--- a/src/plugins/contrib/codesnippets/codesnippetsapp.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/contrib/codesnippets/codesnippetsapp.cpp
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@
 
     if(platform::windows)
     {
-        data.assign(GetAppPath());
+        data = GetAppPath() + _T("/..");
     }
     else if(platform::macosx)
     {
--- a/src/sdk/configmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/sdk/configmanager.cpp
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@
     if (data_path_global.IsEmpty())
     {
         if (platform::windows)
-            ConfigManager::data_path_global = app_path + _T("\\share\\codeblocks");
+            ConfigManager::data_path_global = app_path + _T("/../share/codeblocks");
         else if (platform::macosx)
             ConfigManager::data_path_global = res_path + _T("/share/codeblocks");
         else
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@
     if (plugin_path_global.IsEmpty())
     {
         if (platform::windows)
-            ConfigManager::plugin_path_global = data_path_global;
+            ConfigManager::plugin_path_global = app_path + _T("/../lib/codeblocks/plugins");
         else if (platform::macosx)
             ConfigManager::plugin_path_global = data_path_global + _T("/plugins");
         else
@@ -1707,7 +1707,7 @@
 static wxString getCompilerPluginFilename()
 {
     if (platform::windows)
-        return wxT("compiler.dll");
+        return wxT("libcompiler.dll");
     else if (platform::darwin || platform::macosx)
         return wxT("libcompiler.dylib");
     else
--- a/src/sdk/pluginmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/sdk/pluginmanager.cpp
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@
         wxString actual = fname.GetFullName();
 
         // remove 'lib' prefix from plugin name (if any)
-        if (!platform::windows && actual.StartsWith("lib"))
+        if (actual.StartsWith("lib"))
             actual.Remove(0, 3);
 
         actual = ConfigManager::LocateDataFile(actual, sdPluginsUser | sdDataUser | sdPluginsGlobal | sdDataGlobal);
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@
     wxString actual = fname.GetFullName();
 
     // remove 'lib' prefix from plugin name (if any)
-    if (!platform::windows && actual.StartsWith("lib"))
+    if (actual.StartsWith("lib"))
         actual.Remove(0, 3);
 
     actual = ConfigManager::LocateDataFile(actual, sdPluginsUser | sdDataUser | sdPluginsGlobal | sdDataGlobal);
--- a/src/src/app.cpp
+++ b/src/src/app.cpp
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
     wxString data(wxT(APP_PREFIX));
 
     if (platform::windows)
-        data.assign(GetAppPath());
+        data = GetAppPath() + _T("/..");
     else if (platform::macosx)
     {
         data.assign(GetResourcesDir());                 // CodeBlocks.app/Contents/Resources