diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/ChangeLog b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/ChangeLog
index 25e25bd91c5..4c4ef9577b5 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/ChangeLog
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2004-07-20 Alex Chapiro
+
+	Fix for PR 70359
+	Binaries regenerated
+
+	* library/Win32ProcessEx.c
+	* library/starter/starter.cpp
+	* os/win32/x86/spawner.dll
+	* os/win32/x86/starter.dll
+
 2004-04-29 Alex Chapiro
 
 	Support for I18N within spawner.
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/library/Win32ProcessEx.c b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/library/Win32ProcessEx.c
index d69f02230bd..3971fd2dd9a 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/library/Win32ProcessEx.c
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/library/Win32ProcessEx.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_org_eclipse_cdt_utils_spawner_Spawner_exec0
     int ret = 0;
 	_TCHAR  szCmdLine[MAX_CMD_SIZE];
 	int nBlkSize = MAX_ENV_SIZE; 
-	_TCHAR * szEnvBlock = (_TCHAR *)malloc(nBlkSize * sizeof(_TCHAR));
+	_TCHAR * szEnvBlock = NULL;
 	jsize nCmdTokens = 0;
 	jsize nEnvVars = 0;
 	int i;
@@ -220,10 +220,16 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_org_eclipse_cdt_utils_spawner_Spawner_exec0
 
 	szCmdLine[nPos] = _T('\0');
 
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_MONITOR
+	_stprintf(buffer, _T("There are  %i environment variables \n"), nEnvVars);
+	OutputDebugStringW(buffer);
+#endif
 	// Prepare environment block
     if (nEnvVars > 0) 
 		{
 		nPos = 0;
+		szEnvBlock = (_TCHAR *)malloc(nBlkSize * sizeof(_TCHAR));
 		for(i = 0; i < nEnvVars; ++i) 
 			{
 			jobject item = (*env) -> GetObjectArrayElement(env, envp, i);
@@ -298,7 +304,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_org_eclipse_cdt_utils_spawner_Spawner_exec0
                         0,                /* thread security attribute */
                         FALSE,            /* inherits system handles */
                         flags,            /* normal attached process */
-                        envBlk,			  /* environment block */
+                        szEnvBlock,		  /* environment block */
                         cwd,              /* change to the new current directory */
                         &si,              /* (in)  startup information */
                         &pi);             /* (out) process information */
@@ -307,8 +313,9 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_org_eclipse_cdt_utils_spawner_Spawner_exec0
 
 	if(NULL != cwd)
 		free((void *)cwd);
-	
-	free(szEnvBlock);
+
+	if(NULL != szEnvBlock)
+		free(szEnvBlock);
 
     if (!ret) // Launching error
 		{
@@ -411,7 +418,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_org_eclipse_cdt_utils_spawner_Spawner_exec1
 	int nPos;
 	_TCHAR  szCmdLine[MAX_CMD_SIZE];
 	int nBlkSize = MAX_ENV_SIZE; 
-	_TCHAR * szEnvBlock = (_TCHAR *)malloc(nBlkSize * sizeof(_TCHAR));
+	_TCHAR * szEnvBlock = NULL;
 
 
     sa.nLength = sizeof(sa);
@@ -450,6 +457,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_org_eclipse_cdt_utils_spawner_Spawner_exec1
 	// Prepare environment block
     if (nEnvVars > 0) 
 		{
+		szEnvBlock = (_TCHAR *)malloc(nBlkSize * sizeof(_TCHAR));
 		nPos = 0;
 		for(i = 0; i < nEnvVars; ++i) 
 			{
@@ -516,7 +524,8 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_org_eclipse_cdt_utils_spawner_Spawner_exec1
 
 	if(NULL != cwd)
 		free(cwd);
-	free(szEnvBlock);
+	if(NULL != szEnvBlock)
+		free(szEnvBlock);
 
     if (!ret)  // error
 		{
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/library/starter/starter.cpp b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/library/starter/starter.cpp
index a60e8ac5b32..21087d46d6b 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/library/starter/starter.cpp
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/library/starter/starter.cpp
@@ -151,6 +151,27 @@ extern "C" int  _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR * argv[]) {
 		return -1;;
    }
 
+
+ 
+#ifdef DEBUG_MONITOR
+	_TCHAR * lpvEnv = GetEnvironmentStringsW();
+
+	// If the returned pointer is NULL, exit.
+	if (lpvEnv == NULL)
+		OutputDebugStringW(_T("Cannot Read Environment\n"));
+	else {
+		// Variable strings are separated by NULL byte, and the block is 
+		// terminated by a NULL byte. 
+ 
+		OutputDebugStringW(_T("Starter: Environment\n"));
+		for (_TCHAR * lpszVariable = (_TCHAR *) lpvEnv; *lpszVariable; lpszVariable+=_tcslen(lpszVariable) + 1) { 
+			_stprintf(buffer, _T("%s\n"), lpszVariable);
+			OutputDebugStringW(buffer);
+		}
+
+		FreeEnvironmentStringsW(lpvEnv);
+	}
+#endif
 #ifdef DEBUG_MONITOR
 	_stprintf(buffer, _T("Starting: %s\n"), szCmdLine);
 	OutputDebugStringW(buffer);
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/os/win32/x86/spawner.dll b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/os/win32/x86/spawner.dll
index a654506805e..d2bb0a6563e 100644
Binary files a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/os/win32/x86/spawner.dll and b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/os/win32/x86/spawner.dll differ
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/os/win32/x86/starter.exe b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/os/win32/x86/starter.exe
index 8161d7fece3..105b0a1ba76 100644
Binary files a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/os/win32/x86/starter.exe and b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.win32/os/win32/x86/starter.exe differ