--- a/Win32OperatingSystem.st	Wed Feb 22 10:59:23 2006 +0100
+++ b/Win32OperatingSystem.st	Wed Feb 22 15:04:59 2006 +0100
@@ -9163,7 +9163,7 @@
     subHandle notNil ifTrue:[
         newEntry := self class basicNew
                         setHandle:subHandle
-                        path:(path , self class separator asString , subKeyString).
+                        path:((path ? '?') , self class separator asString , subKeyString).
 
         newEntry registerForFinalization.
         ^ newEntry.
@@ -11092,7 +11092,7 @@
 !Win32OperatingSystem class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Win32OperatingSystem.st,v 1.219 2006-02-21 21:57:13 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Win32OperatingSystem.st,v 1.220 2006-02-22 14:04:59 cg Exp $'
 ! !
 
 Win32OperatingSystem initialize!