diff --git a/src/registry/registerRecordDeviceDriver.pl b/src/registry/registerRecordDeviceDriver.pl
index 17adeee81..3fa64cbe3 100755
--- a/src/registry/registerRecordDeviceDriver.pl
+++ b/src/registry/registerRecordDeviceDriver.pl
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ eval 'exec perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'  # -*- Mode: perl -*-
 # in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution. 
 #*************************************************************************
 
+use FindBin qw($Bin);
+use lib "$Bin/../../lib/perl";
+use EPICS::Path;
+
 ($file, $subname, $bldTop) = @ARGV;
 $numberRecordType = 0;
 $numberDeviceSupport = 0;
@@ -18,8 +22,9 @@ $numberDriverSupport = 0;
 $c_bad_ident_chars = '[^0-9A-Za-z_]';
 $subname =~ s/$c_bad_ident_chars/_/g;
 
-# Escape back-slashes in Windows path
-$bldTop =~ s(\\)(\\\\)g if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
+# Process bldTop like convertRelease.pl does
+$bldTop = LocalPath(UnixPath($bldTop));
+$bldTop =~ s/([\\"])/\\\1/g; # escape back-slashes and double-quotes
 
 open(INP,"$file") or die "$! opening file";
 while(<INP>) {
diff --git a/src/tools/convertRelease.pl b/src/tools/convertRelease.pl
index ac02802bd..fbdcf0606 100644
--- a/src/tools/convertRelease.pl
+++ b/src/tools/convertRelease.pl
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ sub cdCommands {
     
     my $startup = $cwd;
     $startup =~ s/^$root/$iocroot/o if ($opt_t);
+    $startup =~ s/([\\"])/\\\1/g; # escape back-slashes and double-quotes
     
     print OUT "startup = \"$startup\"\n";
     
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ sub cdCommands {
     foreach my $app (@includes) {
         my $iocpath = my $path = $macros{$app};
         $iocpath =~ s/^$root/$iocroot/o if ($opt_t);
+        $iocpath =~ s/([\\"])/\\\1/g; # escape back-slashes and double-quotes
         my $app_lc = lc($app);
         print OUT "$app_lc = \"$iocpath\"\n"
             if (-d $path);
@@ -187,6 +189,7 @@ sub envPaths {
     foreach my $app (@includes) {
         my $iocpath = my $path = $macros{$app};
         $iocpath =~ s/^$root/$iocroot/o if ($opt_t);
+        $iocpath =~ s/([\\"])/\\\1/g; # escape back-slashes and double-quotes
         print OUT "epicsEnvSet(\"$app\",\"$iocpath\")\n" if (-d $path);
     }
     close OUT;
diff --git a/src/tools/fullPathName.pl b/src/tools/fullPathName.pl
index 15a614885..da921f6dc 100644
--- a/src/tools/fullPathName.pl
+++ b/src/tools/fullPathName.pl
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ $Getopt::Std::OUTPUT_HELP_VERSION = 1;
 
 my $path = AbsPath(shift);
 
+# Escape shell special characters unless on Windows, which doesn't allow them.
+$path =~ s/([!"\$&'\(\)*,:;<=>?\[\\\]^`{|}])/\\\1/g unless $^O eq 'MSWin32';
+
 print "$path\n";