diff --git a/cards/generic_card.py b/cards/generic_card.py
index a197a6a..daf77e4 100644
--- a/cards/generic_card.py
+++ b/cards/generic_card.py
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
-import TLV_utils, crypto_utils, utils, pycsc, binascii, fnmatch, sre
+try:
+    import pycsc
+except ImportError,e:
+    try:
+        import PyCSC
+        from PyCSC import pycsc # Windows
+        pycsc.SCARD_PROTOCOL_ANY = PyCSC.SCARD_PROTOCOL_ANY
+    except ImportError:
+        raise e # raise the original exception, masking the windows-only attempt
+
+import TLV_utils, crypto_utils, utils, binascii, fnmatch, sre
 from utils import C_APDU, R_APDU
 
 DEBUG = True
diff --git a/cyberflex-shell.py b/cyberflex-shell.py
index e617625..ab27f3d 100755
--- a/cyberflex-shell.py
+++ b/cyberflex-shell.py
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
 
-import pycsc, crypto_utils, utils, cards, os, re, binascii, sys, exceptions, traceback, getopt, datetime
+try:
+    import pycsc
+except ImportError,e:
+    try:
+        import PyCSC
+        from PyCSC import pycsc # Windows
+        pycsc.SCARD_PROTOCOL_ANY = PyCSC.SCARD_PROTOCOL_ANY
+    except ImportError:
+        raise e # raise the original exception, masking the windows-only attempt
+
+import crypto_utils, utils, cards, os, re, binascii, sys, exceptions, traceback, getopt, datetime
 from shell import Shell
 
 def list_readers():
diff --git a/shell.py b/shell.py
index cdfe10c..e5d274c 100644
--- a/shell.py
+++ b/shell.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Shell:
         own commands first."""
         
         if sys.modules.has_key("readline"):
-            histfile = os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], ".%s.history" % basename)
+            histfile = os.path.join(self.find_homedir(), ".%s.history" % basename)
             try:
                 readline.read_history_file(histfile)
             except IOError:
@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ class Shell:
         self.pre_hook = []
         self.post_hook = []
         self.prompt = ""
+
+    def find_homedir(self):
+        "Returns the home directory of the current user or (in Windows) a directory for application specific data."
+        if os.environ.has_key("HOME"): return os.environ["HOME"]
+        elif os.environ.has_key("APPDATA"):
+            appdata = os.environ["APPDATA"]
+            dirname = os.path.join(appdata, self.basename)
+            if not os.path.exists(dirname):
+                os.mkdir(dirname)
+            return dirname
+        else:
+            raise EnvironmentError, "Can't find a home directory from the environment."
     
     def get_prompt(self):
         return self.prompt
@@ -81,7 +93,7 @@ class Shell:
         lines = []
         self.startup_ran = True
         try:
-            fp = file(os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], ".%src" % self.basename))
+            fp = file(os.path.join(self.find_homedir(), ".%src" % self.basename))
             lines = fp.readlines()
             fp.close()
         except IOError:
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 57981fc..42bcd4f 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
-import pycsc, string, binascii, sys, re
+try:
+    import pycsc
+except ImportError,e:
+    try:
+        import PyCSC
+        from PyCSC import pycsc # Windows
+        pycsc.SCARD_PROTOCOL_ANY = PyCSC.SCARD_PROTOCOL_ANY
+    except ImportError:
+        raise e # raise the original exception, masking the windows-only attempt
+
+import string, binascii, sys, re
 
 def represent_binary_fancy(len, value, mask = 0):
     result = []