diff --git a/git-gui/lib/shortcut.tcl b/git-gui/lib/shortcut.tcl
index 79c1888e11..78878ef89d 100644
--- a/git-gui/lib/shortcut.tcl
+++ b/git-gui/lib/shortcut.tcl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ proc do_windows_shortcut {} {
 					[info nameofexecutable] \
 					[file normalize $::argv0] \
 					] \
-					[file normalize [$_gitworktree]]
+					[file normalize $_gitworktree]
 			} err]} {
 			error_popup [strcat [mc "Cannot write shortcut:"] "\n\n$err"]
 		}
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ proc do_cygwin_shortcut {} {
 					$sh -c \
 					"CHERE_INVOKING=1 source /etc/profile;[sq $me] &" \
 					] \
-					[file normalize [$_gitworktree]]
+					[file normalize $_gitworktree]
 			} err]} {
 			error_popup [strcat [mc "Cannot write shortcut:"] "\n\n$err"]
 		}
diff --git a/git-gui/lib/win32.tcl b/git-gui/lib/win32.tcl
index d7f93d045d..db91ab84a5 100644
--- a/git-gui/lib/win32.tcl
+++ b/git-gui/lib/win32.tcl
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ proc win32_create_lnk {lnk_path lnk_exec lnk_dir} {
 	eval [list exec wscript.exe \
 		/E:jscript \
 		/nologo \
-		[file join $oguilib win32_shortcut.js] \
+		[file nativename [file join $oguilib win32_shortcut.js]] \
 		$lnk_path \
-		[file join $oguilib git-gui.ico] \
+		[file nativename [file join $oguilib git-gui.ico]] \
 		$lnk_dir \
 		$lnk_exec] $lnk_args
 }
diff --git a/git-gui/windows/git-gui.sh b/git-gui/windows/git-gui.sh
index 66bbb2f8fa..b1845c5055 100644
--- a/git-gui/windows/git-gui.sh
+++ b/git-gui/windows/git-gui.sh
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ if { $argc >=2 && [lindex $argv 0] == "--working-dir" } {
 	incr argc -2
 }
 
-set bindir [file dirname \
+set basedir [file dirname \
             [file dirname \
              [file dirname [info script]]]]
-set bindir [file join $bindir bin]
+set bindir [file join $basedir bin]
+set bindir "$bindir;[file join $basedir mingw bin]"
 regsub -all ";" $bindir "\\;" bindir
 set env(PATH) "$bindir;$env(PATH)"
 unset bindir