diff --git a/src/Dialog_MainWindow.cpp b/src/Dialog_MainWindow.cpp
index 8100f6d6..e012082b 100644
--- a/src/Dialog_MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/Dialog_MainWindow.cpp
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ void MainWindow::dropEvent(QDropEvent *event)
 			QList<QFileInfo> list = QDir(file.canonicalFilePath()).entryInfoList(QDir::Files);
 			for(int j = 0; j < list.count(); j++)
 			{
-				droppedFiles << list.at(j).absoluteFilePath();
+				droppedFiles << list.at(j).canonicalFilePath();
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ void MainWindow::windowShown(void)
 	}
 	
 	//Check for AAC support
-	if(radioButtonEncoderAAC->isEnabled())
+	if(lamexp_check_tool("neroAacEnc.exe") && lamexp_check_tool("neroAacDec.exe") && lamexp_check_tool("neroAacTag.exe"))
 	{
 		if(lamexp_tool_version("neroAacEnc.exe") < lamexp_toolver_neroaac())
 		{
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ void MainWindow::windowShown(void)
 	}
 	else
 	{
+		radioButtonEncoderAAC->setEnabled(false);
 		QString messageText;
 		messageText += "<nobr>The Nero AAC encoder could not be found. AAC encoding support will be disabled.<br>";
 		messageText += "Please put 'neroAacEnc.exe', 'neroAacDec.exe' and 'neroAacTag.exe' into the LameXP directory!<br><br>";
@@ -808,7 +809,7 @@ void MainWindow::makeFolderButtonClicked(void)
 			QDir createdDir = basePath;
 			if(createdDir.cd(newFolder))
 			{
-				outputFolderView->setCurrentIndex(m_fileSystemModel->index(createdDir.absolutePath()));
+				outputFolderView->setCurrentIndex(m_fileSystemModel->index(createdDir.canonicalPath()));
 				outputFolderViewClicked(outputFolderView->currentIndex());
 				outputFolderView->setFocus();
 			}
@@ -925,7 +926,7 @@ void MainWindow::handleDelayedFiles(void)
 			QList<QFileInfo> list = QDir(currentFile.canonicalFilePath()).entryInfoList(QDir::Files);
 			for(int j = 0; j < list.count(); j++)
 			{
-				selectedFiles << list.at(j).absoluteFilePath();
+				selectedFiles << list.at(j).canonicalFilePath();
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/Global.cpp b/src/Global.cpp
index 754199e4..6c906110 100644
--- a/src/Global.cpp
+++ b/src/Global.cpp
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ const QString &lamexp_temp_folder(void)
 		
 		if(tempFolder.cd(uuid))
 		{
-			g_lamexp_temp_folder = tempFolder.absolutePath();
+			g_lamexp_temp_folder = tempFolder.canonicalPath();
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -520,11 +520,11 @@ bool lamexp_clean_folder(const QString folderPath)
 		
 		if(entryList.at(i).isDir())
 		{
-			lamexp_clean_folder(entryList.at(i).absoluteFilePath());
+			lamexp_clean_folder(entryList.at(i).canonicalFilePath());
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			QFile::remove(entryList.at(i).absoluteFilePath());
+			QFile::remove(entryList.at(i).canonicalFilePath());
 		}
 	}
 	
diff --git a/src/LockedFile.cpp b/src/LockedFile.cpp
index 1206d0b9..0f7a1523 100644
--- a/src/LockedFile.cpp
+++ b/src/LockedFile.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ LockedFile::LockedFile(const QString &resourcePath, const QString &outPath, cons
 	{
 		if(outFile.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(resource.data()), resource.size()) != resource.size())
 		{
-			QFile::remove(QFileInfo(outFile).absoluteFilePath());
+			QFile::remove(QFileInfo(outFile).canonicalFilePath());
 			char error_msg[512];
 			strcpy_s(error_msg, 512, QString("File '%1' could not be written!").arg(QFileInfo(outFile).fileName()).toUtf8().constData());
 			throw error_msg;
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ LockedFile::LockedFile(const QString &resourcePath, const QString &outPath, cons
 
 	if(m_fileHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
 	{
-		QFile::remove(QFileInfo(outFile).absoluteFilePath());
+		QFile::remove(QFileInfo(outFile).canonicalFilePath());
 		char error_msg[512];
 		strcpy_s(error_msg, 512, QString("File '%1' could not be locked!").arg(QFileInfo(outFile).fileName()).toLatin1().constData());
 		throw error_msg;
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ LockedFile::LockedFile(const QString &resourcePath, const QString &outPath, cons
 	{
 		qWarning("\nFile checksum error:\n Expected = %040s\n Detected = %040s\n", expectedHash.constData(), fileHash.result().toHex().constData());
 		LAMEXP_CLOSE(m_fileHandle);
-		QFile::remove(QFileInfo(outFile).absoluteFilePath());
+		QFile::remove(QFileInfo(outFile).canonicalFilePath());
 		char error_msg[512];
 		strcpy_s(error_msg, 512, QString("File '%1' is corruputed, take care!").arg(QFileInfo(outFile).fileName()).toLatin1().constData());
 		throw error_msg;
diff --git a/src/Model_FileList.cpp b/src/Model_FileList.cpp
index 37d078ed..bb58a86e 100644
--- a/src/Model_FileList.cpp
+++ b/src/Model_FileList.cpp
@@ -129,14 +129,14 @@ void FileListModel::addFile(const QString &filePath)
 
 	for(int i = 0; i < m_fileList.count(); i++)
 	{
-		if(m_fileList.at(i).filePath().compare(fileInfo.absoluteFilePath(), Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
+		if(m_fileList.at(i).filePath().compare(fileInfo.canonicalFilePath(), Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
 		{
 			return;
 		}
 	}
 	
 	beginResetModel();
-	m_fileList.append(AudioFileModel(fileInfo.absoluteFilePath(), fileInfo.baseName()));
+	m_fileList.append(AudioFileModel(fileInfo.canonicalFilePath(), fileInfo.baseName()));
 	endResetModel();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Thread_Initialization.cpp b/src/Thread_Initialization.cpp
index 2ba78a3f..3835c924 100644
--- a/src/Thread_Initialization.cpp
+++ b/src/Thread_Initialization.cpp
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ void InitializationThread::initNeroAac(void)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	qDebug("Found Nero AAC encoder binary:\n%s\n", neroFileInfo[0].absoluteFilePath().toUtf8().constData());
+	qDebug("Found Nero AAC encoder binary:\n%s\n", neroFileInfo[0].canonicalFilePath().toUtf8().constData());
 
 	LockedFile *neroBin[3];
 	for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++) neroBin[i] = NULL;
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ void InitializationThread::initNeroAac(void)
 	{
 		for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
 		{
-			neroBin[i] = new LockedFile(neroFileInfo[i].absoluteFilePath());
+			neroBin[i] = new LockedFile(neroFileInfo[i].canonicalFilePath());
 		}
 	}
 	catch(...)
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ void InitializationThread::initNeroAac(void)
 	QProcess process;
 	process.setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
 	process.setReadChannel(QProcess::StandardOutput);
-	process.start(neroFileInfo[0].absoluteFilePath());
+	process.start(neroFileInfo[0].canonicalFilePath());
 
 	if(!process.waitForStarted())
 	{