diff --git a/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/linkcheck.po b/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/linkcheck.po
index a1ada16f..458c743b 100644
--- a/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/linkcheck.po
+++ b/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/linkcheck.po
@@ -66,16 +66,16 @@ msgstr ""
 #: linkcheck/Logging.py:306
 #, c-format
 msgid "%.3f seconds"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "%.3f secondes"
 
 #: linkcheck/Logging.py:108 linkcheck/Logging.py:111
 #, c-format
 msgid "%.3f seconds\n"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "%.3f secondes\n"
 
 #: linkcheck/Logging.py:100 linkcheck/Logging.py:280
 msgid ", line "
-msgstr ""
+msgstr ", ligne "
 
 #: linkcheck/Logging.py:414
 #, c-format
@@ -142,12 +142,12 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #: linkcheck/UrlData.py:50 linkcheck/UrlData.py:68
 msgid "Error"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Erreur"
 
 #: linkchecker:125
 #, c-format
 msgid "Error: %s\n"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Erreur: %s\n"
 
 #: linkchecker:126
 msgid "Execute 'linkchecker -h' for help\n"
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #: linkcheck/Logging.py:113 linkcheck/Logging.py:205 linkcheck/Logging.py:310
 #: linkcheck/Logging.py:314
 msgid "Info"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Info"
 
 #: linkcheck/JavascriptUrlData.py:25
 msgid "Javascript url ignored"
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #: linkcheck/Logging.py:124 linkcheck/Logging.py:214 linkcheck/Logging.py:218
 #: linkcheck/Logging.py:328
 msgid "Result"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "Résultat"
 
 #: linkcheck/Logging.py:88 linkcheck/Logging.py:165
 #, c-format
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #: linkcheck/Logging.py:93 linkcheck/Logging.py:278
 msgid "URL"
-msgstr ""
+msgstr "URL"
 
 #: linkcheck/UrlData.py:125
 msgid "URL is null or empty"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7fb62c4d..30121820 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,6 +22,21 @@ from distutils.extension import Extension
 from Template import Template
 import sys,os,string
 
+def change_root_inv(root, pathname):
+    """the (partially) inverse function of change_root"""
+    if (not root) or \
+       (len(root)<len(pathname)) or \
+       (path[:len(root)]!=root):
+        return pathname
+
+    path = pathname[len(root):]
+    if os.name == 'posix':
+        if path[0]!='/': path = '/'+path
+    elif os.name == 'nt':
+        if path[0]!='\\': path = '\\'+path
+        path = os.path.splitdrive(root)[0] + path
+    return path
+
 class LCDistribution(Distribution):
     default_include_dirs = ['/usr/include/openssl',
                             '/usr/local/include/openssl']
@@ -64,7 +79,8 @@ class LCDistribution(Distribution):
         if os.name=='nt':
             t = Template("linkchecker.bat.tmpl")
             f = open("linkchecker.bat","w")
-            f.write(t.fill_in({"install_scripts": inst.install_scripts}))
+            f.write(t.fill_in({"install_scripts": \
+	            change_root_inv(inst.root, inst.install_scripts)}))
             f.close()
             self.scripts.append('linkchecker.bat')
         elif os.name=='posix':