diff --git "a/D:\\_Sandbox\\curl\\curl-src\\src\\tool_parsecfg.c.orig" "b/D:\\_Sandbox\\curl\\curl-src\\src\\tool_parsecfg.c"
index d26774f..ab1d28f 100644
--- "a/src/tool_parsecfg.c"
+++ "b/src/tool_parsecfg.c"
@@ -47,28 +47,39 @@ static bool my_get_line(FILE *fp, struct curlx_dynbuf *, bool *error);
 #ifdef WIN32
 static FILE *execpath(const char *filename)
 {
-  char filebuffer[512];
-  /* Get the filename of our executable. GetModuleFileName is already declared
-   * via inclusions done in setup header file.  We assume that we are using
-   * the ASCII version here.
-   */
-  unsigned long len = GetModuleFileNameA(0, filebuffer, sizeof(filebuffer));
-  if(len > 0 && len < sizeof(filebuffer)) {
-    /* We got a valid filename - get the directory part */
+  static const size_t BUFFSIZE = 512;
+  FILE *file = NULL;
+  TCHAR filebuffer[BUFFSIZE];
+
+  unsigned long len = GetModuleFileName(0, filebuffer, BUFFSIZE);
+  if(len > 0 && len < BUFFSIZE) {
+#ifdef UNICODE
+    char *exedir_utf8 = curlx_convert_wchar_to_UTF8(filebuffer);
+    if (exedir_utf8) {
+      char *lastdirchar = strrchr(exedir_utf8, '\\');
+      if(lastdirchar) {
+        *lastdirchar = '\0';
+      }
+      char *full_path = curl_maprintf("%s%s%s", exedir_utf8, DIR_CHAR, filename);
+      if (full_path) {
+        file = fopen(full_path, FOPEN_READTEXT);
+        free(full_path);
+      }
+      free(exedir_utf8);
+    }
+#else
     char *lastdirchar = strrchr(filebuffer, '\\');
     if(lastdirchar) {
-      size_t remaining;
-      *lastdirchar = 0;
-      /* If we have enough space, build the RC filename */
-      remaining = sizeof(filebuffer) - strlen(filebuffer);
-      if(strlen(filename) < remaining - 1) {
-        msnprintf(lastdirchar, remaining, "%s%s", DIR_CHAR, filename);
-        return fopen(filebuffer, FOPEN_READTEXT);
-      }
+      *lastdirchar = '\0';
+    }
+    char *full_path = curl_maprintf("%s%s%s", filebuffer, DIR_CHAR, filename);
+    if (full_path) {
+      file = fopen(full_path, FOPEN_READTEXT);
+      free(full_path);
     }
+#endif
   }
-
-  return NULL;
+  return file;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -85,7 +96,7 @@ int parseconfig(const char *filename, struct GlobalConfig *global)
   if(!filename || !*filename) {
     /* NULL or no file name attempts to load .curlrc from the homedir! */
 
-    char *home = homedir(".curlrc");
+    char *home = NULL; /* homedir(".curlrc"); */
 #ifndef WIN32
     if(home) {
       pathalloc = curl_maprintf("%s%s.curlrc", home, DIR_CHAR);