diff --git a/src/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp b/src/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
index 4bcdf7191..69e1e8b13 100644
--- a/src/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ AddNewTorrentDialog::AddNewTorrentDialog(QWidget *parent) :
   QIniSettings settings;
   Preferences pref;
   ui->start_torrent_cb->setChecked(!pref.addTorrentsInPause());
-  ui->save_path_combo->addItem(fsutils::toDisplayPath(pref.getSavePath()), pref.getSavePath());
+  ui->save_path_combo->addItem(fsutils::toNativePath(pref.getSavePath()), pref.getSavePath());
   loadSavePathHistory();
   ui->save_path_combo->insertSeparator(ui->save_path_combo->count());
   ui->save_path_combo->addItem(tr("Other...", "Other save path..."));
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ bool AddNewTorrentDialog::loadTorrent(const QString& torrent_path, const QString
     // Update save paths (append file name to them)
     QString single_file_relpath = misc::toQStringU(fs.file_path(0));
     for (int i=0; i<ui->save_path_combo->count()-1; ++i) {
-      ui->save_path_combo->setItemText(i, fsutils::toDisplayPath(QDir(ui->save_path_combo->itemText(i)).absoluteFilePath(single_file_relpath)));
+      ui->save_path_combo->setItemText(i, fsutils::toNativePath(QDir(ui->save_path_combo->itemText(i)).absoluteFilePath(single_file_relpath)));
     }
   }
 
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ void AddNewTorrentDialog::updateFileNameInSavePaths(const QString &new_filename)
 {
   for(int i=0; i<ui->save_path_combo->count()-1; ++i) {
     const QDir folder(ui->save_path_combo->itemData(i).toString());
-    ui->save_path_combo->setItemText(i, fsutils::toDisplayPath(folder.absoluteFilePath(new_filename)));
+    ui->save_path_combo->setItemText(i, fsutils::toNativePath(folder.absoluteFilePath(new_filename)));
   }
 }
 
@@ -383,9 +383,9 @@ void AddNewTorrentDialog::onSavePathChanged(int index)
       else {
         // New path, prepend to combo box
         if (!new_filename.isEmpty())
-          ui->save_path_combo->insertItem(0, fsutils::toDisplayPath(QDir(new_path).absoluteFilePath(new_filename)), new_path);
+          ui->save_path_combo->insertItem(0, fsutils::toNativePath(QDir(new_path).absoluteFilePath(new_filename)), new_path);
         else
-          ui->save_path_combo->insertItem(0, fsutils::toDisplayPath(new_path), new_path);
+          ui->save_path_combo->insertItem(0, fsutils::toNativePath(new_path), new_path);
         ui->save_path_combo->setCurrentIndex(0);
       }
       // Update file name in all save_paths
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ void AddNewTorrentDialog::loadSavePathHistory()
   QStringList raw_path_history = settings.value("TorrentAdditionDlg/save_path_history").toStringList();
   foreach (const QString &sp, raw_path_history) {
     if (QDir(sp) != default_save_path)
-      ui->save_path_combo->addItem(fsutils::toDisplayPath(sp), sp);
+      ui->save_path_combo->addItem(fsutils::toNativePath(sp), sp);
   }
 }
 
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ void AddNewTorrentDialog::updateMetadata(const QTorrentHandle &h) {
       // Update save paths (append file name to them)
       QString single_file_relpath = misc::toQStringU(fs.file_path(0));
       for (int i=0; i<ui->save_path_combo->count()-1; ++i) {
-        ui->save_path_combo->setItemText(i, fsutils::toDisplayPath(QDir(ui->save_path_combo->itemText(i)).absoluteFilePath(single_file_relpath)));
+        ui->save_path_combo->setItemText(i, fsutils::toNativePath(QDir(ui->save_path_combo->itemText(i)).absoluteFilePath(single_file_relpath)));
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/fs_utils.cpp b/src/fs_utils.cpp
index 2e9ecd8a7..ff2e69d54 100644
--- a/src/fs_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/fs_utils.cpp
@@ -71,11 +71,14 @@ using namespace libtorrent;
  * This function makes sure the directory separator used is consistent
  * with the OS being run.
  */
-QString fsutils::toDisplayPath(const QString& path)
-{
+QString fsutils::toNativePath(const QString& path) {
   return QDir::toNativeSeparators(path);
 }
 
+QString fsutils::fromNativePath(const QString &path) {
+  return QDir::fromNativeSeparators(path);
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns the file extension part of a file name.
  */
@@ -87,15 +90,16 @@ QString fsutils::fileExtension(const QString &filename)
 
