diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index e0473949c..36e7e79fb 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import string
 import sys
 import time
 import urlparse
+import ntpath
+import posixpath
 from lib.contrib import magic
 from lib.core.data import conf
 from lib.core.data import kb
@@ -215,7 +217,7 @@ def getHtmlErrorFp():
 
 def getDocRoot():
     docRoot = None
-    pagePath = os.path.dirname(conf.path)
+    pagePath = directoryPath(conf.path)
 
     if kb.os == "Windows":
         defaultDocRoot = "C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/"
@@ -224,14 +226,13 @@ def getDocRoot():
 
     if kb.absFilePaths:
         for absFilePath in kb.absFilePaths:
+            absFilePath = normalizePath(absFilePath)
             absFilePathWin = None
 
-            if re.search("[A-Za-z]:(\\[\w.\\]*)?", absFilePath):
+            if re.match("[A-Za-z]:(\\[\w.\\]*)?", absFilePath):
                 absFilePathWin = absFilePath
                 absFilePath    = absFilePath[2:].replace("\\", "/")
-
-            absFilePath = os.path.normpath(absFilePath)
-
+            
             if pagePath in absFilePath:
                 index   = absFilePath.index(pagePath)
                 docRoot = absFilePath[:index]
@@ -832,3 +833,19 @@ def sanitizeCookie(cookieStr, warn=False):
         return result
     else:
         return None
+
+def directoryPath(path):
+    retVal = None
+    if path.find('/') != -1:
+        retVal = posixpath.dirname(path)
+    else:
+        retVal = ntpath.dirname(path)
+    return retVal
+    
+def normalizePath(path):
+    retVal = None
+    if path.find('/') != -1:
+        retVal = posixpath.normpath(path)
+    else:
+        retVal = ntpath.normpath(path)
+    return retVal
diff --git a/lib/request/basic.py b/lib/request/basic.py
index abbaabb25..f02613914 100644
--- a/lib/request/basic.py
+++ b/lib/request/basic.py
@@ -27,11 +27,10 @@ import os
 import re
 import StringIO
 import zlib
-import ntpath
-import posixpath
 
 from lib.core.data import conf
 from lib.core.data import kb
+from lib.core.common import directoryPath
 from lib.parse.headers import headersParser
 from lib.parse.html import htmlParser
 
@@ -76,13 +75,10 @@ def parseResponse(page, headers):
             reobj = re.compile(absFilePathRegExp)
 
             for match in reobj.finditer(page):
-                absFilePath = match.group("result")
+                absFilePath = match.group("result").strip()
 
                 if absFilePath not in kb.absFilePaths:
-                    if absFilePath.find('/') != -1:
-                        dirname = posixpath.dirname(absFilePath)
-                    else:
-                        dirname = ntpath.dirname(absFilePath)
+                    dirname = directoryPath(absFilePath)
                     kb.absFilePaths.add(dirname)
 
 def decodePage(page, encoding):