diff --git a/config/cmake_files/medMacros.cmake b/config/cmake_files/medMacros.cmake
index 6b2fe5c..aaae8e7 100644
--- a/config/cmake_files/medMacros.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake_files/medMacros.cmake
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ MACRO(INSTALL_AND_COMPILE_PYTHON_FILE PYFILE2COMPINST PYFILELOC)
     INSTALL(FILES ${input} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${PYFILELOC})
     INSTALL(CODE "MESSAGE(STATUS \"py compiling \$ENV{DESTDIR}${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${PYFILELOC}/${inputname}\")")
     INSTALL(CODE "SET(CMD \"import py_compile ; py_compile.compile('\$ENV{DESTDIR}${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${PYFILELOC}/${inputname}')\")")
-    INSTALL(CODE "EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -c \"\${CMD}\")")
-    INSTALL(CODE "EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -O -c \"\${CMD}\")")
+    INSTALL(CODE "EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND \"${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}\" -c \"\${CMD}\")")
+    INSTALL(CODE "EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND \"${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}\" -O -c \"\${CMD}\")")
   ENDFOREACH(input ${PYFILE2COMPINST})
 ENDMACRO(INSTALL_AND_COMPILE_PYTHON_FILE PYFILE2COMPINST PYFILELOC)
diff --git a/tools/mdump/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/mdump/CMakeLists.txt
index 991b5af..cceb4bb 100644
--- a/tools/mdump/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/mdump/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ CONFIGURE_FILE(xmdump3.in ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/xmdump3 @ONLY)
 CONFIGURE_FILE(xmdump4.in ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/xmdump4 @ONLY)
 
 INSTALL(PROGRAMS ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/xmdump2 ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/xmdump3 ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/xmdump4 DESTINATION bin)
-INSTALL(CODE "EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink mdump4 mdump WORKING_DIRECTORY ${DESTDIR}${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin)")
-INSTALL(CODE "EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink xmdump4 xmdump WORKING_DIRECTORY ${DESTDIR}${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin)")
+INSTALL(CODE "FILE(INSTALL \"${DESTDIR}${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/mdump4${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}\" DESTINATION \"${DESTDIR}${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin\" RENAME \"mdump${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}\")")
+INSTALL(CODE "FILE(INSTALL \"${DESTDIR}${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/xmdump4\" DESTINATION \"${DESTDIR}${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin\" RENAME xmdump)")