 QString fsutils::fileName(const QString& file_path)
 {
-  const int slash_index = file_path.lastIndexOf(QRegExp("[/\\\\]"));
+  QString path = fsutils::fromNativePath(file_path);
+  const int slash_index = path.lastIndexOf("/");
   if (slash_index == -1)
-    return file_path;
-  return file_path.mid(slash_index + 1);
+    return path;
+  return path.mid(slash_index + 1);
 }
 
 bool fsutils::isValidTorrentFile(const QString& torrent_path) {
   try {
-    boost::intrusive_ptr<libtorrent::torrent_info> t = new torrent_info(torrent_path.toUtf8().constData());
+    boost::intrusive_ptr<libtorrent::torrent_info> t = new torrent_info(fsutils::toNativePath(torrent_path).toUtf8().constData());
     if (!t->is_valid() || t->num_files() == 0)
       return false;
   } catch(std::exception&) {
@@ -220,14 +224,14 @@ bool fsutils::sameFiles(const QString& path1, const QString& path2)
   return same;
 }
 
-QString fsutils::updateLabelInSavePath(QString defaultSavePath,QString save_path, const QString& old_label, const QString& new_label) {
-  if (old_label == new_label) return save_path;
-  defaultSavePath.replace("\\", "/");
-  save_path.replace("\\", "/");
-  qDebug("UpdateLabelInSavePath(%s, %s, %s)", qPrintable(save_path), qPrintable(old_label), qPrintable(new_label));
-  if (!save_path.startsWith(defaultSavePath)) return save_path;
-  QString new_save_path = save_path;
-  new_save_path.replace(defaultSavePath, "");
+QString fsutils::updateLabelInSavePath(const QString& defaultSavePath, const QString& save_path, const QString& old_label, const QString& new_label) {
+  if (old_label == new_label) return fsutils::fromNativePath(save_path);
+  QString defaultPath = fsutils::fromNativePath(defaultSavePath);
+  QString path = fsutils::fromNativePath(save_path);
+  qDebug("UpdateLabelInSavePath(%s, %s, %s)", qPrintable(path), qPrintable(old_label), qPrintable(new_label));
+  if (!path.startsWith(defaultPath)) return path;
+  QString new_save_path = path;
+  new_save_path.remove(defaultPath);
   QStringList path_parts = new_save_path.split("/", QString::SkipEmptyParts);
   if (path_parts.empty()) {
     if (!new_label.isEmpty())
@@ -245,9 +249,9 @@ QString fsutils::updateLabelInSavePath(QString defaultSavePath,QString save_path
       }
     }
   }
-  new_save_path = defaultSavePath;
-  if (!new_save_path.endsWith(QDir::separator())) new_save_path += QDir::separator();
-  new_save_path += path_parts.join(QDir::separator());
+  new_save_path = defaultPath;
+  if (!new_save_path.endsWith("/")) new_save_path += "/";
+  new_save_path += path_parts.join("/");
   qDebug("New save path is %s", qPrintable(new_save_path));
   return new_save_path;
 }
@@ -268,7 +272,6 @@ bool fsutils::isValidFileSystemName(const QString& filename) {
 
 long long fsutils::freeDiskSpaceOnPath(QString path) {
   if (path.isEmpty()) return -1;
-  path.replace("\\", "/");
   QDir dir_path(path);
   if (!dir_path.exists()) {
     QStringList parts = path.split("/");
@@ -307,7 +310,7 @@ long long fsutils::freeDiskSpaceOnPath(QString path) {
   {
     ULARGE_INTEGER bytesFree, bytesTotal;
     unsigned long long *ret;
-    if (pGetDiskFreeSpaceEx((LPCTSTR)(QDir::toNativeSeparators(dir_path.path())).utf16(), &bytesFree, &bytesTotal, NULL)) {
+    if (pGetDiskFreeSpaceEx((LPCTSTR)(fsutils::toNativePath(dir_path.path())).utf16(), &bytesFree, &bytesTotal, NULL)) {
       ret = (unsigned long long*)&bytesFree;
       return *ret;
     } else {
@@ -321,10 +324,10 @@ long long fsutils::freeDiskSpaceOnPath(QString path) {
 
 QString fsutils::branchPath(const QString& file_path, QString* removed)
 {
-  QString ret = file_path;
-  if (ret.endsWith("/") || ret.endsWith("\\"))
+  QString ret = fsutils::fromNativePath(file_path);
+  if (ret.endsWith("/"))
     ret.chop(1);
-  const int slashIndex = ret.lastIndexOf(QRegExp("[/\\\\]"));
+  const int slashIndex = ret.lastIndexOf("/");
   if (slashIndex >= 0) {
     if (removed)
       *removed = ret.mid(slashIndex + 1);
@@ -342,35 +345,33 @@ bool fsutils::sameFileNames(const QString &first, const QString &second)
 #endif
 }
 
