diff --git a/mix/FileIo.cpp b/mix/FileIo.cpp
index 506715767..78eb6c9da 100644
--- a/mix/FileIo.cpp
+++ b/mix/FileIo.cpp
@@ -37,21 +37,34 @@ using namespace dev;
 using namespace dev::crypto;
 using namespace dev::mix;
 
-void FileIo::makeDir(QString const& _url)
+QString FileIo::pathFromUrl(QString const& _url)
 {
 	QUrl url(_url);
-	QDir dirPath(url.path());
+	QString path(url.path());
+	if (url.scheme() == "qrc")
+		path = ":" + path;
+#ifdef WIN32
+	if (url.scheme() == "file")
+	{
+		if (path.startsWith("/"))
+			path = path.right(path.length() - 1);
+		if (!url.host().isEmpty())
+			path = url.host() + ":/" + path;
+	}
+#endif
+	return path;
+}
+
+void FileIo::makeDir(QString const& _url)
+{
+	QDir dirPath(pathFromUrl(_url));
 	if (!dirPath.exists())
 		dirPath.mkpath(dirPath.path());
 }
 
 QString FileIo::readFile(QString const& _url)
 {
-	QUrl url(_url);
-	QString path(url.path());
-	if (url.scheme() == "qrc")
-		path = ":" + path;
-	QFile file(path);
+	QFile file(pathFromUrl(_url));
 	if (file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text))
 	{
 		QTextStream stream(&file);
@@ -65,8 +78,7 @@ QString FileIo::readFile(QString const& _url)
 
 void FileIo::writeFile(QString const& _url, QString const& _data)
 {
-	QUrl url(_url);
-	QFile file(url.path());
+	QFile file(pathFromUrl(_url));
 	if (file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Text))
 	{
 		QTextStream stream(&file);
@@ -84,9 +96,7 @@ void FileIo::copyFile(QString const& _sourceUrl, QString const& _destUrl)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	QUrl sourceUrl(_sourceUrl);
-	QUrl destUrl(_destUrl);
-	if (!QFile::copy(sourceUrl.path(), destUrl.path()))
+	if (!QFile::copy(pathFromUrl(_sourceUrl), pathFromUrl(_destUrl)))
 		error(tr("Error copying file %1 to %2").arg(_sourceUrl).arg(_destUrl));
 }
 
@@ -97,29 +107,22 @@ QString FileIo::getHomePath() const
 
 void FileIo::moveFile(QString const& _sourceUrl, QString const& _destUrl)
 {
-	QUrl sourceUrl(_sourceUrl);
-	QUrl destUrl(_destUrl);
-	if (!QFile::rename(sourceUrl.path(), destUrl.path()))
+	if (!QFile::rename(pathFromUrl(_sourceUrl), pathFromUrl(_destUrl)))
 		error(tr("Error moving file %1 to %2").arg(_sourceUrl).arg(_destUrl));
 }
 
 bool FileIo::fileExists(QString const& _url)
 {
-	QUrl url(_url);
-	QFile file(url.path());
+	QFile file(pathFromUrl(_url));
 	return file.exists();
 }
 
 QStringList FileIo::makePackage(QString const& _deploymentFolder)
 {
-
 	Json::Value manifest;
 	Json::Value entries(Json::arrayValue);
 
-	QUrl folder(_deploymentFolder);
-	QString path(folder.path());
-	QDir deployDir = QDir(path);
-
+	QDir deployDir = QDir(pathFromUrl(_deploymentFolder));
 	dev::RLPStream rlpStr;
 	int k = 1;
 	std::vector<bytes> files;
diff --git a/mix/FileIo.h b/mix/FileIo.h
index 3646627b8..624b1d921 100644
--- a/mix/FileIo.h
+++ b/mix/FileIo.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
 	QString getHomePath() const;
+	QString pathFromUrl(QString const& _url);
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/mix/qml/NewProjectDialog.qml b/mix/qml/NewProjectDialog.qml
index 4fcb524b2..1ec53e1d9 100644
--- a/mix/qml/NewProjectDialog.qml
+++ b/mix/qml/NewProjectDialog.qml
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ Window {
 			var u = createProjectFileDialog.fileUrl.toString();
 			if (u.indexOf("file://") == 0)
 				u = u.substring(7, u.length)
+				if (Qt.platform.os == "windows" && u.indexOf("/") == 0)
+					u = u.substring(1, u.length);
 			pathField.text = u;
 		}
 	}