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diff --git a/lisp/startup.el b/lisp/startup.el
index 13463107d2e..20f25a8de38 100644
--- a/lisp/startup.el
+++ b/lisp/startup.el
@@ -544,7 +544,11 @@ It is the default value of the variable `top-level'."
(set-buffer elt)
(if default-directory
(setq default-directory
- (decode-coding-string default-directory coding t)))))
+ (if (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
+ ;; Convert backslashes to forward slashes.
+ (expand-file-name
+ (decode-coding-string default-directory coding t))
+ (decode-coding-string default-directory coding t))))))
;; Decode all the important variables and directory lists, now
;; that we know the locale's encoding. This is because the
@@ -1426,9 +1430,8 @@ settings will be marked as \"CHANGED outside of Customize\"."
(put 'cursor 'face-modified t))))
(defcustom initial-scratch-message (purecopy "\
-;; This buffer is for notes you don't want to save, and for Lisp evaluation.
-;; If you want to create a file, visit that file with \\[find-file],
-;; then enter the text in that file's own buffer.
+;; This buffer is for text that is not saved, and for Lisp evaluation.
+;; To create a file, visit it with \\[find-file] and enter text in its buffer.
")
"Initial documentation displayed in *scratch* buffer at startup.