-// Replace ~ in path
-QString fsutils::expandPath(const QString& path) {
-  QString ret = path.trimmed();
-  if (ret.isEmpty()) return ret;
-  if (ret == "~")
-    return QDir::homePath();
-  if (ret[0] == '~' && (ret[1] == '/' || ret[1] == '\\')) {
-    ret.replace(0, 1, QDir::homePath());
-  } else {
-    if (!QDir::isAbsolutePath(ret))
-      ret = QDir(ret).absolutePath();
-  }
-  return QDir::cleanPath(path);
+QString fsutils::expandPath(const QString &path) {
+  QString ret = fsutils::fromNativePath(path.trimmed());
+  if (ret.isEmpty())
+    return ret;
+
+  return QDir::cleanPath(ret);
+}
+
+QString fsutils::expandPathAbs(const QString& path) {
+  QString ret = fsutils::expandPath(path);
+
+  if (!QDir::isAbsolutePath(ret))
+    ret = QDir(ret).absolutePath();
+
+  return ret;
 }
 
 QString fsutils::QDesktopServicesDataLocation() {
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
   LPWSTR path=new WCHAR[256];
   QString result;
-#if defined Q_WS_WINCE
-  if (SHGetSpecialFolderPath(0, path, CSIDL_APPDATA, FALSE))
-#else
   if (SHGetSpecialFolderPath(0, path, CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA, FALSE))
-#endif
-    result = QString::fromWCharArray(path);
+    result = fsutils::fromNativePath(QString::fromWCharArray(path));
   if (!QCoreApplication::applicationName().isEmpty())
-    result = result + QLatin1String("\\") + qApp->applicationName();
-  if (!result.endsWith("\\"))
-    result += "\\";
+    result += QLatin1String("/") + qApp->applicationName();
+  if (!result.endsWith("/"))
+    result += "/";
   return result;
 #else
 #ifdef Q_WS_MAC
@@ -397,7 +398,7 @@ QString fsutils::QDesktopServicesDataLocation() {
 
 QString fsutils::QDesktopServicesCacheLocation() {
 #if defined(Q_WS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_OS2)
-  return QDesktopServicesDataLocation() + QLatin1String("\\cache");
+  return QDesktopServicesDataLocation() + QLatin1String("cache");
 #else
 #ifdef Q_WS_MAC
   // http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Reference/Folder_Manager/Reference/reference.html
@@ -477,8 +478,8 @@ QString fsutils::searchEngineLocation() {
   QString folder = "nova";
   if (misc::pythonVersion() >= 3)
     folder = "nova3";
-  const QString location = QDir::cleanPath(QDesktopServicesDataLocation()
-                                           + QDir::separator() + folder);
+  const QString location = fsutils::expandPathAbs(QDesktopServicesDataLocation()
+                                               + folder);
   QDir locationDir(location);
   if (!locationDir.exists())
     locationDir.mkpath(locationDir.absolutePath());
@@ -486,8 +487,8 @@ QString fsutils::searchEngineLocation() {
 }
 
 QString fsutils::BTBackupLocation() {
-  const QString location = QDir::cleanPath(QDesktopServicesDataLocation()
-                                           + QDir::separator() + "BT_backup");
+  const QString location = fsutils::expandPathAbs(QDesktopServicesDataLocation()
+                                           + "BT_backup");
   QDir locationDir(location);
   if (!locationDir.exists())
     locationDir.mkpath(locationDir.absolutePath());
@@ -495,7 +496,7 @@ QString fsutils::BTBackupLocation() {
 }
 
 QString fsutils::cacheLocation() {
-  QString location = QDir::cleanPath(QDesktopServicesCacheLocation());
+  QString location = fsutils::expandPathAbs(QDesktopServicesCacheLocation());
   QDir locationDir(location);
   if (!locationDir.exists())
     locationDir.mkpath(locationDir.absolutePath());
diff --git a/src/fs_utils.h b/src/fs_utils.h
index d077421d7..d44ceec48 100644
--- a/src/fs_utils.h
+++ b/src/fs_utils.h
@@ -42,30 +42,32 @@ class fsutils
   Q_DECLARE_TR_FUNCTIONS(fsutils)
 
