diff --git a/radiant/missing.cpp b/radiant/missing.cpp
index 0255360..c220e62 100644
--- a/radiant/missing.cpp
+++ b/radiant/missing.cpp
@@ -227,17 +227,15 @@ const char* FindFiles::NextFile() {
 	return findFileData.cFileName;
 }
 
-// NOTE: has a problem when trailing (back)slashes are present (different behavior than the nix implementation)
-// https://github.com/TTimo/GtkRadiant/issues/87
 EPathCheck CheckFile( const char *path ) {
-	struct _stat sbuf;
-	if ( _stat( path, &sbuf ) == -1 ) {
-		return PATH_FAIL;
-	}
-	if ( ( sbuf.st_mode & _S_IFDIR ) != 0 ) {
-		return PATH_DIRECTORY;
-	}
-	return PATH_FILE;
+  DWORD Attrib = GetFileAttributes( path );
+  if ( Attrib == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES ) {
+    return PATH_FAIL;
+  }
+  if ( Attrib & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY ) {
+    return PATH_DIRECTORY;
+  }
+  return PATH_FILE;
 }
 
 bool radCreateDirectory( const char *directory, bool fatal_on_error ) {
diff --git a/radiant/preferences.cpp b/radiant/preferences.cpp
index 844e822..cea42e4 100644
--- a/radiant/preferences.cpp
+++ b/radiant/preferences.cpp
@@ -3413,15 +3413,11 @@ void CGameInstall::Run() {
 
 	// write out the game file
 	Str gameFilePath = g_strAppPath.GetBuffer();
-	gameFilePath += "games";
+	gameFilePath += "games/";
 	if ( CheckFile( gameFilePath ) != PATH_DIRECTORY ) {
 		radCreateDirectory( gameFilePath );
 	}
 	
-	// QB - Fix for when you have more than one game configured (before it just bombed out due to the dir already existing).
-	//      add the slash here instead of above else CheckFile() fails hard (on windows at least :/ )
-	gameFilePath += "/";
-
 	switch ( m_availGames[ m_nComboSelect ] ) {
 	case GAME_Q2:
 		gameFilePath += "q2.game";