- // special case of "/keyname" when there is nothing before "/"
- if ( strPath.IsEmpty() && ((!strEntry.IsEmpty()) && strEntry[0] == wxCONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR ))
+ // the path is everything which precedes the last slash
+ wxString strPath = strEntry.BeforeLast(wxCONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR);
+
+ // except in the special case of "/keyname" when there is nothing before "/"
+ if ( strPath.IsEmpty() &&
+ ((!strEntry.IsEmpty()) && strEntry[0] == wxCONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR) )
+ {