diff --git a/dlls/dbghelp/dbghelp.c b/dlls/dbghelp/dbghelp.c
index 9d99f0d646a..65a57ac90dc 100644
--- a/dlls/dbghelp/dbghelp.c
+++ b/dlls/dbghelp/dbghelp.c
@@ -430,28 +430,26 @@ BOOL WINAPI SymInitializeW(HANDLE hProcess, PCWSTR UserSearchPath, BOOL fInvadeP
     {
         unsigned        size;
         unsigned        len;
-        static const WCHAR      sym_path[] = {'_','N','T','_','S','Y','M','B','O','L','_','P','A','T','H',0};
-        static const WCHAR      alt_sym_path[] = {'_','N','T','_','A','L','T','E','R','N','A','T','E','_','S','Y','M','B','O','L','_','P','A','T','H',0};
 
         pcs->search_path = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, (len = MAX_PATH) * sizeof(WCHAR));
         while ((size = GetCurrentDirectoryW(len, pcs->search_path)) >= len)
             pcs->search_path = HeapReAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, pcs->search_path, (len *= 2) * sizeof(WCHAR));
         pcs->search_path = HeapReAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, pcs->search_path, (size + 1) * sizeof(WCHAR));
 
-        len = GetEnvironmentVariableW(sym_path, NULL, 0);
+        len = GetEnvironmentVariableW(L"_NT_SYMBOL_PATH", NULL, 0);
         if (len)
         {
             pcs->search_path = HeapReAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, pcs->search_path, (size + 1 + len + 1) * sizeof(WCHAR));
             pcs->search_path[size] = ';';
-            GetEnvironmentVariableW(sym_path, pcs->search_path + size + 1, len);
+            GetEnvironmentVariableW(L"_NT_SYMBOL_PATH", pcs->search_path + size + 1, len);
             size += 1 + len;
         }
-        len = GetEnvironmentVariableW(alt_sym_path, NULL, 0);
+        len = GetEnvironmentVariableW(L"_NT_ALTERNATE_SYMBOL_PATH", NULL, 0);
         if (len)
         {
             pcs->search_path = HeapReAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, pcs->search_path, (size + 1 + len + 1) * sizeof(WCHAR));
             pcs->search_path[size] = ';';
-            GetEnvironmentVariableW(alt_sym_path, pcs->search_path + size + 1, len);
+            GetEnvironmentVariableW(L"_NT_ALTERNATE_SYMBOL_PATH", pcs->search_path + size + 1, len);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/dlls/dbghelp/dbghelp_private.h b/dlls/dbghelp/dbghelp_private.h
index fda6714c332..2ebe6699a1d 100644
--- a/dlls/dbghelp/dbghelp_private.h
+++ b/dlls/dbghelp/dbghelp_private.h
@@ -626,7 +626,6 @@ void minidump_add_memory_block(struct dump_context* dc, ULONG64 base, ULONG size
 /* module.c */
 extern const WCHAR      S_ElfW[] DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 extern const WCHAR      S_WineLoaderW[] DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
-extern const WCHAR      S_SlashW[] DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 extern const struct loader_ops no_loader_ops DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 
 extern BOOL         module_init_pair(struct module_pair* pair, HANDLE hProcess,
diff --git a/dlls/dbghelp/elf_module.c b/dlls/dbghelp/elf_module.c
index 553b212c526..dbae4db40d2 100644
--- a/dlls/dbghelp/elf_module.c
+++ b/dlls/dbghelp/elf_module.c
@@ -1429,7 +1429,6 @@ static BOOL elf_search_and_load_file(struct process* pcs, const WCHAR* filename,
 {
     BOOL                ret = FALSE;
     struct module*      module;
-    static const WCHAR  S_libstdcPPW[] = {'l','i','b','s','t','d','c','+','+','\0'};
 
     if (filename == NULL || *filename == '\0') return FALSE;
     if ((module = module_is_already_loaded(pcs, filename)))
@@ -1439,7 +1438,7 @@ static BOOL elf_search_and_load_file(struct process* pcs, const WCHAR* filename,
         return module->module.SymType;
     }
 
