diff --git a/src/utils/pathut.cpp b/src/utils/pathut.cpp
index fd4d4466..5dd7510c 100644
--- a/src/utils/pathut.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/pathut.cpp
@@ -98,67 +98,10 @@ static bool path_isdriveabs(const string& s)
     }
     return false;
 }
-
-#include <Shlwapi.h>
-#pragma comment(lib, "shlwapi.lib")
-
-string path_tchartoutf8(TCHAR *text)
-{
-#ifdef UNICODE
-    // Simple C
-    // const size_t size = ( wcslen(text) + 1 ) * sizeof(wchar_t);
-    // wcstombs(&buffer[0], text, size);
-    // std::vector<char> buffer(size);
-    // Or:
-    // Windows API
-    std::vector<char> buffer;
-    int size = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, text, -1, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
-    if (size > 0) {
-        buffer.resize(size);
-        WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, text, -1,
-                            &buffer[0], int(buffer.size()), NULL, NULL);
-    } else {
-        return string();
-    }
-    return string(&buffer[0]);
-#else
-    return text;
-#endif
-}
-
-string path_thisexecpath()
-{
-    TCHAR text[MAX_PATH];
-    GetModuleFileName(NULL, text, MAX_PATH);
-#ifdef NTDDI_WIN8_future
-    PathCchRemoveFileSpec(text, MAX_PATH);
-#else
-    PathRemoveFileSpec(text);
-#endif
-    string path = path_tchartoutf8(text);
-    if (path.empty()) {
-        path = "c:/";
-    }
-
-    return path;
-}
-
-string path_wingettempfilename(TCHAR *pref)
-{
-    TCHAR buf[(MAX_PATH + 1)*sizeof(TCHAR)];
-    TCHAR dbuf[(MAX_PATH + 1)*sizeof(TCHAR)];
-    GetTempPath(MAX_PATH + 1, dbuf);
-    GetTempFileName(dbuf, pref, 0, buf);
-    // Windows will have created a temp file, we delete it.
-    string filename = path_tchartoutf8(buf);
-    unlink(filename.c_str());
-    path_slashize(filename);
-    return filename;
-}
 #endif
 
 #if defined(HAVE_SYS_MOUNT_H) || defined(HAVE_SYS_STATFS_H) || \
-    defined(HAVE_SYS_STATVFS_H) || defined(HAVE_SYS_VFS_H)
+    defined(HAVE_SYS_STATVFS_H) || defined(HAVE_SYS_VFS_H) || defined(_WIN32)
 bool fsocc(const string& path, int *pc, long long *avmbs)
 {
     static const int FSOCC_MB = 1024 * 1024;
diff --git a/src/utils/rclutil.cpp b/src/utils/rclutil.cpp
index cd4778b8..e70b5e55 100644
--- a/src/utils/rclutil.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/rclutil.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,79 @@ void map_ss_cp_noshr(const map<string, string> s, map<string, string> *d)
     }
 }
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+static bool path_hasdrive(const string& s)
+{
+    if (s.size() >= 2 && isalpha(s[0]) && s[1] == ':') {
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+static bool path_isdriveabs(const string& s)
+{
+    if (s.size() >= 3 && isalpha(s[0]) && s[1] == ':' && s[2] == '/') {
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+#include <Shlwapi.h>
+#pragma comment(lib, "shlwapi.lib")
+
+string path_tchartoutf8(TCHAR *text)
+{
+#ifdef UNICODE
+    // Simple C
+    // const size_t size = ( wcslen(text) + 1 ) * sizeof(wchar_t);
+    // wcstombs(&buffer[0], text, size);
+    // std::vector<char> buffer(size);
+    // Or:
+    // Windows API
+    std::vector<char> buffer;
+    int size = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, text, -1, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
+    if (size > 0) {
+        buffer.resize(size);
+        WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, text, -1,
+                            &buffer[0], int(buffer.size()), NULL, NULL);
+    } else {
+        return string();
+    }
+    return string(&buffer[0]);
+#else
+    return text;
+#endif
+}
+string path_thisexecpath()
+{
+    TCHAR text[MAX_PATH];
+    GetModuleFileName(NULL, text, MAX_PATH);
+#ifdef NTDDI_WIN8_future
+    PathCchRemoveFileSpec(text, MAX_PATH);
+#else
+    PathRemoveFileSpec(text);
+#endif
+    string path = path_tchartoutf8(text);
+    if (path.empty()) {
+        path = "c:/";
+    }
+
+    return path;
+}
+string path_wingettempfilename(TCHAR *pref)
+{
+    TCHAR buf[(MAX_PATH + 1)*sizeof(TCHAR)];
+    TCHAR dbuf[(MAX_PATH + 1)*sizeof(TCHAR)];
+    GetTempPath(MAX_PATH + 1, dbuf);
+    GetTempFileName(dbuf, pref, 0, buf);
+    // Windows will have created a temp file, we delete it.
+    string filename = path_tchartoutf8(buf);
+    unlink(filename.c_str());
+    path_slashize(filename);
+    return filename;
+}
+
+#endif // _WIN32
+
 string path_defaultrecollconfsubdir()
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
diff --git a/src/windows/qmkrecoll/librecoll.pro b/src/windows/qmkrecoll/librecoll.pro
index 5b403a8b..2367a334 100644
--- a/src/windows/qmkrecoll/librecoll.pro
+++ b/src/windows/qmkrecoll/librecoll.pro
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ SOURCES += \
 ../../windows/fnmatch.c \
 ../../utils/fileudi.cpp \
 ../../utils/fstreewalk.cpp \
+../../utils/hldata.cpp \
 ../../utils/idfile.cpp \
 ../../utils/md5.cpp \
 ../../utils/md5ut.cpp \
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ SOURCES += \
 ../../utils/pathut.cpp \
 ../../utils/pxattr.cpp \
 ../../utils/rclionice.cpp \
+../../utils/rclutil.cpp \
 ../../utils/readfile.cpp \
 ../../utils/smallut.cpp \
 ../../utils/strmatcher.cpp \