diff --git a/src/OSspecific/MSWindows/printStack.C b/src/OSspecific/MSWindows/printStack.C
index 6ff3799e2..6120bb0a0 100644
--- a/src/OSspecific/MSWindows/printStack.C
+++ b/src/OSspecific/MSWindows/printStack.C
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ void printSourceFileAndLine
         myAddress = nStream.str();
     }
 
-    if (filename[0] == '/')
+    if (filename[0] == '/' || filename[1] == ':')
     {
         string line = pOpen
         (
@@ -266,7 +266,10 @@ void getSymbolForRaw
     const word& address
 )
 {
-    if (filename.size() && filename[0] == '/')
+    if 
+    (
+        filename.size() && (filename[0] == '/' || filename[1] == ':')
+    )
     {
         string fcnt = pOpen
         (
@@ -316,7 +319,10 @@ void error::printStack(Ostream& os)
             string::size_type space = line.rfind(' ') + 1;
             fileName libPath = line.substr(space, line.size()-space);
 
-            if (libPath.size() && libPath[0] == '/')
+            if 
+            (
+                libPath.size() && (libPath[0] == '/' || libPath[1] == ':')
+            )
             {
                 string offsetString(line.substr(0, line.find('-')));
                 IStringStream offsetStr(offsetString);
@@ -359,10 +365,10 @@ void error::printStack(Ostream& os)
                 programFile = msg.substr(0, min(spacePos, bracketPos));
 
                 // not an absolute path
-                if (programFile[0] != '/')
+                if (programFile[0] != '/' && programFile[1] != ':')
                 {
                     string tmp = pOpen("which " + programFile);
-                    if (tmp[0] == '/' || tmp[0] == '~')
+                    if (tmp[0] == '/' || tmp[1] == ':' || tmp[0] == '~')
                     {
                         programFile = tmp;
                     }
diff --git a/src/OSspecific/POSIX/printStack.C b/src/OSspecific/POSIX/printStack.C
index ccbcc159e..c22b88f1b 100644
--- a/src/OSspecific/POSIX/printStack.C
+++ b/src/OSspecific/POSIX/printStack.C
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void printSourceFileAndLine
     }
 
 #ifndef darwin
-    if (filename[0] == '/')
+    if (filename[0] == '/' || filename[1] == ':')
 #else
     if (1)
 #endif
@@ -175,7 +175,10 @@ void getSymbolForRaw
     const word& address
 )
 {
-    if (filename.size() && filename[0] == '/')
+    if
+    (
+        filename.size() && (filename[0] == '/' || filename[1] == ':')
+    )
     {
         string fcnt = pOpen
         (
@@ -224,7 +227,10 @@ void error::printStack(Ostream& os)
             string::size_type space = line.rfind(' ') + 1;
             fileName libPath = line.substr(space, line.size()-space);
 
-            if (libPath.size() && libPath[0] == '/')
+            if
+            (
+                libPath.size() && (libPath[0] == '/' || libPath[1] == ':')
+            )
             {
                 string offsetString(line.substr(0, line.find('-')));
                 IStringStream offsetStr(offsetString);
@@ -268,10 +274,10 @@ void error::printStack(Ostream& os)
                 programFile = msg.substr(0, min(spacePos, bracketPos));
 
                 // not an absolute path
-                if (programFile[0] != '/')
+                if (programFile[0] != '/' && programFile[1] != ':')
                 {
                     string tmp = pOpen("which " + programFile);
-                    if (tmp[0] == '/' || tmp[0] == '~')
+                    if (tmp[0] == '/' || tmp[1] == ':' || tmp[0] == '~')
                     {
                         programFile = tmp;
                     }
diff --git a/src/foam/db/dictionary/functionEntries/includeEntry/includeEntry.C b/src/foam/db/dictionary/functionEntries/includeEntry/includeEntry.C
index 5da286a8b..8e69c125f 100644
--- a/src/foam/db/dictionary/functionEntries/includeEntry/includeEntry.C
+++ b/src/foam/db/dictionary/functionEntries/includeEntry/includeEntry.C
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Foam::fileName Foam::functionEntries::includeEntry::includeFileName
     fileName fName(is);
     fName.expand();
 
-    if (fName.size() && fName[0] != '/')
+    if (fName.size() && fName[0] != '/' && fName[1] != ':')
     {
         fName = fileName(is.name()).path()/fName;
     }
diff --git a/src/foam/global/argList/argList.C b/src/foam/global/argList/argList.C
index 151f53c63..4b17f67cc 100644
--- a/src/foam/global/argList/argList.C
+++ b/src/foam/global/argList/argList.C
@@ -159,7 +159,10 @@ void Foam::argList::getRootCase()
             casePath = cwd();
             options_.erase("case");
         }
-        else if (casePath[0] != '/' && casePath.name() == "..")
+        else if
+        (
+            casePath[0] != '/' && casePath[1] != ':'  && casePath.name() == ".."
+        )
         {
             // avoid relative cases ending in '..' - makes for very ugly names
             casePath = cwd()/casePath;
@@ -177,7 +180,7 @@ void Foam::argList::getRootCase()
     case_ = globalCase_;
 
     // Set the case and case-name as an environment variable
-    if (rootPath_[0] == '/')
+    if (rootPath_[0] == '/' || rootPath_[1] == ':')
     {
         // Absolute path - use as-is
         setEnv("FOAM_CASE", rootPath_/globalCase_, true);
diff --git a/src/thermophysicalModels/reactionThermo/chemistryReaders/chemkinReader/chemkinReader.C b/src/thermophysicalModels/reactionThermo/chemistryReaders/chemkinReader/chemkinReader.C
index 9e9b3a425..0ca39f3d6 100644
--- a/src/thermophysicalModels/reactionThermo/chemistryReaders/chemkinReader/chemkinReader.C
+++ b/src/thermophysicalModels/reactionThermo/chemistryReaders/chemkinReader/chemkinReader.C
@@ -884,12 +884,18 @@ Foam::chemkinReader::chemkinReader(const dictionary& thermoDict)
     fileName relPath = thermoDict.name().path();
     if (relPath.size())
     {
-        if (chemkinFile.size() && chemkinFile[0] != '/')
+        if
+        (
+            chemkinFile.size() && chemkinFile[0] != '/' && chemkinFile[1] != ':'
+        )
         {
             chemkinFile = relPath/chemkinFile;
         }
 
-        if (thermoFile.size() && thermoFile[0] != '/')
+        if
+        (
+            thermoFile.size() && thermoFile[0] != '/' && thermoFile[1] != ':'
+        )
         {
             thermoFile = relPath/thermoFile;
         }