diff --git a/vnr/vnrhook/src/engine/engine.h b/vnr/vnrhook/src/engine/engine.h
index 4e16193..d60095c 100644
--- a/vnr/vnrhook/src/engine/engine.h
+++ b/vnr/vnrhook/src/engine/engine.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ struct HookParam; // defined in ith types.h
 namespace Engine {
 
 // Global variables
-extern wchar_t process_name_[MAX_PATH], // cached
+extern wchar_t *process_name_, // cached
                process_path_[MAX_PATH]; // cached
 extern DWORD module_base_,
              module_limit_;
diff --git a/vnr/vnrhook/src/engine/match.cc b/vnr/vnrhook/src/engine/match.cc
index c058298..274e517 100644
--- a/vnr/vnrhook/src/engine/match.cc
+++ b/vnr/vnrhook/src/engine/match.cc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ enum { MAX_REL_ADDR = 0x200000 }; // jichi 8/18/2013: maximum relative address
 
 namespace Engine {
 
-WCHAR process_name_[MAX_PATH], // cached
+WCHAR *process_name_, // cached
       process_path_[MAX_PATH]; // cached
 
 DWORD module_base_,
@@ -896,8 +896,11 @@ DWORD WINAPI hijackThreadProc(LPVOID unused)
 
   // jichi 12/18/2013: Though FillRange could raise, it should never raise for he current process
   // So, SEH is not used here.
-  Util::GetProcessName(process_name_); // Initialize shared process name
-  Util::GetProcessPath(process_path_); // Initialize shared process path
+
+  // Initialize shared process name and path
+  wchar_t* p = GetModuleFileNameW(nullptr, process_path_, MAX_PATH) + process_path_;
+  while (*(--p) != L'\\');
+  process_name_ = p + 1;
 
   FillRange(process_name_, &module_base_, &module_limit_);
   DetermineEngineType();
diff --git a/vnr/vnrhook/src/hijack/texthook.cc b/vnr/vnrhook/src/hijack/texthook.cc
index aa9d168..9f546eb 100644
--- a/vnr/vnrhook/src/hijack/texthook.cc
+++ b/vnr/vnrhook/src/hijack/texthook.cc
@@ -488,7 +488,6 @@ DWORD TextHook::UnsafeSend(DWORD dwDataBase, DWORD dwRetn)
     if (dwCount) {
       IO_STATUS_BLOCK ios = {};
 
-      IthCoolDown(); // jichi 9/28/2013: cool down to prevent parallelization in wine
       //CliLockPipe();
 	  WriteFile(::hookPipe, pbData, dwCount + HEADER_SIZE, nullptr, nullptr);
       //CliUnlockPipe();
@@ -505,7 +504,7 @@ int TextHook::InsertHook()
   //ConsoleOutput("vnrcli:InsertHook: enter");
   WaitForSingleObject(hmMutex, 0);
   int ok = InsertHookCode();
-  IthReleaseMutex(hmMutex);
+  ReleaseMutex(hmMutex);
   if (hp.type & HOOK_ADDITIONAL) {
     NotifyHookInsert(hp.address);
     //ConsoleOutput(hook_name);
@@ -688,7 +687,7 @@ int TextHook::InitHook(LPVOID addr, DWORD data, DWORD data_ind,
   currentHook++;
   if (current_available >= this)
     for (current_available = this + 1; current_available->Address(); current_available++);
-  IthReleaseMutex(hmMutex);
+  ReleaseMutex(hmMutex);
   return this - hookman;
 }
 
@@ -704,7 +703,7 @@ int TextHook::InitHook(const HookParam &h, LPCSTR name, WORD set_flag)
   current_available = this+1;
   while (current_available->Address())
     current_available++;
-  IthReleaseMutex(hmMutex);
+  ReleaseMutex(hmMutex);
   return 1;
 }
 
@@ -724,7 +723,7 @@ int TextHook::RemoveHook()
   } ITH_EXCEPT {}
   //});
   hp.hook_len = 0;
-  IthReleaseMutex(hmMutex);
+  ReleaseMutex(hmMutex);
   ConsoleOutput("vnrcli:RemoveHook: leave");
   return yes;
 }
@@ -741,7 +740,7 @@ int TextHook::ClearHook()
   //if (current_available>this)
   //  current_available = this;
   currentHook--;
-  IthReleaseMutex(hmMutex);
+  ReleaseMutex(hmMutex);
   return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/vnr/vnrhook/src/main.cc b/vnr/vnrhook/src/main.cc
index d0f3d17..aaa0a0b 100644
--- a/vnr/vnrhook/src/main.cc
+++ b/vnr/vnrhook/src/main.cc
@@ -32,24 +32,6 @@
 DWORD processStartAddress,
       processStopAddress;
 
-namespace { // unnamed
-wchar_t processName[MAX_PATH];
-
-inline void GetProcessName(wchar_t *name)
-{
-  //assert(name);
-  PLDR_DATA_TABLE_ENTRY it;
-  __asm
-  {
-    mov eax,fs:[0x30]
-    mov eax,[eax+0xc]
-    mov eax,[eax+0xc]
-    mov it,eax
-  }
-  wcscpy(name, it->BaseDllName.Buffer);
-}
-} // unmaed namespace
-
 enum { HOOK_BUFFER_SIZE = MAX_HOOK * sizeof(TextHook) };
 //#define MAX_HOOK (HOOK_BUFFER_SIZE/sizeof(TextHook))
 DWORD hook_buff_len = HOOK_BUFFER_SIZE;
@@ -164,7 +146,6 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hModule, DWORD fdwReason, LPVOID unused)
 	  hSection = CreateFileMappingW(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, nullptr, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, 0, HOOK_SECTION_SIZE, hm_section);
       ::hookman = (TextHook*)MapViewOfFile(hSection, FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, 0, 0, HOOK_SECTION_SIZE / 2);
 
-	  GetProcessName(::processName);
 	  ::processStartAddress = (DWORD)GetModuleHandleW(nullptr);
 
       {
diff --git a/vnr/vnrhook/src/util/util.h b/vnr/vnrhook/src/util/util.h
index 7b712d2..45d0d0c 100644
--- a/vnr/vnrhook/src/util/util.h
+++ b/vnr/vnrhook/src/util/util.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // util.h
 // 8/23/2013 jichi
 
-#include "ntdll/ntdll.h"
+#include <Windows.h>
 
 namespace Util {
 
@@ -24,40 +24,6 @@ DWORD FindModuleBase(DWORD hash);
 
 bool SearchResourceString(LPCWSTR str);
 
-/**
- *  @param  name  process name without path deliminator
- */
-inline void GetProcessName(wchar_t *name)
-{
-  //assert(name);
-  PLDR_DATA_TABLE_ENTRY it;
-  __asm
-  {
-    mov eax,fs:[0x30]
-    mov eax,[eax+0xc]
-    mov eax,[eax+0xc]
-    mov it,eax
-  }
-  ::wcscpy(name, it->BaseDllName.Buffer);
-}
-
-/**
- *  @param  path with process name and directy name
- */
-inline void GetProcessPath(wchar_t *path)
-{
-  //assert(path);
-  PLDR_DATA_TABLE_ENTRY it;
-  __asm
-  {
-    mov eax,fs:[0x30]
-    mov eax,[eax+0xc]
-    mov eax,[eax+0xc]
-    mov it,eax
-  }
-  ::wcscpy(path, it->FullDllName.Buffer);
-}
-
 /**
  *  @return  HANDLE  module handle
  */