-    if (wcsstr(filename, S_libstdcPPW)) return FALSE; /* We know we can't do it */
+    if (wcsstr(filename, L"libstdc++")) return FALSE; /* We know we can't do it */
     ret = elf_load_file(pcs, filename, load_offset, dyn_addr, elf_info);
     /* if relative pathname, try some absolute base dirs */
     if (!ret && filename == file_name(filename))
@@ -1563,10 +1562,7 @@ static BOOL elf_enum_modules_internal(const struct process* pcs,
         ULONG_PTR ehdr_addr;
 
         if (elf_search_auxv(pcs, ELF_AT_SYSINFO_EHDR, &ehdr_addr))
-        {
-            static const WCHAR vdsoW[] = {'[','v','d','s','o',']','.','s','o',0};
-            cb(vdsoW, ehdr_addr, 0, TRUE, user);
-        }
+            cb(L"[vdso].so", ehdr_addr, 0, TRUE, user);
     }
     return TRUE;
 }
diff --git a/dlls/dbghelp/macho_module.c b/dlls/dbghelp/macho_module.c
index 34bc4f2c4ea..c4a19b63de0 100644
--- a/dlls/dbghelp/macho_module.c
+++ b/dlls/dbghelp/macho_module.c
@@ -1232,9 +1232,7 @@ static BOOL try_dsym(struct process *pcs, const WCHAR* path, struct macho_file_m
     return FALSE;
 }
 
-static const WCHAR dsym_subpath[] = {'\\','C','o','n','t','e','n','t','s',
-                                     '\\','R','e','s','o','u','r','c','e','s',
-                                     '\\','D','W','A','R','F','\\',0};
+static const WCHAR dsym_subpath[] = L"'\\Contents\\Resources\\DWARF\\";
 
 static WCHAR *query_dsym(const GUID *uuid, const WCHAR *filename)
 {
@@ -1287,8 +1285,6 @@ static WCHAR *query_dsym(const GUID *uuid, const WCHAR *filename)
  */
 static void find_and_map_dsym(struct process *pcs, struct module* module)
 {
-    static const WCHAR dot_dsym[] = {'.','d','S','Y','M',0};
-    static const WCHAR dot_dwarf[] = {'.','d','w','a','r','f',0};
     struct macho_file_map* fmap = &module->format_info[DFI_MACHO]->u.macho_info->file_map.u.macho;
     const WCHAR* p;
     size_t len;
@@ -1300,19 +1296,19 @@ static void find_and_map_dsym(struct process *pcs, struct module* module)
         return;
 
     p = file_name(module->module.LoadedImageName);
-    len = lstrlenW(module->module.LoadedImageName) + lstrlenW(dot_dsym) + lstrlenW(dsym_subpath) + lstrlenW(p) + 1;
+    len = lstrlenW(module->module.LoadedImageName) + lstrlenW(L".dSYM") + lstrlenW(dsym_subpath) + lstrlenW(p) + 1;
     path = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, len * sizeof(WCHAR));
     if (!path)
         return;
     lstrcpyW(path, module->module.LoadedImageName);
-    lstrcatW(path, dot_dsym);
+    lstrcatW(path, L".dSYM");
     lstrcatW(path, dsym_subpath);
     lstrcatW(path, p);
 
     if (try_dsym(pcs, path, fmap))
         goto found;
 
-    lstrcpyW(path + lstrlenW(module->module.LoadedImageName), dot_dwarf);
+    lstrcpyW(path + lstrlenW(module->module.LoadedImageName), L".dwarf");
 
     if (try_dsym(pcs, path, fmap))
         goto found;
@@ -1552,7 +1548,6 @@ static BOOL macho_search_and_load_file(struct process* pcs, const WCHAR* filenam
 {
     BOOL                ret = FALSE;
     struct module*      module;
-    static const WCHAR  S_libstdcPPW[] = {'l','i','b','s','t','d','c','+','+','\0'};
     const WCHAR*        p;
     struct macho_load_params load_params;
 
@@ -1567,7 +1562,7 @@ static BOOL macho_search_and_load_file(struct process* pcs, const WCHAR* filenam
         return module->module.SymType;
     }
 
