Index: Slim/Utils/Misc.pm
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--- Slim/Utils/Misc.pm	(revision 3144)
+++ Slim/Utils/Misc.pm	(working copy)
@@ -412,9 +412,14 @@
 			}
 			$fixed = fixPath($file);
 		} else {
-			$fixed = fixPath(catfile($base, $file));
+			if (Slim::Utils::OSDetect::OS() eq "win") {
+				#rel2abs will convert ../../ paths correctly only for windows
+				my ($vol,$path,$fn) = splitpath($file);
+				$fixed = fixPath(rel2abs($path,$base));
+			} else {
+				$fixed = fixPath(stripRel(catfile($base, $file)));
+			}
 		}
-
 	} elsif (file_name_is_absolute($file)) {
 		$fixed = $file;
 	} else {
@@ -432,6 +437,17 @@
 	}
 }
 
+sub stripRel {
+	my $file = shift;
+	
+	while ($file =~ m#[\/\\]\.\.[\/\\]#) {
+		$file =~ s#([\/\\])\w+[\/\\]\.\.[\///]#$1#isg;
+	}
+	
+	$::d_paths && msg("stripRel result: $file\n");
+	return $file;
+}
+
 sub ascendVirtual {
 	my $curVP = shift;
 	my @components = splitdir($curVP);