diff --git a/examples/Makefile b/examples/Makefile
index 7759464b..93e84632 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile
+++ b/examples/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2014 Cesanta Software
 # All rights reserved
 
-SUBDIRS = $(sort $(dir $(wildcard */)))
+# `wildcard ./*/` works in both linux and linux/wine, while `wildcard */` enumerates nothing under wine
+SUBDIRS = $(sort $(dir $(wildcard ./*/)))
+SUBDIRS:=$(filter-out ./, $(SUBDIRS))
 
 ifeq ($(OS), Windows_NT)
-  SUBDIRS:=$(filter-out load_balancer/ netcat/ raspberry_pi_mjpeg_led/, $(SUBDIRS))
+  SUBDIRS:=$(filter-out ./load_balancer/ ./netcat/ ./raspberry_pi_mjpeg_led/ ./captive_dns_server/, $(SUBDIRS))
 endif
 
 .PHONY: $(SUBDIRS)
diff --git a/examples/api_server/Makefile b/examples/api_server/Makefile
index 4886a593..49910c17 100644
--- a/examples/api_server/Makefile
+++ b/examples/api_server/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CFLAGS = -W -Wall $(CFLAGS_EXTRA)
 
 ifeq ($(OS), Windows_NT)
   CFLAGS += -lws2_32 -D_MG_PROVIDE_STRNLEN
-  CC = mingw32-gcc
+  CC = gcc
 else
   UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
   ifeq ($(UNAME_S), Linux)
diff --git a/examples/examples.mk b/examples/examples.mk
index 7edd607d..45e66abb 100644
--- a/examples/examples.mk
+++ b/examples/examples.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ all: $(PROG)
 ifeq ($(OS), Windows_NT)
 # TODO(alashkin): enable SSL in Windows
 CFLAGS += -lws2_32 -D_MG_PROVIDE_STRNLEN
-CC = mingw32-gcc
+CC = gcc
 else
 ifeq ($(SSL_LIB),openssl)
 CFLAGS += -DMG_ENABLE_SSL -lssl -lcrypto