diff --git a/src/lib/efreet/efreet_uri.c b/src/lib/efreet/efreet_uri.c
index 9f468ce5df..44fe54a35f 100644
--- a/src/lib/efreet/efreet_uri.c
+++ b/src/lib/efreet/efreet_uri.c
@@ -22,13 +22,16 @@ efreet_uri_decode(const char *full_uri)
     Efreet_Uri *uri;
     const char *p;
     char scheme[64], authority[_POSIX_HOST_NAME_MAX], path[PATH_MAX];
+    char *sep;
     int i = 0;
 
     EINA_SAFETY_ON_NULL_RETURN_VAL(full_uri, NULL);
 
     /* An uri should be in the form <scheme>:[<authority>][<path>][<query>][<fragment>] */
-    if (!strstr(full_uri, ":")) return NULL;
-
+    sep = strchr(full_uri, ':');
+    if (!sep) return NULL;
+    /* check if we have a Windows PATH, that is a letter follow by a colon */
+    if ((sep - full_uri) == 1) return NULL;
 
     memset(scheme, 0, 64);
     memset(authority, 0, _POSIX_HOST_NAME_MAX);