diff --git a/Source/exehead/Ui.c b/Source/exehead/Ui.c
index 1cb2094f..75cee518 100644
--- a/Source/exehead/Ui.c
+++ b/Source/exehead/Ui.c
@@ -737,7 +737,9 @@ static BOOL CALLBACK DirProc(HWND hwndDlg, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lPar
       ShowWindow(h,SW_SHOWNA);
     }
 #endif
-    SetUITextNT(IDC_DIR,addtrailingslash(dir));
+    if (validpathspec(dir) && !skip_root(dir))
+      addtrailingslash(dir);
+    SetUITextNT(IDC_DIR,dir);
     SetUITextFromLang(IDC_BROWSE,this_page->parms[2]);
     SetUITextFromLang(IDC_SELDIRTEXT,this_page->parms[1]);
   }