Index: /applications/editors/josm/plugins/utilsplugin/build.xml
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--- /applications/editors/josm/plugins/utilsplugin/build.xml	(revision 5415)
+++ /applications/editors/josm/plugins/utilsplugin/build.xml	(revision 5416)
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 <project name="utilsplugin" default="dist" basedir=".">
+
+  <!-- josm "user home" directory depends on the platform used (windows has a different place than unix/linux) -->
+  <property environment="env"/>
+  <condition property="josm.home.dir" value="${env.APPDATA}/JOSM" else="${user.home}/.josm">
+    <and>
+      <os family="windows"/>
+    </and>
+  </condition>
 
   <!-- compilation properties -->
   <property name="josm.build.dir"	value="../../core"/>
-  <property name="josm.home.dir"	value="${user.home}/.josm"/>
+  <property name="josm.plugins.dir" value="${josm.home.dir}/plugins"/>
   <property name="josm"			location="../../core/dist/josm-custom.jar" />
   <property name="plugin.build.dir"	value="build"/>
@@ -41,5 +49,5 @@
 
   <target name="install" depends="dist">
-    <copy file="${plugin.jar}" todir="${user.home}/.josm/plugins"/>
+    <copy file="${plugin.jar}" todir="${josm.plugins.dir}"/>
   </target>
 </project>