diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/msys2_path_conv.cc b/winsup/cygwin/msys2_path_conv.cc
index 406b98ac81..646eef32c4 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/msys2_path_conv.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/msys2_path_conv.cc
@@ -310,6 +310,10 @@ const char* convert(char *dst, size_t dstlen, const char *src) {
     }
 
     sub_convert(&srcbeg, &srcit, &dstit, dstend, &in_string);
+    if (!*srcit) {
+      *dstit = '\0';
+      return dst;
+    }
     srcbeg = srcit + 1;
     for (; *srcit != '\0'; ++srcit) {
       continue;
@@ -441,7 +445,7 @@ path_type find_path_start_and_type(const char** src, int recurse, const char* en
             return find_path_start_and_type(src, true, end);
         }
 
-        if (ch == ':') {
+        if (ch == ':' && it2 + 1 != end) {
             it2 += 1;
             ch = *it2;
             if (ch == '/' || ch == ':' || ch == '.') {
@@ -536,7 +540,7 @@ void url_convert(const char** from, const char* to, char** dst, const char* dste
 
 void subp_convert(const char** from, const char* end, int is_url, char** dst, const char* dstend) {
     const char* begin = *from;
-    path_type type = find_path_start_and_type(from, 0, end);
+    path_type type = is_url ? URL : find_path_start_and_type(from, 0, end);
     copy_to_dst(begin, *from, dst, dstend);
 
     if (type == NONE) {
@@ -566,9 +570,16 @@ void ppl_convert(const char** from, const char* to, char** dst, const char* dste
             if (prev_was_simc) {
                 continue;
             }
-            if (*(it + 1) == '/' && *(it + 2) == '/') {
+            if (*(it + 1) == '/' && *(it + 2) == '/' && isalpha(*beg)) {
                 is_url = 1;
-                continue;
+		/* double-check: protocol must be alnum (or +) */
+		for (const char *p = beg; p != it; ++p)
+		    if (!isalnum(*p) && *p != '+') {
+			is_url = 0;
+			break;
+		    }
+		if (is_url)
+                    continue;
             }
             prev_was_simc = 1;
             subp_convert(&beg, it, is_url, dst, dstend);
@@ -613,7 +624,7 @@ void posix_to_win32_path(const char* from, const char* to, char** dst, const cha
         strncpy(one_path, from, to-from);
         one_path[to-from] = '\0';
 
-        path_conv conv (one_path, 0);
+        path_conv conv (one_path, PC_KEEP_FINAL_SLASH);
         if (conv.error)
         {
           set_errno(conv.error);
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index ad152e461a..f311a04962 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -1236,9 +1236,22 @@ path_conv::check (const char *src, unsigned opt,
 		cfree (wide_path);
 	      wide_path = NULL;
 	    }
+
+	  if (need_directory)
+	    {
+	      size_t n = strlen (this->path);
+	      /* Do not add trailing \ to UNC device names like \\.\a: */
+	      if (this->path[n - 1] != '\\' &&
+		  (strncmp (this->path, "\\\\.\\", 4) != 0))
+		{
+		  this->modifiable_path ()[n] = '\\';
+		  this->modifiable_path ()[n + 1] = '\0';
+		}
+	      need_directory = 0;
+	    }
 	}
 
-      if (need_directory)
+      if ((opt & PC_KEEP_FINAL_SLASH) && need_directory)
 	{
 	  size_t n = strlen (this->path);
 	  /* Do not add trailing \ to UNC device names like \\.\a: */
@@ -1248,6 +1261,7 @@ path_conv::check (const char *src, unsigned opt,
 	      this->modifiable_path ()[n] = '\\';
 	      this->modifiable_path ()[n + 1] = '\0';
 	    }
+	  need_directory = 0;
 	}
 
       if (opt & PC_OPEN)
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.h b/winsup/cygwin/path.h
index 0c94c61522..69a78bcbca 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ enum pathconv_arg
   PC_SYM_NOFOLLOW_PROCFD = _BIT (11),
   PC_KEEP_HANDLE	 = _BIT (12),
   PC_NO_ACCESS_CHECK	 = _BIT (13),
+  PC_KEEP_FINAL_SLASH	 = _BIT (14),
   PC_DONT_USE		 = _BIT (31)	/* conversion to signed happens. */
 };
 
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
index 17d532bc02..240777b757 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ try_to_bin (path_conv &pc, HANDLE &fh, ACCESS_MASK access, ULONG flags)
     }
   else
     {
-      /* Create unique filename.  Start with a dot, followed by "cyg"
+      /* Create unique filename.  Start with a dot, followed by "msys"
 	 transposed into the Unicode low surrogate area (U+dc00) on file
 	 systems supporting Unicode (except Samba), followed by the inode
 	 number in hex, followed by a path hash in hex.  The combination
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ try_to_bin (path_conv &pc, HANDLE &fh, ACCESS_MASK access, ULONG flags)
       RtlAppendUnicodeToString (&recycler,
 				(pc.fs_flags () & FILE_UNICODE_ON_DISK
 				 && !pc.fs_is_samba ())
-				? L".\xdc73\xdc6d\xdc79\xdc6d" : L".msys");
+			        ? L".\xdc6d\xdc73\xdc79\xdc73" : L".msys");
       pfii = (PFILE_INTERNAL_INFORMATION) infobuf;
       status = NtQueryInformationFile (fh, &io, pfii, sizeof *pfii,
 				       FileInternalInformation);
diff --git a/winsup/utils/strace.cc b/winsup/utils/strace.cc
index 6c94158f3d..e7291bbc8d 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/strace.cc
+++ b/winsup/utils/strace.cc
@@ -351,7 +351,8 @@ create_child (char **argv)
     flags |= CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE | CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP;
 
   make_command_line (one_line, argv);
-  printf ("create_child: %s\n", one_line.buf);
+  if (!quiet)
+    printf ("create_child: %s\n", one_line.buf);
 
   SetConsoleCtrlHandler (NULL, 0);
 /* Commit message for this code was: