diff -riwBu -Xex aspell-setter-sep06\common\config.cpp aspell-setter-sep06-modified\common\config.cpp
--- aspell-setter-sep06\common\config.cpp	Mon Dec 12 17:41:06 2005
+++ aspell-setter-sep06-modified\common\config.cpp	Sun Oct 22 13:03:46 2006
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@
 
 namespace aspell {
 
+#ifdef WIN32PORT
+	String GetWindowsDir(String registry_name, String default_directory);
+#endif
+
   const char * const keyinfo_type_name[4] = {
     N_("string"), N_("integer"), N_("boolean"), N_("list")
   };
@@ -642,20 +646,19 @@
 
       } else if (strcmp(i, "home-dir") == 0) { 
 
-        //get the personal folder (e.g. "c:\My Documents")
-        char * dir = new char[MAX_PATH];
-        LPITEMIDLIST items = 0;
-        HRESULT hand = SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(0, CSIDL_PERSONAL, &items);
-        if ((NOERROR == hand) && items) {
-          if (SHGetPathFromIDList(items, dir)) {
-            for (char *ptr = dir; *ptr; ++ptr)
-              if ('\\' == *ptr)
-                *ptr = '/';
-            final_str = dir;
-          }
-          CoTaskMemFree(items);
-        }
-        delete [] dir;
+		  final_str = GetWindowsDir("Base Path", "");
+
+      } else if (strcmp(i, "dict-dir") == 0) { 
+
+		  final_str = GetWindowsDir("Dictionary Path", "Dictionaries");
+
+      } else if (strcmp(i, "data-dir") == 0) { 
+
+		  final_str = GetWindowsDir("Data Path", "Data");
+
+      } else if (strcmp(i, "personal-dir") == 0) { 
+
+		  final_str = GetWindowsDir("Personal Path", "Personal");
 
       }
 #endif
@@ -1394,20 +1397,6 @@
     return no_err;
   }
 
-#if defined(WIN32_USE_PERSONAL_DIR)
-#  define HOME_DIR "!home-dir"
-#  define PERSONAL "<lang>.pws"
-#  define REPL     "<lang>.prepl"
-#elif defined(ENABLE_WIN32_RELOCATABLE)
-#  define HOME_DIR "<prefix>"
-#  define PERSONAL "<lang>.pws"
-#  define REPL     "<lang>.prepl"
-#else
-#  define HOME_DIR "<$HOME|./>"
-#  define PERSONAL ".aspell.<lang>.pws"
-#  define REPL     ".aspell.<lang>.prepl"
-#endif
-
   static const KeyInfo config_keys[] = {
     // the description should be under 50 chars
     {"actual-dict-dir", KeyInfoString, "<dict-dir^master>", 0}
@@ -1484,7 +1473,7 @@
     , {"per-conf-path", KeyInfoString, "<home-dir/per-conf>", 0}
     , {"personal", KeyInfoString, PERSONAL,
        N_("personal dictionary file name")}
-    , {"personal-path", KeyInfoString, "<home-dir/personal>", 0}
+    , {"personal-path", KeyInfoString, PERSONAL_DIR, 0}
     , {"prefix",   KeyInfoString, PREFIX,
        N_("prefix directory")}
     , {"repl",     KeyInfoString, REPL,
@@ -1525,10 +1514,8 @@
     , {"warn", KeyInfoBool, "true",
        N_("enable warnings")}
 #ifdef WIN32PORT
-    , {"dict-subdir", KeyInfoString, "dicts",
-       N_("sub directory for dictionaries")}
-    , {"data-subdir", KeyInfoString, "data",
-       N_("sub directory for other data")}
+    , {"personal-dir", KeyInfoString, PERSONAL_DIR,
+       N_("directory for personal dictionaries")}
 #endif
     
