diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 19f0748c9a..a6877fe511 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Thu Nov  6 11:01:19 2003  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+Thu Nov  6 11:42:07 2003  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* ext/stringio/stringio.c (strio_set_string, strio_reopen): check
 	  tainted.
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ Thu Nov  6 11:01:19 2003  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 	* lib/optparse.rb (OptionParser::Completion#complete): default not to
 	  ignore case on completion.  [ruby-talk:84726]
 
+	* win32/win32.c (make_cmdvector): process backslashes even if a quote
+	  is not enclosed.
+
 Wed Nov  5 23:49:45 2003  NAKAMURA, Hiroshi  <nahi@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* sample/openssl/gen_csr.rb: there (at least) is a CA which does not
diff --git a/win32/win32.c b/win32/win32.c
index c85b1b48e8..81eca672a9 100644
--- a/win32/win32.c
+++ b/win32/win32.c
@@ -1195,8 +1195,7 @@ make_cmdvector(const char *cmd, char ***vec)
 	//
 
 	len = ptr - base;
-	if (quote) escape = 0;
-	else if (done) --len;
+	if (done) --len;
 
 	//
 	// if it's an input vector element and it's enclosed by quotes,