diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/CoreFileProvider.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/CoreFileProvider.cs
index 6bad9fff58..3b9a91f066 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/CoreFileProvider.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/CoreFileProvider.cs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 			target.SMS_ShowBG = Global.Config.SMSDispBG;
 			target.SMS_ShowOBJ = Global.Config.SMSDispOBJ;
 
-			target.PSX_FirmwaresPath = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.FirmwaresPath, null); // PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathPSXFirmwares, "PSX");
+			target.PSX_FirmwaresPath = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.FirmwaresPathFragment, null); // PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathPSXFirmwares, "PSX");
 
 			target.SNES_ShowBG1_0 = Global.Config.SNES_ShowBG1_0;
 			target.SNES_ShowBG1_1 = Global.Config.SNES_ShowBG1_1;
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/FirmwareManager.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/FirmwareManager.cs
index f551b6c12b..7f648b9bda 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/FirmwareManager.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/FirmwareManager.cs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 
 			//build a list of files under the global firmwares path, and build a hash for each of them while we're at it
 			var todo = new Queue<DirectoryInfo>();
-			todo.Enqueue(new DirectoryInfo(PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.FirmwaresPath, null)));
+			todo.Enqueue(new DirectoryInfo(PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.FirmwaresPathFragment, null)));
 	
 			while (todo.Count != 0)
 			{
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/PathManager.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/PathManager.cs
index b5095b1327..9bfedbaac2 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/PathManager.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/PathManager.cs
@@ -41,24 +41,24 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		/// <returns></returns>
 		public static string GetBasePathAbsolute()
 		{
-			if (Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBase.Length < 1) //If empty, then EXE path
+			if (Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBaseFragment.Length < 1) //If empty, then EXE path
 				return GetExeDirectoryAbsolute();
 
-			if (Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBase.Length >= 5 &&
-				Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBase.Substring(0, 5) == "%exe%")
+			if (Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBaseFragment.Length >= 5 &&
+				Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBaseFragment.Substring(0, 5) == "%exe%")
 				return GetExeDirectoryAbsolute();
-			if (Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBase[0] == '.')
+			if (Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBaseFragment[0] == '.')
 			{
-				if (Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBase.Length == 1)
+				if (Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBaseFragment.Length == 1)
 					return GetExeDirectoryAbsolute();
 				else
 				{
-					if (Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBase.Length == 2 &&
-						Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBase == ".\\")
+					if (Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBaseFragment.Length == 2 &&
+						Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBaseFragment == ".\\")
 						return GetExeDirectoryAbsolute();
 					else
 					{
-						string tmp = Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBase;
+						string tmp = Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBaseFragment;
 						tmp = tmp.Remove(0, 1);
 						tmp = tmp.Insert(0, GetExeDirectoryAbsolute());
 						return tmp;
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 				}
 			}
 
-			if (Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBase.Substring(0, 2) == "..")
-				return RemoveParents(Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBase, GetExeDirectoryAbsolute());
+			if (Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBaseFragment.Substring(0, 2) == "..")
+				return RemoveParents(Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBaseFragment, GetExeDirectoryAbsolute());
 
 			//In case of error, return EXE path
 			return GetExeDirectoryAbsolute();
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 
 		public static string StandardFirmwareName(string name)
 		{
-			return Path.Combine(MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.FirmwaresPath, null), name);
+			return Path.Combine(MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.FirmwaresPathFragment, null), name);
 		}
 
 		public static string MakeAbsolutePath(string path, string system)
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 
 		public static string GetLuaPath()
 		{
-			return MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.LuaPath, null);
+			return MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.LuaPathFragment, null);
 		}
 
 		public static string GetRomsPath(string sysID)
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/config/PathEntry.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/config/PathEntry.cs
index d2559fc189..7dc6428721 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/config/PathEntry.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/config/PathEntry.cs
@@ -100,13 +100,15 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		}
 