 public:
-static QString toDisplayPath(const QString& path);
-static QString fileExtension(const QString& filename);
-static QString fileName(const QString& file_path);
-static qint64 computePathSize(const QString& path);
-static bool sameFiles(const QString& path1, const QString& path2);
-static QString updateLabelInSavePath(QString defaultSavePath, QString save_path, const QString& old_label, const QString& new_label);
-static QString toValidFileSystemName(QString filename);
-static bool isValidFileSystemName(const QString& filename);
-static long long freeDiskSpaceOnPath(QString path);
-static QString branchPath(const QString& file_path, QString* removed = 0);
-static bool sameFileNames(const QString& first, const QString& second);
-static QString expandPath(const QString& path);
-static bool isValidTorrentFile(const QString& path);
-static bool smartRemoveEmptyFolderTree(const QString& dir_path);
-static bool forceRemove(const QString& file_path);
+  static QString toNativePath(const QString& path);
+  static QString fromNativePath(const QString& path);
+  static QString fileExtension(const QString& filename);
+  static QString fileName(const QString& file_path);
+  static qint64 computePathSize(const QString& path);
+  static bool sameFiles(const QString& path1, const QString& path2);
+  static QString updateLabelInSavePath(const QString &defaultSavePath, const QString &save_path, const QString& old_label, const QString& new_label);
+  static QString toValidFileSystemName(QString filename);
+  static bool isValidFileSystemName(const QString& filename);
+  static long long freeDiskSpaceOnPath(QString path);
+  static QString branchPath(const QString& file_path, QString* removed = 0);
+  static bool sameFileNames(const QString& first, const QString& second);
+  static QString expandPath(const QString& path);
+  static QString expandPathAbs(const QString& path);
+  static bool isValidTorrentFile(const QString& path);
+  static bool smartRemoveEmptyFolderTree(const QString& dir_path);
+  static bool forceRemove(const QString& file_path);
 
-/* Ported from Qt4 to drop dependency on QtGui */
-static QString QDesktopServicesDataLocation();
-static QString QDesktopServicesCacheLocation();
-static QString QDesktopServicesDownloadLocation();
-/* End of Qt4 code */
-static QString searchEngineLocation();
-static QString BTBackupLocation();
-static QString cacheLocation();
+  /* Ported from Qt4 to drop dependency on QtGui */
+  static QString QDesktopServicesDataLocation();
+  static QString QDesktopServicesCacheLocation();
+  static QString QDesktopServicesDownloadLocation();
+  /* End of Qt4 code */
+  static QString searchEngineLocation();
+  static QString BTBackupLocation();
+  static QString cacheLocation();
 
 };
 
diff --git a/src/preferences/options_imp.cpp b/src/preferences/options_imp.cpp
index 51d6be48a..9a70eba95 100755
--- a/src/preferences/options_imp.cpp
+++ b/src/preferences/options_imp.cpp
@@ -1146,13 +1146,13 @@ QString options_imp::askForExportDir(const QString& currentExportPath)
 void options_imp::on_browseExportDirButton_clicked() {
   const QString newExportDir = askForExportDir(textExportDir->text());
   if (!newExportDir.isNull())
-    textExportDir->setText(fsutils::toDisplayPath(newExportDir));
+    textExportDir->setText(fsutils::toNativePath(newExportDir));
 }
 
 void options_imp::on_browseExportDirFinButton_clicked() {
   const QString newExportDir = askForExportDir(textExportDirFin->text());
   if (!newExportDir.isNull())
-    textExportDirFin->setText(fsutils::toDisplayPath(newExportDir));
+    textExportDirFin->setText(fsutils::toNativePath(newExportDir));
 }
 
 void options_imp::on_browseFilterButton_clicked() {
diff --git a/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp b/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp
index e403299eb..19f68bc0e 100755
--- a/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp
+++ b/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp
@@ -1201,9 +1201,9 @@ QTorrentHandle QBtSession::addTorrent(QString path, bool fromScanDir, QString fr
       addConsoleMessage(tr("'%1' added to download list.", "'/home/y/xxx.torrent' was added to download list.").arg(from_url));
   }else{
     if (fastResume)
-      addConsoleMessage(tr("'%1' resumed. (fast resume)", "'/home/y/xxx.torrent' was resumed. (fast resume)").arg(fsutils::toDisplayPath(path)));
+      addConsoleMessage(tr("'%1' resumed. (fast resume)", "'/home/y/xxx.torrent' was resumed. (fast resume)").arg(fsutils::toNativePath(path)));
     else
-      addConsoleMessage(tr("'%1' added to download list.", "'/home/y/xxx.torrent' was added to download list.").arg(fsutils::toDisplayPath(path)));
+      addConsoleMessage(tr("'%1' added to download list.", "'/home/y/xxx.torrent' was added to download list.").arg(fsutils::toNativePath(path)));
   }
 
   // Send torrent addition signal
@@ -1783,7 +1783,7 @@ void QBtSession::setDefaultTempPath(const QString &temppath) {
       if (!h.is_valid()) continue;
       if (!h.is_seed()) {
         QString torrent_tmp_path = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(temppath);
-        qDebug("Moving torrent to its temp save path: %s", qPrintable(fsutils::toDisplayPath(torrent_tmp_path)));
+        qDebug("Moving torrent to its temp save path: %s", qPrintable(fsutils::toNativePath(torrent_tmp_path)));
         h.move_storage(torrent_tmp_path);
       }
     }