diff --git a/bin/installOnWindows.bat b/bin/installOnWindows.bat
index b6f699de..0e3e2099 100644
--- a/bin/installOnWindows.bat
+++ b/bin/installOnWindows.bat
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ set JQUERY_VERSION=1.7
 cd bin
 cd ..
 
-echo _
-echo Setting up settings.json...
-copy settings.json.template_windows settings.json
-
 echo _
 echo Updating node...
 curl -lo bin\node.exe http://nodejs.org/dist/v%NODE_VERSION%/node.exe
@@ -23,13 +19,20 @@ echo Updating jquery...
 curl -lo "node_modules\ep_etherpad-lite\static\js\jquery.min.js" "http://code.jquery.com/jquery-%JQUERY_VERSION%.min.js"
 
 echo _
-echo Some other stuff...
-copy node_modules\ep_etherpad-lite\static\custom\js.template node_modules\ep_etherpad-lite\static\custom\index.template
-copy node_modules\ep_etherpad-lite\static\custom\js.template node_modules\ep_etherpad-lite\static\custom\pad.template
-copy node_modules\ep_etherpad-lite\static\custom\js.template node_modules\ep_etherpad-lite\static\custom\timeslider.template
-copy node_modules\ep_etherpad-lite\static\custom\css.template node_modules\ep_etherpad-lite\static\custom\index.template
-copy node_modules\ep_etherpad-lite\static\custom\css.template node_modules\ep_etherpad-lite\static\custom\pad.template
-copy node_modules\ep_etherpad-lite\static\custom\css.template node_modules\ep_etherpad-lite\static\custom\timeslider.template
+echo Copying custom templates...
+set custom_dir=node_modules\ep_etherpad-lite\static\custom
+FOR %%f IN (index pad timeslider) DO (
+  if NOT EXIST %custom_dir%\%%f.js copy %custom_dir%\js.template %custom_dir%\%%f.js
+  if NOT EXIST %custom_dir%\%%f.css copy %custom_dir%\css.template %custom_dir%\%%f.css
+)
+
+echo _
+echo Clearing cache.
+del /S var\minified*
+
+echo _
+echo Setting up settings.json...
+IF NOT EXIST settings.json copy settings.json.template_windows settings.json
 
 echo _
 echo Installed Etherpad-lite!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/node/db/API.js b/src/node/db/API.js
index e2b6f6f8..661b7859 100644
--- a/src/node/db/API.js
+++ b/src/node/db/API.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ exports.createGroupPad = groupManager.createGroupPad;
 exports.createAuthor = authorManager.createAuthor;
 exports.createAuthorIfNotExistsFor = authorManager.createAuthorIfNotExistsFor;
 exports.listPadsOfAuthor = authorManager.listPadsOfAuthor;
+exports.padUsersCount = padMessageHandler.padUsersCount;
 
 /**********************/
 /**SESSION FUNCTIONS***/
diff --git a/src/node/handler/APIHandler.js b/src/node/handler/APIHandler.js
index 567a90d2..40c08441 100644
--- a/src/node/handler/APIHandler.js
+++ b/src/node/handler/APIHandler.js
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ var functions = {
   "getPublicStatus"           : ["padID"], 
   "setPassword"               : ["padID", "password"], 
   "isPasswordProtected"       : ["padID"], 
-  "listAuthorsOfPad"          : ["padID"]
+  "listAuthorsOfPad"          : ["padID"],
+  "padUsersCount"             : ["padID"]
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js b/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
index b356230c..9cf39669 100644
--- a/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
+++ b/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
@@ -1348,3 +1348,14 @@ function composePadChangesets(padId, startNum, endNum, callback)
     callback(null, changeset);
   });
 }
+
+/**
+ * Get the number of users in a pad
+ */
+exports.padUsersCount = function (padID, callback) {
+  if (!pad2sessions[padID] || typeof pad2sessions[padID] != typeof []) {
+    callback(null, {padUsersCount: 0});
+  } else {
+    callback(null, {padUsersCount: pad2sessions[padID].length});
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/node/hooks/express/padurlsanitize.js b/src/node/hooks/express/padurlsanitize.js
index 229d013d..24ec2c3d 100644
--- a/src/node/hooks/express/padurlsanitize.js
+++ b/src/node/hooks/express/padurlsanitize.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ exports.expressCreateServer = function (hook_name, args, cb) {
 	//the pad id was sanitized, so we redirect to the sanitized version
 	if(sanitizedPadId != padId)
 	{
-          var real_url = req.url.replace(/^\/p\/[^\/]+/, '/p/' + sanitizedPadId);
+          var real_url = sanitizedPadId;
           var query = url.parse(req.url).query;
           if ( query ) real_url += '?' + query;
 	  res.header('Location', real_url);
diff --git a/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js b/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
index 455dd203..7efcb49c 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
+++ b/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ exports.loadFn = function (path, hookName) {
   var functionName
     , parts = path.split(":");
   
-  // on windows
-  if(process.platform == 'win32') {
+  // on windows: C:\foo\bar:xyz
+  if(parts[0].length == 1) {
     if(parts.length == 3)
       functionName = parts.pop();
     path = parts.join(":");