 		//Some frequently requested paths, made into a property for convenience
-		public string WatchPath { get { return Global.Config.PathEntries["Global", "Watch (.wch)"].Path; } }
-		public string MoviesPath { get { return Global.Config.PathEntries["Global", "Movies"].Path; } }
-		public string LuaPath { get { return Global.Config.PathEntries["Global", "Lua"].Path; } }
-		public string LogPath { get { return Global.Config.PathEntries["Global", "Debug Logs"].Path; } }
-		public string FirmwaresPath { get { return Global.Config.PathEntries["Global", "Firmware"].Path; } }
-		public string AvPath { get { return Global.Config.PathEntries["Global", "A/V Dumps"].Path; } }
-		public string GlobalBase { get { return Global.Config.PathEntries["Global", "Base"].Path; } }
+		public string WatchPathFragment { get { return Global.Config.PathEntries["Global", "Watch (.wch)"].Path; } }
+		public string MoviesPathFragment { get { return Global.Config.PathEntries["Global", "Movies"].Path; } }
+		public string LuaPathFragment { get { return Global.Config.PathEntries["Global", "Lua"].Path; } }
+		public string LogPathFragment { get { return Global.Config.PathEntries["Global", "Debug Logs"].Path; } }
+		public string FirmwaresPathFragment { get { return Global.Config.PathEntries["Global", "Firmware"].Path; } }
+		public string AvPathFragment { get { return Global.Config.PathEntries["Global", "A/V Dumps"].Path; } }
+		
+		//this one is special
+		public string GlobalBaseFragment { get { return Global.Config.PathEntries["Global", "Base"].Path; } }
 
 		public static List<PathEntry> DefaultValues
 		{
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
index ba3cf83959..e24fe3868d 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
@@ -2742,12 +2742,12 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 					if (!(Global.Emulator is NullEmulator))
 					{
 						sfd.FileName = PathManager.FilesystemSafeName(Global.Game);
-						sfd.InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.AvPath, null);
+						sfd.InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.AvPathFragment, null);
 					}
 					else
 					{
 						sfd.FileName = "NULL";
-						sfd.InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.AvPath, null);
+						sfd.InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.AvPathFragment, null);
 					}
 					sfd.Filter = String.Format("{0} (*.{0})|*.{0}|All Files|*.*", aw.DesiredExtension());
 
@@ -3610,7 +3610,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		private static void ProcessMovieImport(string fn) //Nothing Winform Specific here, move to Movie import
 		{
-			var d = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.MoviesPath, null);
+			var d = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.MoviesPathFragment, null);
 			string errorMsg;
 			string warningMsg;
 			var m = MovieImport.ImportFile(fn, out errorMsg, out warningMsg);
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/FirmwaresConfig.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/FirmwaresConfig.cs
index ff57a97fae..f31a7f2253 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/FirmwaresConfig.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/FirmwaresConfig.cs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 			listviewSorter = new ListViewSorter(this, -1);
 
-			currSelectorDir = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.FirmwaresPath, null);
+			currSelectorDir = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.FirmwaresPathFragment, null);
 		}
 
 		//makes sure that the specified SystemId is selected in the list (and that all the firmwares for it are visible)
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				else
 				{
 					//lazy substring extraction. really should do a better job
-					var basePath = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.FirmwaresPath, null) + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
+					var basePath = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.FirmwaresPathFragment, null) + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
 					
 					var path = ri.FilePath.Replace(basePath, "");
 
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/PathConfig.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/PathConfig.cs
index 2557d0915a..32406729aa 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/PathConfig.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/PathConfig.cs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		private void LoadSettings()
 		{
 			RecentForROMs.Checked = Global.Config.UseRecentForROMs;
-			BasePathBox.Text = Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBase;
+			BasePathBox.Text = Global.Config.PathEntries.GlobalBaseFragment;
 			
 			StartTabPages();
 			SetDefaultFocusedTab();
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/movie/PlayMovie.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/movie/PlayMovie.cs
index 8853376e88..b80f26321b 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/movie/PlayMovie.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/movie/PlayMovie.cs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		private void BrowseMovies_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 		{
-			var ofd = new OpenFileDialog { InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.MoviesPath, null) };
+			var ofd = new OpenFileDialog { InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.MoviesPathFragment, null) };
 			var filter = "Movie Files (*." + Global.Config.MovieExtension + ")|*." + Global.Config.MovieExtension + "|Savestates|*.state|All Files|*.*";
 			ofd.Filter = filter;
 
