diff --git a/makepanda/makepanda.py b/makepanda/makepanda.py
index 30699354bc..95b015f038 100755
--- a/makepanda/makepanda.py
+++ b/makepanda/makepanda.py
@@ -1804,7 +1804,7 @@ def CompileRsrc(target, src, opts):
 def FreezePy(target, inputs, opts):
     assert len(inputs) > 0
 
-    cmdstr = BracketNameWithQuotes(SDK["PYTHONEXEC"]) + " "
+    cmdstr = BracketNameWithQuotes(SDK["PYTHONEXEC"].replace('\\', '/')) + " "
     if sys.version_info >= (2, 6):
         cmdstr += "-B "
 
diff --git a/makepanda/makepandacore.py b/makepanda/makepandacore.py
index ca3755366d..4a081df235 100644
--- a/makepanda/makepandacore.py
+++ b/makepanda/makepandacore.py
@@ -1705,6 +1705,18 @@ def SdkLocateDirectX( strMode = 'default' ):
                 print("Using DirectX SDK June 2010")
                 SDK["DX9"] = dir.replace("\\", "/").rstrip("/")
                 SDK["GENERIC_DXERR_LIBRARY"] = 1;
+        if ("DX9" not in SDK):
+            dir = "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft DirectX SDK (June 2010)"
+            if os.path.isdir(dir):
+                print("Using DirectX SDK June 2010")
+                SDK["DX9"] = dir
+                SDK["GENERIC_DXERR_LIBRARY"] = 1
+        if ("DX9" not in SDK):
+            dir = "C:/Program Files/Microsoft DirectX SDK (June 2010)"
+            if os.path.isdir(dir):
+                print("Using DirectX SDK June 2010")
+                SDK["DX9"] = dir
+                SDK["GENERIC_DXERR_LIBRARY"] = 1
         if ("DX9" not in SDK):
             dir = GetRegistryKey("SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\DirectX\\Microsoft DirectX SDK (August 2009)", "InstallPath")
             if (dir != 0):
@@ -1739,21 +1751,32 @@ def SdkLocateDirectX( strMode = 'default' ):
                             SDK["DX9"] = dir.replace("\\", "/").rstrip("/")
         if ("DX9" not in SDK):
             return
+
     elif strMode == 'jun2010':
         if ("DX9" not in SDK):
             dir = GetRegistryKey("SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\DirectX\\Microsoft DirectX SDK (June 2010)", "InstallPath")
             if (dir != 0):
-                print("Found DirectX SDK June 2010")
                 SDK["DX9"] = dir.replace("\\", "/").rstrip("/")
                 SDK["GENERIC_DXERR_LIBRARY"] = 1;
         if ("DX9" not in SDK):
             dir = GetRegistryKey("SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\DirectX\\Microsoft DirectX SDK (June 2010)", "InstallPath")
             if (dir != 0):
-                print("Found DirectX SDK June 2010")
                 SDK["DX9"] = dir.replace("\\", "/").rstrip("/")
                 SDK["GENERIC_DXERR_LIBRARY"] = 1;
+        if ("DX9" not in SDK):
+            dir = "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft DirectX SDK (June 2010)"
+            if os.path.isdir(dir):
+                SDK["DX9"] = dir
+                SDK["GENERIC_DXERR_LIBRARY"] = 1
+        if ("DX9" not in SDK):
+            dir = "C:/Program Files/Microsoft DirectX SDK (June 2010)"
+            if os.path.isdir(dir):
+                SDK["DX9"] = dir
+                SDK["GENERIC_DXERR_LIBRARY"] = 1
         if ("DX9" not in SDK):
             exit("Couldn't find DirectX June2010 SDK")
+        else:
+            print("Found DirectX SDK June 2010")
     elif strMode == 'aug2009':
         if ("DX9" not in SDK):
             dir = GetRegistryKey("SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\DirectX\\Microsoft DirectX SDK (August 2009)", "InstallPath")
@@ -2487,7 +2510,7 @@ def SetupBuildEnvironment(compiler):
         return
 
     # Add our output directories to the environment.
-    builtdir = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(GetOutputDir()))
+    builtdir = GetOutputDir()
     AddToPathEnv("PYTHONPATH", builtdir)
     AddToPathEnv("PANDA_PRC_DIR", os.path.join(builtdir, "etc"))
     AddToPathEnv("PATH", os.path.join(builtdir, "bin"))