diff --git a/app/test/processing/app/windows/RegexpTest.java b/app/test/processing/app/windows/RegexpTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d93995b7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/test/processing/app/windows/RegexpTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Arduino.
+ *
+ * Arduino is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ *
+ * As a special exception, you may use this file as part of a free software
+ * library without restriction.  Specifically, if other files instantiate
+ * templates or use macros or inline functions from this file, or you compile
+ * this file and link it with other files to produce an executable, this
+ * file does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered by
+ * the GNU General Public License.  This exception does not however
+ * invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by
+ * the GNU General Public License.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015 Arduino LLC (http://www.arduino.cc/)
+ */
+
+package processing.app.windows;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class RegexpTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testReplaceAll() throws Exception {
+    assertEquals("c:\\\\hello", Matcher.quoteReplacement("c:\\hello"));
+    String result = "%UsErPROFile%\\world".replaceAll("%[uU][sS][eE][rR][pP][rR][oO][fF][iI][lL][eE]%", Matcher.quoteReplacement("c:\\hello"));
+    assertEquals("c:\\hello\\world", result);
+
+    result = "%USERPROFILE%\\world".replaceAll("%[uU][sS][eE][rR][pP][rR][oO][fF][iI][lL][eE]%", Matcher.quoteReplacement("c:\\hello"));
+    assertEquals("c:\\hello\\world", result);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/windows/Platform.java b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/windows/Platform.java
index 7dbdfd11a..3bc051c84 100644
--- a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/windows/Platform.java
+++ b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/windows/Platform.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 
 
 public class Platform extends processing.app.Platform {
@@ -57,16 +58,29 @@ public class Platform extends processing.app.Platform {
     recoverDefaultSketchbookFolder();
   }
 
-  private void recoverSettingsFolderPath() throws IOException {
-    String path = Advapi32Util.registryGetStringValue(WinReg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Shell Folders", "Local AppData");
+  private void recoverSettingsFolderPath() {
+    String path = readRegistryEntry(new String[]{"User Shell Folders", "Shell Folders"}, "Local AppData");
     this.settingsFolder = new File(path, "Arduino15");
   }
 
-  private void recoverDefaultSketchbookFolder() throws IOException {
-    String path = Advapi32Util.registryGetStringValue(WinReg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Shell Folders", "Personal");
+  private void recoverDefaultSketchbookFolder() {
+    String path = readRegistryEntry(new String[]{"User Shell Folders", "Shell Folders"}, "Personal");
     this.defaultSketchbookFolder = new File(path, "Arduino");
   }
 
+  private String readRegistryEntry(String[] lastPathElements, String key) {
+    for (String lastPathElement : lastPathElements) {
+      try {
+        String value = Advapi32Util.registryGetStringValue(WinReg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\" + lastPathElement, key);
+        value = value.replaceAll("%[uU][sS][eE][rR][pP][rR][oO][fF][iI][lL][eE]%", Matcher.quoteReplacement(System.getenv("USERPROFILE")));
+        return value;
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        //ignore
+      }
+    }
+    throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to find " + key + " key in Windows registry");
+  }
+
   /**
    * Remove extra quotes, slashes, and garbage from the Windows PATH.
    */