diff --git a/etc/bashrc.mingw b/etc/bashrc.mingw
index 4ba174686..d94a20e92 100644
--- a/etc/bashrc.mingw
+++ b/etc/bashrc.mingw
@@ -35,19 +35,21 @@
 #
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+export PROGRAMS_HOME=/c/Programs
+
 # {{{ DEFINE USER EDITABLE FUNCTIONS
 set_system_paths() {
     echo "Setting installations directories of required tools ..." 
-    export CMAKE_HOME=/c/Programs/cmake-3.2.3-win32-x86
-    #export GIT_HOME=/c/Programs/Git
+    export CMAKE_HOME=$PROGRAMS_HOME/cmake-3.2.3-win32-x86
+    export GIT_HOME=$PROGRAMS_HOME/Git
     #export JAVA_HOME="/c/Program Files/Java/jre1.8.0_45"
-    export MINGW_HOME=/c/Programs/x86_64-4.8.2-release-win32-seh-rt_v3-rev3/mingw64
-    export MPI_ROOTDIR=/c/Programs/OpenMPI_v1.6.1-x64
-    export PERL_HOME=/c/Programs/strawberry-perl-5.20.2.1-64bit/perl
-    #export PEXPORTS_HOME=/c/Programs/pexports-0.46-mingw32
-    #export PYTHON_HOME=/c/Programs/Python27
-    #export SUBVERSION_HOME=/c/Programs/svn-win32-1.8.13
-    export WGET_HOME=/c/Programs/wget-1.11.4-1
+    export MINGW_HOME=$PROGRAMS_HOME/mingw64
+    export MPI_ROOTDIR=$PROGRAMS_HOME/OpenMPI_v1.6.1-x64
+    #export PERL_HOME=$PROGRAMS_HOME/strawberry-perl-5.20.2.1-64bit/perl
+    export PEXPORTS_HOME=$PROGRAMS_HOME/pexports
+    #export PYTHON_HOME=$PROGRAMS_HOME/Python27
+    #export SUBVERSION_HOME=$PROGRAMS_HOME/svn-win32-1.8.13
+    export WGET_HOME=$PROGRAMS_HOME/wget
     export ZIP_HOME="/c/Program Files/7-Zip"
 }
 
@@ -58,11 +60,11 @@ add_to_path() {
     #export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
     #export PATH=$PYTHON_HOME:$PATH
     #export PATH=$SUBVERSION_HOME/bin:$PATH
-    #export PATH=$GIT_HOME/cmd:$PATH
-    export PATH=$PERL_HOME/bin:$PATH
+    export PATH=$GIT_HOME/cmd:$PATH
+    #export PATH=$PERL_HOME/bin:$PATH
     export PATH=$CMAKE_HOME/bin:$PATH
     export PATH=$MPI_ROOTDIR/bin:$PATH
-    #export PATH=$PEXPORTS_HOME/bin:$PATH
+    export PATH=$PEXPORTS_HOME:$PATH
     export PATH=$MINGW_HOME/bin:$PATH
 }
 # }}}
diff --git a/wmake/rules/MINGW32_NT-6.1Gcc/mplibOPENMPI b/wmake/rules/MINGW32_NT-6.1Gcc/mplibOPENMPI
index 6401eddf3..50018e30b 100644
--- a/wmake/rules/MINGW32_NT-6.1Gcc/mplibOPENMPI
+++ b/wmake/rules/MINGW32_NT-6.1Gcc/mplibOPENMPI
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 PFLAGS     = -DOMPI_SKIP_MPICXX
-PINC       = -I/c/Programs/OpenMPI_v1.6.1-x64/include
-PLIBS      = -L/c/Programs/OpenMPI_v1.6.1-x64/lib -lmpi
+PINC       = -I$(OPENMPI_DIR)/include
+PLIBS      = -L$(OPENMPI_DIR)/lib -lmpi