diff --git a/racket/src/mzcom/mzcom.cxx b/racket/src/mzcom/mzcom.cxx
index 5af768524c..3f54c643d2 100644
--- a/racket/src/mzcom/mzcom.cxx
+++ b/racket/src/mzcom/mzcom.cxx
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ LPCTSTR FindOneOf(LPCTSTR p1, LPCTSTR p2)
 
 int IsFlag(LPCTSTR cmd, LPCTSTR flag)
 {
+  if ((*cmd == '-') || (*cmd == '/'))
+    cmd++;
+  else
+    return 0;
+
   while (*flag) {
     if (toupper(*cmd) != toupper(*flag))
       return 0;
@@ -111,6 +116,10 @@ int IsFlag(LPCTSTR cmd, LPCTSTR flag)
 #define DLL_RELATIVE_PATH L"."
 #include "../racket/delayed.inc"
 
+#define ASSUME_ASCII_COMMAND_LINE
+#define GC_CAN_IGNORE
+#include "../racket/parse_cmdl.inc"
+
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 extern "C" int WINAPI _tWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, 
@@ -135,13 +144,18 @@ extern "C" int WINAPI _tWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
   _ASSERTE(SUCCEEDED(hRes));
   _Module.Init(ObjectMap, hInstance, &LIBID_MZCOMLib);
   _Module.dwThreadID = GetCurrentThreadId();
-  TCHAR szTokens[] = _T("-/");
+
+  int argc, i;
+  char **argv, *normalized_path;
+
+  argv = cmdline_to_argv(&argc, &normalized_path);
 
   int nRet = 0, verbose = 0;
   BOOL bRun = TRUE;
-  LPCTSTR lpszToken = FindOneOf(lpCmdLine, szTokens);
-  while (lpszToken != NULL)
+  LPCTSTR lpszToken;
+  for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
     {
+      lpszToken = argv[i];
       if (IsFlag(lpszToken, _T("UnregServer")))
         {
 	  if (!nRet) {
@@ -185,7 +199,6 @@ extern "C" int WINAPI _tWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
 	  bRun = FALSE;
 	  break;
 	}
-      lpszToken = FindOneOf(lpszToken, szTokens);
     }
   
   if (bRun)
diff --git a/racket/src/mzcom/mzobj.cxx b/racket/src/mzcom/mzobj.cxx
index c3460f0c93..c85fd1172e 100644
--- a/racket/src/mzcom/mzobj.cxx
+++ b/racket/src/mzcom/mzobj.cxx
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ void setupSchemeEnv(Scheme_Env *in_env)
   scheme_add_global("mzcom-exe",scheme_make_utf8_string(exeBuff),env);
   scheme_set_exec_cmd(exeBuff);
   scheme_set_collects_path(scheme_make_path("../collects"));
+  scheme_set_config_path(scheme_make_path("../etc"));
   scheme_init_collection_paths(env, scheme_make_null());
 
   // initialize namespace
@@ -309,6 +310,7 @@ static unsigned WINAPI evalLoop(void *args) XFORM_SKIP_PROC {
   scheme_register_tls_space(&tls_space, 0);
 #endif
   scheme_set_atexit(record_at_exit);
+
   return scheme_main_setup(1, do_evalLoop, 0, (char **)args);
 }
 
diff --git a/racket/src/racket/parse_cmdl.inc b/racket/src/racket/parse_cmdl.inc
index ef535a3d4f..7fa693117b 100644
--- a/racket/src/racket/parse_cmdl.inc
+++ b/racket/src/racket/parse_cmdl.inc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /* Windows command-line parsing */
 
+#ifndef ASSUME_ASCII_COMMAND_LINE
 static char *wchar_to_char(wchar_t *wa, int len)
 {
   char *a;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ static char *wchar_to_char(wchar_t *wa, int len)
 
   return a;
 }
+#endif
 
 static int parse_command_line(char ***_command, char *buf)
 {
@@ -80,18 +82,25 @@ static int parse_command_line(char ***_command, char *buf)
 
 static char **cmdline_to_argv(int *_argc, char **_normalized_path)
 {
+#ifndef ASSUME_ASCII_COMMAND_LINE
   LPWSTR m_lpCmdLine;
-  int j, argc, l;
+  int j, l;
+#endif
+  int argc;
   char *a, **argv, *normalized_path;
 
-
+#ifdef ASSUME_ASCII_COMMAND_LINE
+  a = GetCommandLine();
+#else
   m_lpCmdLine = GetCommandLineW();
   for (j = 0; m_lpCmdLine[j]; j++) {
   }
   a = wchar_to_char(m_lpCmdLine, j);
+#endif
 
   argc = parse_command_line(&argv, a);
 
+#ifndef ASSUME_ASCII_COMMAND_LINE
   /* argv[0] should be the name of the executable, but Windows doesn't
      specify really where this name comes from, so we get it from
      GetModuleFileName, just in case */
@@ -119,6 +128,9 @@ static char **cmdline_to_argv(int *_argc, char **_normalized_path)
       }
     }
   }
+#else
+  normalized_path = "?";
+#endif
 
   *_argc = argc;
   if (_normalized_path)