-    if (wcsstr(filename, S_libstdcPPW)) return FALSE; /* We know we can't do it */
+    if (wcsstr(filename, L"libstdc++")) return FALSE; /* We know we can't do it */
 
     load_params.process    = pcs;
     load_params.load_addr  = load_addr;
diff --git a/dlls/dbghelp/minidump.c b/dlls/dbghelp/minidump.c
index cae966b8e80..c2461413570 100644
--- a/dlls/dbghelp/minidump.c
+++ b/dlls/dbghelp/minidump.c
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ static void fetch_module_versioninfo(LPCWSTR filename, VS_FIXEDFILEINFO* ffi)
 {
     DWORD       handle;
     DWORD       sz;
-    static const WCHAR backslashW[] = {'\\', '\0'};
 
     memset(ffi, 0, sizeof(*ffi));
     if ((sz = GetFileVersionInfoSizeW(filename, &handle)))
@@ -337,7 +336,7 @@ static void fetch_module_versioninfo(LPCWSTR filename, VS_FIXEDFILEINFO* ffi)
             VS_FIXEDFILEINFO*   ptr;
             UINT    len;
 
-            if (VerQueryValueW(info, backslashW, (void*)&ptr, &len))
+            if (VerQueryValueW(info, L"\\", (void*)&ptr, &len))
                 memcpy(ffi, ptr, min(len, sizeof(*ffi)));
         }
         HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, info);
diff --git a/dlls/dbghelp/module.c b/dlls/dbghelp/module.c
index 488ed1a3bd6..b645e6dbf0f 100644
--- a/dlls/dbghelp/module.c
+++ b/dlls/dbghelp/module.c
@@ -35,18 +35,9 @@ WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(dbghelp);
 
 #define NOTE_GNU_BUILD_ID  3
 
-const WCHAR        S_ElfW[]         = {'<','e','l','f','>','\0'};
-const WCHAR        S_WineLoaderW[]  = {'<','w','i','n','e','-','l','o','a','d','e','r','>','\0'};
-static const WCHAR S_DotSoW[]       = {'.','s','o','\0'};
-const WCHAR        S_SlashW[]       = {'/','\0'};
-
-static const WCHAR S_AcmW[] = {'.','a','c','m','\0'};
-static const WCHAR S_DllW[] = {'.','d','l','l','\0'};
-static const WCHAR S_DrvW[] = {'.','d','r','v','\0'};
-static const WCHAR S_ExeW[] = {'.','e','x','e','\0'};
-static const WCHAR S_OcxW[] = {'.','o','c','x','\0'};
-static const WCHAR S_VxdW[] = {'.','v','x','d','\0'};
-static const WCHAR * const ext[] = {S_AcmW, S_DllW, S_DrvW, S_ExeW, S_OcxW, S_VxdW, NULL};
+const WCHAR S_ElfW[] = L"<elf>";
+const WCHAR S_WineLoaderW[] = L"<wine-loader>";
+static const WCHAR * const ext[] = {L".acm", L".dll", L".drv", L".exe", L".ocx", L".vxd", NULL};
 
 static int match_ext(const WCHAR* ptr, size_t len)
 {
@@ -77,8 +68,6 @@ static const WCHAR* get_filename(const WCHAR* name, const WCHAR* endptr)
 
 static BOOL is_wine_loader(const WCHAR *module)
 {
-    static const WCHAR wineW[] = {'w','i','n','e',0};
-    static const WCHAR suffixW[] = {'6','4',0};
     const WCHAR *filename = get_filename(module, NULL);
     const char *ptr;
     BOOL ret = FALSE;
@@ -94,14 +83,14 @@ static BOOL is_wine_loader(const WCHAR *module)
     }
     else
     {
-        buffer = heap_alloc( sizeof(wineW) + 2 * sizeof(WCHAR) );
-        lstrcpyW( buffer, wineW );
+        buffer = heap_alloc( sizeof(L"wine") + 2 * sizeof(WCHAR) );
+        lstrcpyW( buffer, L"wine" );
     }
 
     if (!wcscmp( filename, buffer ))
         ret = TRUE;
 
-    lstrcatW( buffer, suffixW );
+    lstrcatW( buffer, L"64" );
     if (!wcscmp( filename, buffer ))
         ret = TRUE;
 
