diff --git a/config/main.vim b/config/main.vim
index b111f6464..c99497ef5 100644
--- a/config/main.vim
+++ b/config/main.vim
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ else
     return resolve(a:path)
   endfunction
 endif
-let g:_spacevim_root_dir = escape(fnamemodify(s:resolve(fnamemodify(expand('<sfile>'),
+let g:_spacevim_root_dir = fnamemodify(s:resolve(fnamemodify(expand('<sfile>'),
       \ ':p:h:h:gs?\\?'.((has('win16') || has('win32')
-      \ || has('win64'))?'\':'/') . '?')), ':p:gs?[\\/]?/?'), ' ')
+      \ || has('win64'))?'\':'/') . '?')), ':p:gs?[\\/]?/?')
 lockvar g:_spacevim_root_dir
 if has('nvim')
   let s:qtdir = split(&rtp, ',')[-1]
diff --git a/docs/install.cmd b/docs/install.cmd
index 9230e9f3c..37be0af74 100644
--- a/docs/install.cmd
+++ b/docs/install.cmd
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ if (!(Test-Path "$HOME\.SpaceVim")) {
 echo ""
 
 if (!(Test-Path "$HOME\vimfiles")) {
-    cmd /c mklink $HOME\vimfiles $repo_path
+    cmd /c mklink /D $HOME\vimfiles $repo_path
 } else {
     echo "[OK] vimfiles already exists"
 	sleep 1
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ if (!(Test-Path "$HOME\vimfiles")) {
 echo ""
 
 if (!(Test-Path "$HOME\AppData\Local\nvim")) {
-  cmd /c mklink "$HOME\AppData\Local\nvim" $repo_path
+  cmd /c mklink /D "$HOME\AppData\Local\nvim" $repo_path
 } else {
     echo "[OK] $HOME\AppData\Local\nvim already exists"
 	sleep 1