiles.sources = animations\\*
    addFiles.path = animations
    DEPLOYMENT += addFiles
 }
 
 
 symbian*: {
-   addFiles.sources = animations\*
+   addFiles.sources = animations\\*
    addFiles.path = animations
    DEPLOYMENT += addFiles
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/qnetworkreply/test/test.pro b/tests/auto/qnetworkreply/test/test.pro
index 7bf3852..b9ece38 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qnetworkreply/test/test.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qnetworkreply/test/test.pro
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ symbian:{
     DEPLOYMENT += certFiles
 
     # Symbian toolchain does not support correct include semantics
-    INCPATH+=..\..\..\..\include\QtNetwork\private
+    INCPATH+=..\\..\\..\\..\\include\\QtNetwork\\private
     # bigfile test case requires more heap
     TARGET.EPOCHEAPSIZE="0x100 0x1000000"
     TARGET.CAPABILITY="ALL -TCB"
diff --git a/tests/auto/qobject/tst_qobject.pro b/tests/auto/qobject/tst_qobject.pro
index 0200f3e..1d6993a 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qobject/tst_qobject.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qobject/tst_qobject.pro
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ wince*: {
 }
 symbian: { 
     addFiles.sources = signalbug.exe
-    addFiles.path = \sys\bin
+    addFiles.path = \\sys\\bin
     DEPLOYMENT += addFiles
 }
diff --git a/tests/auto/qprocess/test/test.pro b/tests/auto/qprocess/test/test.pro
index e1afd22..d555067 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qprocess/test/test.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qprocess/test/test.pro
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ symbian: {
         testProcessOutput.exe \
         nospace.exe \
         testSpaceInName.exe
-   binDep.path = \sys\bin
+   binDep.path = \\sys\\bin
 
    DEPLOYMENT += binDep
 }
diff --git a/tests/auto/qsocks5socketengine/qsocks5socketengine.pro b/tests/auto/qsocks5socketengine/qsocks5socketengine.pro
index cd5e6e7..62c0c87 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qsocks5socketengine/qsocks5socketengine.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/qsocks5socketengine/qsocks5socketengine.pro
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MOC_DIR=tmp
 QT = core network
 
 # Symbian toolchain does not support correct include semantics
-symbian:INCPATH+=..\..\..\include\QtNetwork\private
+symbian:INCPATH+=..\\..\\..\\include\\QtNetwork\\private
 symbian: TARGET.CAPABILITY = NetworkServices
 
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/solutions.pri b/tests/auto/solutions.pri
index bcffb64..5c069c5 100644
--- a/tests/auto/solutions.pri
+++ b/tests/auto/solutions.pri
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 SOLUTIONBASEDIR = $$(SOLUTIONBASEDIR)
 
 # strip the trailing "..."
-# SOLUTIONBASEDIR ~= s/\.\.\.$//
+# SOLUTIONBASEDIR ~= s/\\.\\.\\.$//
 
 # replace \ with /
-# win32:SOLUTIONBASEDIR ~= s.\\./.g
+# win32:SOLUTIONBASEDIR ~= s.\\\\./.g
 
 isEmpty(SOLUTIONBASEDIR):DEFINES += QT_NO_SOLUTIONS
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/windowsmobile/test/test.pro b/tests/auto/windowsmobile/test/test.pro
index 61e275d..f3124a3 100644
--- a/tests/auto/windowsmobile/test/test.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/windowsmobile/test/test.pro
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ wincewm*: {
    addFiles.sources = $$OUT_PWD/../testQMenuBar/*.exe
                 
 
-   addFiles.path = "\Program Files\tst_windowsmobile"
+   addFiles.path = "\\Program Files\\tst_windowsmobile"
    DEPLOYMENT += addFiles
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/assistant/lib/fulltextsearch/fulltextsearch.pro b/tools/assistant/lib/fulltextsearch/fulltextsearch.pro
index e0cd13a..fb1a0dd 100644
--- a/tools/assistant/lib/fulltextsearch/fulltextsearch.pro
+++ b/tools/assistant/lib/fulltextsearch/fulltextsearch.pro
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@ win32-msvc.net | win32-msvc2* {
 
 # the following define could be set globally in case we need it elsewhere
 solaris* {
-    DEFINES += Q_SOLARIS_VERSION=$$system(uname -r | sed -e 's/5\.//')
+    DEFINES += Q_SOLARIS_VERSION=$$system(uname -r | sed -e 's/5\\.//')
 }