diff --git a/pcsx2/PluginManager.cpp b/pcsx2/PluginManager.cpp
index 8baeacfab..4dff8595e 100644
--- a/pcsx2/PluginManager.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/PluginManager.cpp
@@ -1546,10 +1546,10 @@ void SysCorePlugins::SendSettingsFolder()
 	ScopedLock lock( m_mtx_PluginStatus );
 	if( m_SettingsFolder.IsEmpty() ) return;
 
-	pxToUTF8 utf8buffer( m_SettingsFolder );
+	wxCharBuffer buffer(m_SettingsFolder.mb_str(wxConvFile));
 
 	const PluginInfo* pi = tbl_PluginInfo; do {
-		if( m_info[pi->id] ) m_info[pi->id]->CommonBindings.SetSettingsDir( utf8buffer );
+		if( m_info[pi->id] ) m_info[pi->id]->CommonBindings.SetSettingsDir( buffer );
 	} while( ++pi, pi->shortname != NULL );
 }
 
@@ -1572,10 +1572,10 @@ void SysCorePlugins::SendLogFolder()
 	ScopedLock lock( m_mtx_PluginStatus );
 	if( m_LogFolder.IsEmpty() ) return;
 
-	pxToUTF8 utf8buffer( m_LogFolder );
+	wxCharBuffer buffer(m_LogFolder.mb_str(wxConvFile));
 
 	const PluginInfo* pi = tbl_PluginInfo; do {
-		if( m_info[pi->id] ) m_info[pi->id]->CommonBindings.SetLogDir( utf8buffer );
+		if( m_info[pi->id] ) m_info[pi->id]->CommonBindings.SetLogDir( buffer );
 	} while( ++pi, pi->shortname != NULL );
 }
 
diff --git a/pcsx2/gui/Panels/PluginSelectorPanel.cpp b/pcsx2/gui/Panels/PluginSelectorPanel.cpp
index 38ce8556b..841f4c12d 100644
--- a/pcsx2/gui/Panels/PluginSelectorPanel.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/gui/Panels/PluginSelectorPanel.cpp
@@ -652,12 +652,12 @@ void Panels::PluginSelectorPanel::OnConfigure_Clicked( wxCommandEvent& evt )
 
 			if( SetDirFnptr func = (SetDirFnptr)dynlib.GetSymbol( tbl_PluginInfo[pid].GetShortname() + L"setSettingsDir" ) )
 			{
-				func( GetSettingsFolder().ToUTF8() );
+				func( GetSettingsFolder().ToString().mb_str(wxConvFile) );
 			}
 
 			if( SetDirFnptr func = (SetDirFnptr)dynlib.GetSymbol( tbl_PluginInfo[pid].GetShortname() + L"setLogDir" ) )
 			{
-				func( GetLogFolder().ToUTF8() );
+				func( GetLogFolder().ToString().mb_str(wxConvFile) );
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/plugins/LilyPad/Config.cpp b/plugins/LilyPad/Config.cpp
index cd16f0755..75964a530 100644
--- a/plugins/LilyPad/Config.cpp
+++ b/plugins/LilyPad/Config.cpp
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ void CALLBACK PADsetSettingsDir( const char *dir )
 	// emulator assures a trailing slash/backslash (yay!)
 	//swprintf_s( iniFile, L"%S", (dir==NULL) ? "inis\\" : dir );
 	
-	//uint targlen = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, dir, -1, NULL, 0);
-	MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, dir, -1, iniFile, MAX_PATH*2);
+	//uint targlen = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, dir, -1, NULL, 0);
+	MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, dir, -1, iniFile, MAX_PATH*2);
 	wcscat_s(iniFile, L"LilyPad.ini");
 
 	createIniDir = false;
diff --git a/plugins/spu2-x/src/Windows/CfgHelpers.cpp b/plugins/spu2-x/src/Windows/CfgHelpers.cpp
index d9ff3a77c..eb789a30c 100644
--- a/plugins/spu2-x/src/Windows/CfgHelpers.cpp
+++ b/plugins/spu2-x/src/Windows/CfgHelpers.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static wxString CfgFile( L"inis\\SPU2-X.ini" );
 
 void CfgSetSettingsDir( const char* dir )
 {
-	CfgFile = Path::Combine( (dir==NULL) ? wxString(L"inis") : fromUTF8(dir), L"SPU2-X.ini" );
+	CfgFile = Path::Combine( (dir==NULL) ? wxString(L"inis") : wxString(dir, wxConvFile), L"SPU2-X.ini" );
 }