diff --git a/include/boost/process/detail/posix/cmd.hpp b/include/boost/process/detail/posix/cmd.hpp
index 33449b68..4786d1a4 100644
--- a/include/boost/process/detail/posix/cmd.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/process/detail/posix/cmd.hpp
@@ -63,8 +63,22 @@ struct cmd_setter_ : handler_base_ext
     {
         exec.cmd_line = &_cmd_impl.front();
     }
-    const string_type & str() const {return _cmd_line;}
+    string_type str() const
+    {
+    	string_type ret;
+    	std::size_t size = 0;
+    	for (auto & cmd : _cmd_line)
+    		size += cmd.size() + 1;
+    	ret.reserve(size -1);
 
+    	for (auto & cmd : _cmd_line)
+    	{
+    		if (!ret.empty())
+    			ret += equal_sign<Char>();
+    		ret += cmd;
+    	}
+    	return ret;
+    }
 private:
     static inline std::vector<Char*> make_cmd(std::vector<string_type> & args);
     std::vector<string_type> _cmd_line;
diff --git a/include/boost/process/detail/posix/environment.hpp b/include/boost/process/detail/posix/environment.hpp
index b699f7bb..50944c0f 100644
--- a/include/boost/process/detail/posix/environment.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/process/detail/posix/environment.hpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class native_environment_impl
         std::vector<Char*> val;
         val.resize(vec.size() + 1);
         std::transform(vec.begin(), vec.end(), val.begin(),
-                [](auto & str)
+                [](std::basic_string<Char> & str)
                 {
                     return &str.front();
                 });
@@ -185,8 +185,16 @@ public:
     explicit inline  basic_environment_impl(
                 const basic_environment_impl<CharR>& rhs,
                 const ::boost::process::codecvt_type & cv = ::boost::process::codecvt())
-        : _data(::boost::process::detail::convert(rhs._data, cv))
+        : _data(rhs._data.size())
     {
+    	std::transform(rhs._data.begin(), rhs._data.end(), _data.begin(),
+    			[&](const std::basic_string<CharR> & st)
+				{
+    				return ::boost::process::detail::convert(st, cv);
+				}
+
+    		);
+
     }
 
     template<typename CharR>
diff --git a/include/boost/process/detail/posix/executor.hpp b/include/boost/process/detail/posix/executor.hpp
index 2ac03153..b503de1e 100644
--- a/include/boost/process/detail/posix/executor.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/process/detail/posix/executor.hpp
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ child executor<Sequence>::invoke(boost::mpl::false_, boost::mpl::true_)
 
 #endif
 
-template<typename Tup>
+template<typename Char, typename Tup>
 inline executor<Tup> make_executor(Tup & tup)
 {
     return executor<Tup>(tup);
diff --git a/include/boost/process/detail/posix/start_dir.hpp b/include/boost/process/detail/posix/start_dir.hpp
index 35894b5d..f7468e5f 100644
--- a/include/boost/process/detail/posix/start_dir.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/process/detail/posix/start_dir.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ struct start_dir_init : handler_base_ext
 {
 	typedef Char value_type;
 	typedef std::basic_string<value_type> string_type;
-    explicit start_dir_init(const string_type &s) : s_(s) {}
+    start_dir_init(const string_type &s) : s_(s) {}
 
     template <class PosixExecutor>
     void on_exec_setup(PosixExecutor&) const
diff --git a/include/boost/process/detail/traits/wchar_t.hpp b/include/boost/process/detail/traits/wchar_t.hpp
index 751a433f..e7eb6255 100644
--- a/include/boost/process/detail/traits/wchar_t.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/process/detail/traits/wchar_t.hpp
@@ -128,6 +128,14 @@ struct char_converter<wchar_t, std::string>
     }
 };
 
+template<>
+struct char_converter<char, std::wstring>
+{
+    static std::string conv(const std::wstring & in)
+    {
+        return ::boost::process::detail::convert(in);
+    }
+};
 
 template<>
 struct char_converter<wchar_t, std::vector<std::string>>
diff --git a/include/boost/process/environment.hpp b/include/boost/process/environment.hpp
index 2ffc498d..ed66e800 100644
--- a/include/boost/process/environment.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/process/environment.hpp
@@ -639,15 +639,17 @@ inline std::vector<boost::filesystem::path> path()
 {
 #if defined(BOOST_WINDOWS_API)
     const ::boost::process::wnative_environment ne;
+    typedef typename ::boost::process::wnative_environment::const_entry_type value_type;
     const auto id = L"PATH";
 #else
     const ::boost::process::native_environment ne;
+    typedef typename ::boost::process::native_environment::const_entry_type value_type;
     const auto id = "path";
 #endif
 
     auto itr = std::find_if(ne.cbegin(), ne.cend(),
-            [&](const auto & e)
-             {return id == ::boost::to_upper_copy(e.get_name());});
+            [&](const value_type & e)
+             {return id == ::boost::to_upper_copy(e.get_name(), ::boost::process::detail::process_locale());});
 
     if (itr == ne.cend())
         return {};