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..92c2299 100644
--- "a/src/tool_parsecfg.c"
+++ "b/src/tool_parsecfg.c"
@@ -45,29 +45,26 @@ static const char *unslashquote(const char *line, char *param);
 static bool my_get_line(FILE *fp, struct curlx_dynbuf *, bool *error);
 
 #ifdef WIN32
-static FILE *execpath(const char *filename)
+static FILE *execpath(const TCHAR *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 */
-    char *lastdirchar = strrchr(filebuffer, '\\');
+  static const size_t BUFFSIZE = 512;
+  TCHAR filebuffer[BUFFSIZE];
+  unsigned long len = GetModuleFileName(0, filebuffer, BUFFSIZE);
+  if((len > 0) && (len < BUFFSIZE)) {
+    TCHAR *lastdirchar = _tcsrchr(filebuffer, TEXT('\\'));
     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 = TEXT('\0');
+    }
+    if (_tcslen(filebuffer) + _tcslen(filename) + 2U < BUFFSIZE) {
+      _tcscat(filebuffer, TEXT("\\"));
+      _tcscat(filebuffer, filename);
+#ifdef UNICODE
+      return _wfopen(filebuffer, TEXT(FOPEN_READTEXT));
+#else
+      return fopen(filebuffer, FOPEN_READTEXT);
+#endif
     }
   }
-
   return NULL;
 }
 #endif
@@ -85,7 +82,7 @@ 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);
@@ -120,9 +117,9 @@ int parseconfig(const char *filename, struct GlobalConfig *global)
     }
     if(!filename) {
       /* check for .curlrc then _curlrc in the dir of the executable */
-      file = execpath(".curlrc");
+      file = execpath(TEXT(".curlrc"));
       if(!file)
-        file = execpath("_curlrc");
+        file = execpath(TEXT("_curlrc"));
     }
 #endif