@@ -124,9 +113,9 @@ static void module_fill_module(const WCHAR* in, WCHAR* out, size_t size)
         lstrcpynW(out, S_WineLoaderW, size);
     else
     {
-        if (len > 3 && !wcsicmp(&out[len - 3], S_DotSoW) &&
+        if (len > 3 && !wcsicmp(&out[len - 3], L".so") &&
             (l = match_ext(out, len - 3)))
-            lstrcpyW(&out[len - l - 3], S_ElfW);
+            lstrcpyW(&out[len - l - 3], L"<elf>");
     }
     while ((*out = towlower(*out))) out++;
 }
@@ -464,7 +453,7 @@ static BOOL module_is_container_loaded(const struct process* pcs,
         {
             modname = get_filename(module->module.LoadedImageName, NULL);
             if (!wcsnicmp(modname, filename, len) &&
-                !memcmp(modname + len, S_DotSoW, 3 * sizeof(WCHAR)))
+                !memcmp(modname + len, L".so", 3 * sizeof(WCHAR)))
             {
                 return TRUE;
             }
@@ -746,7 +735,6 @@ static BOOL image_locate_build_id_target(struct image_file_map* fmap, const BYTE
 {
     static const WCHAR globalDebugDirW[] = {'/','u','s','r','/','l','i','b','/','d','e','b','u','g','/'};
     static const WCHAR buildidW[] = {'.','b','u','i','l','d','-','i','d','/'};
-    static const WCHAR dotDebug0W[] = {'.','d','e','b','u','g',0};
     struct image_file_map* fmap_link = NULL;
     WCHAR* p;
     WCHAR* z;
@@ -757,7 +745,7 @@ static BOOL image_locate_build_id_target(struct image_file_map* fmap, const BYTE
 
     p = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0,
                   sizeof(globalDebugDirW) + sizeof(buildidW) +
-                  (idlen * 2 + 1) * sizeof(WCHAR) + sizeof(dotDebug0W));
+                  (idlen * 2 + 1) * sizeof(WCHAR) + sizeof(L".debug"));
     z = p;
     memcpy(z, globalDebugDirW, sizeof(globalDebugDirW));
     z += ARRAY_SIZE(globalDebugDirW);
@@ -778,7 +766,7 @@ static BOOL image_locate_build_id_target(struct image_file_map* fmap, const BYTE
         *z++ = "0123456789abcdef"[*id & 0x0F];
         id++;
     }
-    memcpy(z, dotDebug0W, sizeof(dotDebug0W));
+    memcpy(z, L".debug", sizeof(L".debug"));
     TRACE("checking %s\n", wine_dbgstr_w(p));
 
     if (image_check_debug_link_gnu_id(p, fmap_link, idend - idlen, idlen))
diff --git a/dlls/dbghelp/path.c b/dlls/dbghelp/path.c
index ba757a55b0c..f99129eac49 100644
--- a/dlls/dbghelp/path.c
+++ b/dlls/dbghelp/path.c
@@ -242,14 +242,11 @@ static BOOL do_searchW(PCWSTR file, PWSTR buffer, BOOL recurse,
     WIN32_FIND_DATAW    fd;
     unsigned            pos;
     BOOL                found = FALSE;
-    static const WCHAR  S_AllW[] = {'*','.','*','\0'};
-    static const WCHAR  S_DotW[] = {'.','\0'};
-    static const WCHAR  S_DotDotW[] = {'.','.','\0'};
 
     pos = lstrlenW(buffer);
     if (pos == 0) return FALSE;
     if (buffer[pos - 1] != '\\') buffer[pos++] = '\\';
-    lstrcpyW(buffer + pos, S_AllW);
+    lstrcpyW(buffer + pos, L"*.*");
     if ((h = FindFirstFileW(buffer, &fd)) == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
         return FALSE;
     /* doc doesn't specify how the tree is enumerated...
@@ -257,7 +254,7 @@ static BOOL do_searchW(PCWSTR file, PWSTR buffer, BOOL recurse,
      */
     do
     {
-        if (!wcscmp(fd.cFileName, S_DotW) || !wcscmp(fd.cFileName, S_DotDotW)) continue;
+        if (!wcscmp(fd.cFileName, L".") || !wcscmp(fd.cFileName, L"..")) continue;
 