     //
@@ -1587,5 +1574,88 @@
                       config_impl_keys_begin,
                       config_impl_keys_end);
   }
+
+#ifdef WIN32PORT
+
+  String ReadRegString(HKEY hive, String key, String name)
+  {
+  
+    // Reads a string from the Windows registry (used to get paths)  
+	
+    HKEY hKey;
+    unsigned long lType;
+    DWORD dwSize;
+    unsigned char* szValue = NULL;
+	
+    if (::RegOpenKeyEx(hive, key.c_str(), 0, KEY_READ, &hKey) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
+    {
+      if(::RegQueryValueEx(hKey, name.c_str(), NULL, &lType, NULL, &dwSize) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
+      {
+        szValue = new unsigned char[dwSize + 1];
+        ::RegQueryValueEx(hKey, name.c_str(), NULL, &lType, szValue, &dwSize);
+        String RegistryReturn((char*)szValue);
+        delete[] szValue;
+        return RegistryReturn;
+	  } else {
+	    return "";
+      }
+    } else {
+	  return "";
+	}
+  
+  }
+  
+  HKEY GetRegHive()
+  {
+    
+    // Check whether Aspell is installed for the current user or for all users
+	
+    String value;
+	
+    if (ReadRegString(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Software\\Aspell", "Base Path").empty())
+    {
+      return HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE;
+    } else {
+      return HKEY_CURRENT_USER;
+    }
+	
+  }
+
+  String GetWindowsDir(String registry_name, String default_dir)
+  {
+
+    String final_dir;
+
+    // Get directory from registry
+	HKEY hive;
+	hive = GetRegHive();
+	final_dir = ReadRegString(hive, "Software\\Aspell", registry_name);
+
+	// Default location in "Documents and Settings"
+	if (final_dir.empty()) {
+
+	  char * dir = new char[MAX_PATH];
+      LPITEMIDLIST items = 0;
+      HRESULT hand = SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(0, CSIDL_APPDATA, &items);
+
+      if ((NOERROR == hand) && items) {
+        if (SHGetPathFromIDList(items, dir)) {
+          for (char *ptr = dir; *ptr; ++ptr)
+            if ('\\' == *ptr)
+              *ptr = '/';
+          final_dir = dir;
+          final_dir.append("/Aspell/");
+          final_dir.append(default_dir.c_str());
+        }
+        CoTaskMemFree(items);
+      }
+
+    }
+
+	return final_dir;
+
+  }
+
+#endif
   
 }
diff -riwBu -Xex aspell-setter-sep06\common\vector.hpp aspell-setter-sep06-modified\common\vector.hpp
--- aspell-setter-sep06\common\vector.hpp	Thu Oct 13 08:42:54 2005
+++ aspell-setter-sep06-modified\common\vector.hpp	Sun Sep 17 18:50:45 2006
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@
     T * data_end() {return &*this->end();}
 
     T * pbegin() {return &*this->begin();}
-    T * pend()   {return &*this->end();}
+    T * pend()   {return &this->back()+1;}
 
     const T * pbegin() const {return &*this->begin();}
-    const T * pend()   const {return &*this->end();}
+    const T * pend()   const {return &this->back()+1;}
 
     template <typename U>
     U * datap() { 
diff -riwBu -Xex aspell-setter-sep06\win32\dirs.h aspell-setter-sep06-modified\win32\dirs.h
--- aspell-setter-sep06\win32\dirs.h	Thu Oct 13 12:29:34 2005
+++ aspell-setter-sep06-modified\win32\dirs.h	Sun Oct 22 12:55:10 2006
@@ -1,16 +1,27 @@
 #ifndef dirs_h
 #define dirs_h
 
-#ifdef WIN32_USE_EXECUTABLE_DIR
-# define DATA_DIR "<prefix/data-subdir>"
-# define CONF_DIR "<prefix>"
-# define DICT_DIR "<prefix/dict-subdir>"
+# define DATA_DIR "!data-dir"
+# define DICT_DIR "!dict-dir"
+# define PERSONAL_DIR "!personal-dir"
+
+#if defined(WIN32_USE_EXECUTABLE_DIR)
+# define HOME_DIR "<prefix>"
+# define PERSONAL "<personal-dir>/<lang>.pws"
+# define REPL     "<personal-dir>/<lang>.prepl"
 # define PREFIX "!prefix"
+#elif defined(WIN32_USE_PERSONAL_DIR)
+# define HOME_DIR "!home-dir"
+# define PERSONAL "<personal-dir>/<lang>.pws"
+# define REPL     "<personal-dir>/<lang>.prepl"
+# define PREFIX "<home-dir>"
 #else
-# define DATA_DIR "aspell-win32/data"
-# define CONF_DIR "aspell-win32"
-# define DICT_DIR "dicts"
-# define PREFIX "aspell-win32"
+# define HOME_DIR "<$HOME|./>"
+# define PERSONAL "<personal-dir>/.aspell.<lang>.pws"
+# define REPL     "<personal-dir>/.aspell.<lang>.prepl"
+# define PREFIX "<home-dir>"
 #endif
+
+#define CONF_DIR HOME_DIR
 
 #endif
diff -riwBu -Xex aspell-setter-sep06\win32\settings.h aspell-setter-sep06-modified\win32\settings.h
--- aspell-setter-sep06\win32\settings.h	Wed Sep 06 09:51:16 2006
+++ aspell-setter-sep06-modified\win32\settings.h	Sun Sep 17 17:55:23 2006
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 /* Defined if curses like POSIX Functions should be used */
 #undef CURSES_ONLY
 
-/* Defined if win32 relocation should be used */
-#define ENABLE_WIN32_RELOCATABLE 1
-
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <dlfcn.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_DLFCN_H