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		{
 			ClearList();
 
-			var directory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.MoviesPath, null);
+			var directory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.MoviesPathFragment, null);
 			if (!Directory.Exists(directory))
 			{
 				Directory.CreateDirectory(directory);
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/movie/RecordMovie.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/movie/RecordMovie.cs
index 421fd111e7..cfa02b5682 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/movie/RecordMovie.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/movie/RecordMovie.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				{
 					path = path.Insert(0, Path.DirectorySeparatorChar.ToString());
 				}
-				path = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.MoviesPath, null) + path;
+				path = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.MoviesPathFragment, null) + path;
 
 				if (path[path.Length - 4] != '.') //If no file extension, add movie extension
 				{
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			var filename = String.Empty;
 			var sfd = new SaveFileDialog
 				{
-					InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.MoviesPath, null),
+					InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.MoviesPathFragment, null),
 					DefaultExt = "." + Global.Config.MovieExtension,
 					FileName = RecordBox.Text,
 					OverwritePrompt = false
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/ToolHelpers.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/ToolHelpers.cs
index 8211ac2734..24fb54ccc0 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/ToolHelpers.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/ToolHelpers.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				ofd.FileName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(currentFile);
 			}
 
-			ofd.InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.MoviesPath, null);
+			ofd.InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.MoviesPathFragment, null);
 			ofd.Filter = "Tas Project Files (*.tasproj)|*.tasproj|All Files|*.*";
 			ofd.RestoreDirectory = true;
 
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			else if (!(Global.Emulator is NullEmulator))
 			{
 				sfd.FileName = PathManager.FilesystemSafeName(Global.Game);
-				sfd.InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.MoviesPath, null);
+				sfd.InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.MoviesPathFragment, null);
 			}
 			else
 			{
 				sfd.FileName = "NULL";
-				sfd.InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.MoviesPath, null);
+				sfd.InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.MoviesPathFragment, null);
 			}
 
 			sfd.Filter = "Tas Project Files (*.tasproj)|*.tasproj|All Files|*.*";
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				ofd.FileName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(currentFile);
 			}
 
-			ofd.InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.WatchPath, null);
+			ofd.InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.WatchPathFragment, null);
 			ofd.Filter = "Watch Files (*.wch)|*.wch|All Files|*.*";
 			ofd.RestoreDirectory = true;
 
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			else if (!(Global.Emulator is NullEmulator))
 			{
 				sfd.FileName = PathManager.FilesystemSafeName(Global.Game);
-				sfd.InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.WatchPath, null);
+				sfd.InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.WatchPathFragment, null);
 			}
 			else
 			{
 				sfd.FileName = "NULL";
-				sfd.InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.WatchPath, null);
+				sfd.InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.WatchPathFragment, null);
 			}
 
 			sfd.Filter = "Watch Files (*.wch)|*.wch|All Files|*.*";
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TraceLogger.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TraceLogger.cs
index bc0fabe224..e0afd36644 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TraceLogger.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/TraceLogger.cs
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			if (_logFile == null)
 			{
 				sfd.FileName = PathManager.FilesystemSafeName(Global.Game) + ".txt";
-				sfd.InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.LogPath, null);
+				sfd.InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.LogPathFragment, null);
 			}
 			else if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_logFile.FullName))
 			{
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			else
 			{
 				sfd.FileName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(_logFile.FullName);
-				sfd.InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.LogPath, null);
+				sfd.InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.LogPathFragment, null);
 			}
 
 			sfd.Filter = "Text Files (*.txt)|*.txt|Log Files (*.log)|*.log|All Files|*.*";
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				FileBox.Visible = true;
 				BrowseBox.Visible = true;
 				var name = PathManager.FilesystemSafeName(Global.Game);
-				var filename = Path.Combine(PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.LogPath, null), name) + ".txt";
+				var filename = Path.Combine(PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.LogPathFragment, null), name) + ".txt";
 				_logFile = new FileInfo(filename);
 				if (_logFile.Directory != null && !_logFile.Directory.Exists)
 				{