         lstrcpyW(buffer + pos, fd.cFileName);
         if (recurse && (fd.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY))
@@ -723,10 +720,6 @@ BOOL search_dll_path(const struct process *process, const WCHAR *name, BOOL (*ma
     {
         const WCHAR dllsW[] = { '\\','d','l','l','s','\\' };
         const WCHAR programsW[] = { '\\','p','r','o','g','r','a','m','s','\\' };
-        const WCHAR dot_dllW[] = {'.','d','l','l',0};
-        const WCHAR dot_exeW[] = {'.','e','x','e',0};
-        const WCHAR dot_soW[] = {'.','s','o',0};
-
 
         len = lstrlenW(env);
         if (!(buf = heap_alloc((len + 8 + 3 * lstrlenW(name)) * sizeof(WCHAR)))) return FALSE;
@@ -735,8 +728,8 @@ BOOL search_dll_path(const struct process *process, const WCHAR *name, BOOL (*ma
 
         memcpy(end, dllsW, sizeof(dllsW));
         lstrcpyW(end + ARRAY_SIZE(dllsW), name);
-        if ((p = wcsrchr(end, '.')) && !lstrcmpW(p, dot_soW)) *p = 0;
-        if ((p = wcsrchr(end, '.')) && !lstrcmpW(p, dot_dllW)) *p = 0;
+        if ((p = wcsrchr(end, '.')) && !lstrcmpW(p, L".so")) *p = 0;
+        if ((p = wcsrchr(end, '.')) && !lstrcmpW(p, L".dll")) *p = 0;
         p = end + lstrlenW(end);
         *p++ = '\\';
         lstrcpyW(p, name);
@@ -751,8 +744,8 @@ BOOL search_dll_path(const struct process *process, const WCHAR *name, BOOL (*ma
         memcpy(end, programsW, sizeof(programsW));
         end += ARRAY_SIZE(programsW);
         lstrcpyW(end, name);
-        if ((p = wcsrchr(end, '.')) && !lstrcmpW(p, dot_soW)) *p = 0;
-        if ((p = wcsrchr(end, '.')) && !lstrcmpW(p, dot_exeW)) *p = 0;
+        if ((p = wcsrchr(end, '.')) && !lstrcmpW(p, L".so")) *p = 0;
+        if ((p = wcsrchr(end, '.')) && !lstrcmpW(p, L".exe")) *p = 0;
         p = end + lstrlenW(end);
         *p++ = '\\';
         lstrcpyW(p, name);
diff --git a/dlls/dbghelp/symbol.c b/dlls/dbghelp/symbol.c
index 1113bbc39cf..76c92414b89 100644
--- a/dlls/dbghelp/symbol.c
+++ b/dlls/dbghelp/symbol.c
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ WINE_DECLARE_DEBUG_CHANNEL(dbghelp_symt);
 extern char * CDECL __unDName(char *buffer, const char *mangled, int len,
         void * (CDECL *pfn_alloc)(size_t), void (CDECL *pfn_free)(void *), unsigned short flags);
 
-static const WCHAR starW[] = {'*','\0'};
-
 static inline int cmp_addr(ULONG64 a1, ULONG64 a2)
 {
     if (a1 > a2) return 1;
@@ -1089,7 +1087,7 @@ static BOOL symt_enum_locals(struct process* pcs, const WCHAR* mask,
 
     if (sym->symt.tag == SymTagFunction)
     {
-        return symt_enum_locals_helper(&pair, mask ? mask : starW, se, (struct symt_function*)sym,
+        return symt_enum_locals_helper(&pair, mask ? mask : L"*", se, (struct symt_function*)sym,
                                        &((struct symt_function*)sym)->vchildren);
     }
     return FALSE;
@@ -1210,7 +1208,7 @@ static BOOL sym_enum(HANDLE hProcess, ULONG64 BaseOfDll, PCWSTR Mask,
         Mask = bang + 1;
     }
 
-    symt_enum_module(&pair, Mask ? Mask : starW, se);
+    symt_enum_module(&pair, Mask ? Mask : L"*", se);
 
     return TRUE;
 }
@@ -2154,7 +2152,7 @@ static BOOL re_match_multi(const WCHAR** pstring, const WCHAR** pre, BOOL _case)
         case WILDCHAR(']'): case WILDCHAR('+'): case WILDCHAR('#'): return FALSE;
         case WILDCHAR('*'):
             /* transform '*' into '?#' */
-            {static const WCHAR qmW[] = {'?',0}; re_beg = qmW;}
+            re_beg = L"?";
             goto closure;
         case WILDCHAR('['):
             do