diff --git a/lib/shared_memory.cpp b/lib/shared_memory.cpp
index 3d7f26fa..73c2d667 100644
--- a/lib/shared_memory.cpp
+++ b/lib/shared_memory.cpp
@@ -293,14 +293,14 @@ namespace IPC {
 #ifdef __CYGWIN__
       if (master) {
         //Under cygwin, all pages are 4 bytes longer than claimed.
-        handle = CreateFileMappingA(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, NULL, PAGE_READWRITE, 0, len+4, std::string("Global\\" + name).c_str());
+        handle = CreateFileMappingA(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, NULL, PAGE_READWRITE, 0, len+4, name.c_str());
       } else {
         int i = 0;
         do {
           if (i != 0) {
             Util::sleep(1000);
           }
-          handle = OpenFileMappingA(FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, std::string("Global\\" + name).c_str());
+          handle = OpenFileMappingA(FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, name.c_str());
           i++;
         } while (i < 10 && !handle && autoBackoff);
       }