diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/HawkFile.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/HawkFile.cs
index 7c9c507a29..f75522c0b6 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/HawkFile.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/HawkFile.cs
@@ -36,10 +36,15 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 		/// </summary>
 		public bool IsBound { get { return boundStream != null; } }
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// returns the complete canonical full path ("c:\path\to\archive|member") of the bound file
+		/// </summary>
+		public string CanonicalFullPath { get { return MakeCanonicalName(rootPath,memberPath); } }
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// returns the complete canonical name ("archive|member") of the bound file
 		/// </summary>
-		public string CanonicalName { get { return MakeCanonicalName(rootPath,memberPath); } }
+		public string CanonicalName { get { return MakeCanonicalName(Path.GetFileName(rootPath), memberPath); } }
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// returns the virtual name of the bound file (disregarding the archive)
@@ -168,7 +173,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 			extractor.ExtractFile(archiveIndex, boundStream);
 			boundStream.Position = 0;
 			memberPath = FixArchiveFilename(extractor.ArchiveFileNames[archiveIndex]); //TODO - maybe go through our own list of names? maybe not, its indexes dont match..
-			Console.WriteLine("bound " + CanonicalName);
+			Console.WriteLine("bound " + CanonicalFullPath);
 			
 			return this;
 		}
@@ -189,7 +194,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 		void BindRoot()
 		{
 			boundStream = rootStream;
-			Console.WriteLine("bound " + CanonicalName);
+			Console.WriteLine("bound " + CanonicalFullPath);
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
index f88df28763..4f6d4c9b69 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 
 				Text = DisplayNameForSystem(game.System) + " - " + game.Name;
 				ResetRewindBuffer();
-				Global.Config.RecentRoms.Add(file.CanonicalName);
+				Global.Config.RecentRoms.Add(file.CanonicalFullPath);
 				if (File.Exists(game.SaveRamPath))
 					LoadSaveRam();
 
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/RomGame.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/RomGame.cs
index 215807277a..c04dac6baa 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/RomGame.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/RomGame.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 			if (file.Extension == "SMD")
 				RomData = DeInterleaveSMD(RomData);
 
-            var info = Database.GetGameInfo(RomData, file.Name);
+			var info = Database.GetGameInfo(RomData, file.Name);
             name = info.Name;
             System = info.System;
             options = new List<string>(info.GetOptions());