1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/microkde/kdecore/kstandarddirs.cpp b/microkde/kdecore/kstandarddirs.cpp
index 4ab1a68..d5bfefd 100644
--- a/microkde/kdecore/kstandarddirs.cpp
+++ b/microkde/kdecore/kstandarddirs.cpp
@@ -1302,17 +1302,22 @@ void KStandardDirs::addKDEDefaults()
            if ( localKdeDir.startsWith( "LOCAL:" ) ) {
 #ifdef _WIN32_
                localKdeDir = qApp->applicationDirPath () + "\\"+ localKdeDir.mid( 6 );
 #else
                localKdeDir = qApp->applicationDirPath () + "/"+ localKdeDir.mid( 6 );
 #endif
                qDebug("Using local conf dir %s ",localKdeDir.latin1() );
                // <stdlib.h>
+#ifdef _WIN32_
+               QString envSt = "LOCALMICROKDEHOME="+localKdeDir;
+               _putenv( envSt.latin1());
+#else
                setenv(  "LOCALMICROKDEHOME",  localKdeDir.latin1(), 1 );
+#endif
            }
 #endif
        }
     }
     else
     {
        // We treat root different to prevent root messing up the
        // file permissions in the users home directory.