diff --git a/direct/src/directscripts/runPythonEmacs b/direct/src/directscripts/runPythonEmacs
index 97e4108aaf..cc07fc4be9 100755
--- a/direct/src/directscripts/runPythonEmacs
+++ b/direct/src/directscripts/runPythonEmacs
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ if [ "$FOURD" ]; then
     FOURD=`cygpath -w $FOURD`
     export FOURD
 fi
+if [ "$PARALLAX" ]; then
+    if [ "$debug" ]; then echo "PARALLAX   $PARALLAX"; fi
+    PARALLAX=`cygpath -w $PARALLAX`
+    export PARALLAX
+fi
 if [ "$WINTOOLS" ]; then
     if [ "$debug" ]; then echo "WINTOOLS  $WINTOOLS"; fi
     WINTOOLS=`cygpath -w $WINTOOLS`