diff -r 558c0c7b6fd4 -r f93251621d20 src/win32.cpp
--- a/src/win32.cpp	Tue Feb 27 16:05:20 2007 +0000
+++ b/src/win32.cpp	Tue Feb 27 16:05:49 2007 +0000
@@ -665,8 +665,11 @@
 		d = dir_calloc();
 		if (d != NULL) {
 			wchar_t search_path[MAX_PATH];
-			/* build search path for FindFirstFile */
-			_snwprintf(search_path, lengthof(search_path), L"%s\\*", path);
+			bool slash = path[wcslen(path) - 1] == L'\\';
+
+			/* build search path for FindFirstFile, try not to append additional slashes
+			 * as it throws Win9x off its groove for root directories */
+			_snwprintf(search_path, lengthof(search_path), L"%s%s*", path, slash ? L"" : L"\\");
 			*lastof(search_path) = '\0';
 			d->hFind = FindFirstFileW(search_path, &d->fd);