diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/binding.h b/dlls/mshtml/binding.h
index 1366d98e6d1..4e86b76555c 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/binding.h
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/binding.h
@@ -121,8 +121,9 @@ HRESULT create_channelbsc(IMoniker*,const WCHAR*,BYTE*,DWORD,BOOL,nsChannelBSC**
 HRESULT channelbsc_load_stream(HTMLInnerWindow*,IStream*) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 void channelbsc_set_channel(nsChannelBSC*,nsChannel*,nsIStreamListener*,nsISupports*) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 IUri *nsuri_get_uri(nsWineURI*) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
-HRESULT create_relative_uri(HTMLOuterWindow*,const WCHAR*,IUri**) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 
+HRESULT create_relative_uri(HTMLOuterWindow*,const WCHAR*,IUri**) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
+HRESULT create_uri(const WCHAR*,DWORD,IUri**) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 IUri *get_uri_nofrag(IUri*) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 
 void set_current_mon(HTMLOuterWindow*,IMoniker*,DWORD) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/htmlwindow.c b/dlls/mshtml/htmlwindow.c
index 2a2b5caed38..6cfa76b846a 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/htmlwindow.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/htmlwindow.c
@@ -2083,7 +2083,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLPrivateWindow_SuperNavigate(IHTMLPrivateWindow *iface,
             translated_url = NULL;
     }
 
-    hres = CreateUri(translated_url ? translated_url : url, 0, 0, &uri);
+    hres = create_uri(translated_url ? translated_url : url, 0, &uri);
     CoTaskMemFree(translated_url);
     if(FAILED(hres))
         return hres;
diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/navigate.c b/dlls/mshtml/navigate.c
index f0edca067cd..012d7ac705e 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/navigate.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/navigate.c
@@ -2327,7 +2327,7 @@ HRESULT navigate_url(HTMLOuterWindow *window, const WCHAR *new_url, IUri *base_u
         hres = CoInternetCombineUrlEx(base_uri, new_url, URL_ESCAPE_SPACES_ONLY|URL_DONT_ESCAPE_EXTRA_INFO,
                 &uri, 0);
     else
-        hres = CreateUri(new_url, 0, 0, &uri);
+        hres = create_uri(new_url, 0, &uri);
     if(FAILED(hres))
         return hres;
 
@@ -2346,7 +2346,7 @@ HRESULT navigate_url(HTMLOuterWindow *window, const WCHAR *new_url, IUri *base_u
             TRACE("%08x %s -> %s\n", hres, debugstr_w(display_uri), debugstr_w(translated_url));
             SysFreeString(display_uri);
             IUri_Release(uri);
-            hres = CreateUri(translated_url, 0, 0, &uri);
+            hres = create_uri(translated_url, 0, &uri);
             CoTaskMemFree(translated_url);
             if(FAILED(hres))
                 return hres;
diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/nsio.c b/dlls/mshtml/nsio.c
index 1e8f1bbd78e..d31367673fc 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/nsio.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/nsio.c
@@ -1904,10 +1904,10 @@ static nsresult NSAPI nsURI_SetSpec(nsIFileURL *iface, const nsACString *aSpec)
     if(!spec)
         return NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
 
-    hres = CreateUri(spec, 0, 0, &uri);
+    hres = create_uri(spec, 0, &uri);
     heap_free(spec);
     if(FAILED(hres)) {
-        WARN("CreateUri failed: %08x\n", hres);
+        WARN("create_uri failed: %08x\n", hres);
         return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
     }
 
@@ -2924,7 +2924,7 @@ HRESULT create_doc_uri(HTMLOuterWindow *window, const WCHAR *url, nsWineURI **re
     nsresult nsres;
     HRESULT hres;
 
-    hres = CreateUri(url, 0, 0, &iuri);
+    hres = create_uri(url, 0, &iuri);
     if(FAILED(hres))
         return hres;
 
@@ -2974,7 +2974,7 @@ HRESULT create_redirect_nschannel(const WCHAR *url, nsChannel *orig_channel, nsC
     nsresult nsres;
     HRESULT hres;
 
-    hres = CreateUri(url, 0, 0, &iuri);
+    hres = create_uri(url, 0, &iuri);
     if(FAILED(hres))
         return hres;
 
@@ -3287,9 +3287,9 @@ static nsresult NSAPI nsIOService_NewURI(nsIIOService *iface, const nsACString *
         if(FAILED(hres))
             WARN("CoInternetCombineUrlEx failed: %08x\n", hres);
     }else {
-        hres = CreateUri(new_spec, 0, 0, &urlmon_uri);
+        hres = create_uri(new_spec, 0, &urlmon_uri);
         if(FAILED(hres))
-            WARN("CreateUri failed: %08x\n", hres);
+            WARN("create_uri failed: %08x\n", hres);
     }
 
     if(FAILED(hres))
diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/persist.c b/dlls/mshtml/persist.c
index df9bafdf5c3..a0bb2087c65 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/persist.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/persist.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ void set_current_mon(HTMLOuterWindow *This, IMoniker *mon, DWORD flags)
 
         hres = IMoniker_GetDisplayName(mon, NULL, NULL, &url);
         if(SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
-            hres = CreateUri(url, 0, 0, &uri);
+            hres = create_uri(url, 0, &uri);
             if(FAILED(hres)) {
                 WARN("CrateUri failed: %08x\n", hres);
                 set_current_uri(This, NULL);
@@ -178,11 +178,16 @@ void set_current_mon(HTMLOuterWindow *This, IMoniker *mon, DWORD flags)
     set_script_mode(This, use_gecko_script(This) ? SCRIPTMODE_GECKO : SCRIPTMODE_ACTIVESCRIPT);
 }
 
+HRESULT create_uri(const WCHAR *uri_str, DWORD flags, IUri **uri)
+{
+    return CreateUri(uri_str, flags | Uri_CREATE_ALLOW_IMPLICIT_FILE_SCHEME, 0, uri);
+}
+
 HRESULT create_relative_uri(HTMLOuterWindow *window, const WCHAR *rel_uri, IUri **uri)
 {
     return window->uri
         ? CoInternetCombineUrlEx(window->uri, rel_uri, URL_ESCAPE_SPACES_ONLY|URL_DONT_ESCAPE_EXTRA_INFO, uri, 0)
-        : CreateUri(rel_uri, 0, 0, uri);
+        : create_uri(rel_uri, 0, uri);
 }
 
 void set_download_state(HTMLDocumentObj *doc, int state)
@@ -967,7 +972,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI PersistHistory_LoadHistory(IPersistHistory *iface, IStream
         hres = E_FAIL;
     if(SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
         uri_str[str_len] = 0;
-        hres = CreateUri(uri_str, 0, 0, &uri);
+        hres = create_uri(uri_str, 0, &uri);
     }
     heap_free(uri_str);
     if(FAILED(hres))