diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/tests/process.c b/dlls/kernel32/tests/process.c
index 40b8cafdc7c..a01d91baa6b 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/tests/process.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/tests/process.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ static void test_Startup(void)
     PROCESS_INFORMATION	info;
     STARTUPINFOA	startup,si;
     static CHAR title[]   = "I'm the title string",
-                desktop[] = "I'm the desktop string",
+                desktop[] = "winsta0\\default",
                 empty[]   = "";
 
     /* let's start simplistic */
@@ -854,9 +854,9 @@ static void test_CommandLine(void)
     assert ( lpFilePart != 0);
     *(lpFilePart -1 ) = 0;
     p = strrchr(fullpath, '\\');
-    assert (p);
     /* Use exename to avoid buffer containing things like 'C:' */
-    sprintf(buffer, "..%s/%s tests/process.c %s \"a\\\"b\\\\\" c\\\" d", p, exename, resfile);
+    if (p) sprintf(buffer, "..%s/%s tests/process.c %s \"a\\\"b\\\\\" c\\\" d", p, exename, resfile);
+    else sprintf(buffer, "./%s tests/process.c %s \"a\\\"b\\\\\" c\\\" d", exename, resfile);
     SetLastError(0xdeadbeef);
     ret = CreateProcessA(NULL, buffer, NULL, NULL, FALSE, 0L, NULL, NULL, &startup, &info);
     ok(ret, "CreateProcess (%s) failed : %d\n", buffer, GetLastError());
@@ -864,7 +864,8 @@ static void test_CommandLine(void)
     ok(WaitForSingleObject(info.hProcess, 30000) == WAIT_OBJECT_0, "Child process termination\n");
     /* child process has changed result file, so let profile functions know about it */
     WritePrivateProfileStringA(NULL, NULL, NULL, resfile);
-    sprintf(buffer, "..%s/%s", p, exename);
+    if (p) sprintf(buffer, "..%s/%s", p, exename);
+    else sprintf(buffer, "./%s", exename);
     okChildString("Arguments", "argvA0", buffer);
     release_memory();
     assert(DeleteFileA(resfile) != 0);
@@ -875,9 +876,9 @@ static void test_CommandLine(void)
     assert ( lpFilePart != 0);
     *(lpFilePart -1 ) = 0;
     p = strrchr(fullpath, '\\');
-    assert (p);
     /* Use exename to avoid buffer containing things like 'C:' */
-    sprintf(buffer, "..%s/%s", p, exename);
+    if (p) sprintf(buffer, "..%s/%s", p, exename);
+    else sprintf(buffer, "./%s", exename);
     sprintf(buffer2, "dummy tests/process.c %s \"a\\\"b\\\\\" c\\\" d", resfile);
     SetLastError(0xdeadbeef);
     ret = CreateProcessA(buffer, buffer2, NULL, NULL, FALSE, 0L, NULL, NULL, &startup, &info);