diff --git a/dlls/shell32/shellstring.c b/dlls/shell32/shellstring.c
index 6258c42e8d1..735a27c5aca 100644
--- a/dlls/shell32/shellstring.c
+++ b/dlls/shell32/shellstring.c
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(shell);
  *
  * NOTES
  *  the pidl is for STRRET OFFSET
+ *
+ * ***** NOTE *****
+ *  This routine is identical to StrRetToBufA in dlls/shlwapi/string.c.
+ *  It was duplicated here because not every version of Shlwapi.dll exports
+ *  StrRetToBufA. If you change one routine, change them both. YOU HAVE BEEN
+ *  WARNED.
+ * ***** NOTE *****
  */
 HRESULT WINAPI StrRetToStrNA (LPVOID dest, DWORD len, LPSTRRET src, const ITEMIDLIST *pidl)
 {
@@ -56,7 +63,21 @@ HRESULT WINAPI StrRetToStrNA (LPVOID dest, DWORD len, LPSTRRET src, const ITEMID
 	return S_OK;
 }
 
-/*************************************************************************/
+/*************************************************************************
+ * StrRetToStrNW				[SHELL32.]
+ * 
+ * converts a STRRET to a normal string
+ *
+ * NOTES
+ *  the pidl is for STRRET OFFSET
+ *
+ * ***** NOTE *****
+ *  This routine is identical to StrRetToBufW in dlls/shlwapi/string.c.
+ *  It was duplicated here because not every version of Shlwapi.dll exports
+ *  StrRetToBufW. If you change one routine, change them both. YOU HAVE BEEN
+ *  WARNED.
+ * ***** NOTE *****
+ */
 
 HRESULT WINAPI StrRetToStrNW (LPVOID dest1, DWORD len, LPSTRRET src, const ITEMIDLIST *pidl)
 {
diff --git a/dlls/shlwapi/shlwapi.spec b/dlls/shlwapi/shlwapi.spec
index 36758f5a508..2050a3d60be 100644
--- a/dlls/shlwapi/shlwapi.spec
+++ b/dlls/shlwapi/shlwapi.spec
@@ -644,8 +644,8 @@ debug_channels (shell)
 @ stub    StrPBrkA
 @ stub    StrPBrkW
 @ stdcall StrRChrA (str str long) StrRChrA
-@ stub    StrRChrIA
-@ stub    StrRChrIW
+@ stdcall StrRChrIA (str str long) StrRChrIA
+@ stdcall StrRChrIW (str str long) StrRChrIW
 @ stdcall StrRChrW (wstr wstr long) StrRChrW
 @ stub    StrRStrIA
 @ stub    StrRStrIW
diff --git a/dlls/shlwapi/string.c b/dlls/shlwapi/string.c
index b22b6b38bb5..ccc017381f8 100644
--- a/dlls/shlwapi/string.c
+++ b/dlls/shlwapi/string.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h> 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <wctype.h>
 
 #include "winerror.h"
 #include "windef.h"
@@ -334,6 +335,53 @@ LPWSTR WINAPI StrRChrW( LPCWSTR lpStart, LPCWSTR lpEnd, WORD wMatch)
 }
 
 
+/**************************************************************************
+ * StrRChrIA [SHLWAPI.@]
+ *
+ */
+LPSTR WINAPI StrRChrIA( LPCSTR lpStart, LPCSTR lpEnd, WORD wMatch )
+{
+    LPCSTR lpGotIt = NULL;
+    BOOL dbcs = IsDBCSLeadByte( LOBYTE(wMatch) );
+
+    TRACE("(%p, %p, %x)\n", lpStart, lpEnd, wMatch);
+
+    if (!lpEnd) lpEnd = lpStart + strlen(lpStart);
+
+    for(; lpStart < lpEnd; lpStart = CharNextA(lpStart))
+    {
+	if (dbcs) {
+	    /*
+	    if (_mbctoupper(*lpStart) == _mbctoupper(wMatch))
+		lpGotIt = lpStart;
+	    */
+	    if (toupper(*lpStart) == toupper(wMatch)) lpGotIt = lpStart;
+	} else {
+	    if (toupper(*lpStart) == toupper(wMatch)) lpGotIt = lpStart;
+	}
+    }    
+    return (LPSTR)lpGotIt;
+}
+
+
+/**************************************************************************
+ * StrRChrIW [SHLWAPI.@]
+ *
+ */
+LPWSTR WINAPI StrRChrIW( LPCWSTR lpStart, LPCWSTR lpEnd, WORD wMatch)
+{
+    LPCWSTR lpGotIt = NULL;
+
+    TRACE("(%p, %p, %x)\n", lpStart, lpEnd, wMatch);
+    if (!lpEnd) lpEnd = lpStart + strlenW(lpStart);
+
+    for(; lpStart < lpEnd; lpStart = CharNextW(lpStart))
+        if (towupper(*lpStart) == towupper(wMatch)) lpGotIt = lpStart;
+
+    return (LPWSTR)lpGotIt;
+}
+
+
 /*************************************************************************
  *	StrCatBuffA		[SHLWAPI.@]
  *
@@ -377,6 +425,13 @@ LPWSTR WINAPI StrCatBuffW(LPWSTR front, LPCWSTR back, INT size)
  *
  * NOTES
  *  the pidl is for STRRET OFFSET
+ *
+ * ***** NOTE *****
+ *  This routine is identical to StrRetToStrNA in dlls/shell32/shellstring.c.
+ *  It was duplicated there because not every version of Shlwapi.dll exports
+ *  StrRetToBufA. If you change one routine, change them both. YOU HAVE BEEN
+ *  WARNED.
+ * ***** NOTE *****
  */
 HRESULT WINAPI StrRetToBufA (LPSTRRET src, const ITEMIDLIST *pidl, LPSTR dest, DWORD len)
 {
@@ -415,6 +470,13 @@ HRESULT WINAPI StrRetToBufA (LPSTRRET src, const ITEMIDLIST *pidl, LPSTR dest, D
  *
  * NOTES
  *  the pidl is for STRRET OFFSET
+ *
+ * ***** NOTE *****
+ *  This routine is identical to StrRetToStrNW in dlls/shell32/shellstring.c.
+ *  It was duplicated there because not every version of Shlwapi.dll exports
+ *  StrRetToBufW. If you change one routine, change them both. YOU HAVE BEEN
+ *  WARNED.
+ * ***** NOTE *****
  */
 HRESULT WINAPI StrRetToBufW (LPSTRRET src, const ITEMIDLIST *pidl, LPWSTR dest, DWORD len)
 {