diff --git a/src/bittorrent.cpp b/src/bittorrent.cpp
index 575e14a39..1395b74a4 100644
--- a/src/bittorrent.cpp
+++ b/src/bittorrent.cpp
@@ -967,7 +967,11 @@ QTorrentHandle Bittorrent::addTorrent(QString path, bool fromScanDir, QString fr
     }
   }
   // Processing torrents
+#ifdef Q_WS_WIN
+  const QString file = path.trimmed().replace("file:///", "", Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+#else
   const QString file = path.trimmed().replace("file://", "", Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+#endif
   if(file.isEmpty()) {
     return h;
   }
diff --git a/src/engineselectdlg.cpp b/src/engineselectdlg.cpp
index 9a9543702..4f15639f4 100644
--- a/src/engineselectdlg.cpp
+++ b/src/engineselectdlg.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,11 @@ void engineSelectDlg::dropEvent(QDropEvent *event) {
   QString file;
   foreach(file, files) {
     qDebug("dropped %s", qPrintable(file));
+#ifdef Q_WS_WIN
+    file = file.replace("file:///", "");
+#else
     file = file.replace("file://", "");
+#endif
     if(file.startsWith("http://", Qt::CaseInsensitive) || file.startsWith("https://", Qt::CaseInsensitive) || file.startsWith("ftp://", Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
       setCursor(QCursor(Qt::WaitCursor));
       downloader->downloadUrl(file);
diff --git a/src/transferlistwidget.cpp b/src/transferlistwidget.cpp
index d13293abf..bccecb18a 100644
--- a/src/transferlistwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/transferlistwidget.cpp
@@ -314,7 +314,11 @@ void TransferListWidget::updateMetadata(QTorrentHandle &h) {
 }
 
 void TransferListWidget::previewFile(QString filePath) {
+#ifdef Q_WS_WIN
+  QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl(QString("file:///")+filePath));
+#else
   QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl(QString("file://")+filePath));
+#endif
 }
 
 int TransferListWidget::updateTorrent(int row) {