Index: trunk/core/kernel/startup.php
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diff -u -r2114 -r2311
--- trunk/core/kernel/startup.php	(.../startup.php)	(revision 2114)
+++ trunk/core/kernel/startup.php	(.../startup.php)	(revision 2311)
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 	$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] = str_replace('\\', '/', str_replace($_SERVER['PATH_INFO'], '', FULL_PATH));
 }
 
-define('DOC_ROOT', rtrim(realpath($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']), '/'));
+$doc_root = rtrim(realpath($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']), '/');
+$doc_root = str_replace('\\', '/', $doc_root); // windows hack
+define('DOC_ROOT', $doc_root);
 
 include_once(KERNEL_PATH.'/globals.php');	// non OOP functions used through kernel, e.g. print_pre