diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
index bbc794dc1..77fbbe940 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
@@ -723,8 +723,9 @@ void cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3::WriteConvenienceRules2(
         std::ostringstream progCmd;
         progCmd << "$(CMAKE_COMMAND) -E cmake_progress_start ";
         // # in target
-        progCmd << lg->Convert(progress.Dir, cmOutputConverter::FULL,
-                               cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
+        progCmd << lg->ConvertToOutputFormat(
+          cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(progress.Dir),
+          cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
         //
         std::set<cmGeneratorTarget const*> emitted;
         progCmd << " " << this->CountProgressMarksInTarget(gtarget, emitted);
@@ -736,8 +737,9 @@ void cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3::WriteConvenienceRules2(
       {
         std::ostringstream progCmd;
         progCmd << "$(CMAKE_COMMAND) -E cmake_progress_start "; // # 0
-        progCmd << lg->Convert(progress.Dir, cmOutputConverter::FULL,
-                               cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
+        progCmd << lg->ConvertToOutputFormat(
+          cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(progress.Dir),
+          cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
         progCmd << " 0";
         commands.push_back(progCmd.str());
       }
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index 2fa3f8687..de9e1e551 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -688,7 +688,9 @@ std::string cmLocalGenerator::ExpandRuleVariable(
     }
   }
   if (variable == "CMAKE_COMMAND") {
-    return this->Convert(cmSystemTools::GetCMakeCommand(), FULL, SHELL);
+    return this->ConvertToOutputFormat(
+      cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(cmSystemTools::GetCMakeCommand()),
+      SHELL);
   }
   std::vector<std::string> enabledLanguages =
     this->GetState()->GetEnabledLanguages();
@@ -1183,7 +1185,8 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::GetTargetFlags(
           if (sf->GetExtension() == "def") {
             linkFlags +=
               this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_LINK_DEF_FILE_FLAG");
-            linkFlags += this->Convert(sf->GetFullPath(), FULL, SHELL);
+            linkFlags += this->ConvertToOutputFormat(
+              cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(sf->GetFullPath()), SHELL);
             linkFlags += " ";
           }
         }
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalNinjaGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalNinjaGenerator.cxx
index bbec63426..d07bfaabe 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalNinjaGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalNinjaGenerator.cxx
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ std::string cmLocalNinjaGenerator::ConvertToIncludeReference(
   bool forceFullPaths)
 {
   if (forceFullPaths) {
-    return this->Convert(path, cmOutputConverter::FULL, format);
+    return this->ConvertToOutputFormat(cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(path),
+                                       format);
   }
   return this->Convert(path, cmOutputConverter::HOME_OUTPUT, format);
 }
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
index 5b83b3d24..3c4841eca 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
@@ -640,9 +640,9 @@ void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3::WriteMakeVariables(
   std::string cmakeShellCommand =
     this->MaybeConvertWatcomShellCommand(cmSystemTools::GetCMakeCommand());
   if (cmakeShellCommand.empty()) {
-    cmakeShellCommand =
-      this->Convert(cmSystemTools::GetCMakeCommand(), cmOutputConverter::FULL,
-                    cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
+    cmakeShellCommand = this->ConvertToOutputFormat(
+      cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(cmSystemTools::GetCMakeCommand()),
+      cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
   }
 
   /* clang-format off */
@@ -665,16 +665,16 @@ void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3::WriteMakeVariables(
   makefileStream
     << "# The top-level source directory on which CMake was run.\n"
     << "CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR = "
-    << this->Convert(this->GetSourceDirectory(),
-                     cmOutputConverter::FULL,
+    << this->ConvertToOutputFormat(
+      cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(this->GetSourceDirectory()),
                      cmOutputConverter::SHELL)
     << "\n"
     << "\n";
   makefileStream
     << "# The top-level build directory on which CMake was run.\n"
     << "CMAKE_BINARY_DIR = "
-    << this->Convert(this->GetBinaryDirectory(),
-                     cmOutputConverter::FULL,
+    << this->ConvertToOutputFormat(
+      cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(this->GetBinaryDirectory()),
                      cmOutputConverter::SHELL)
     << "\n"
     << "\n";
@@ -1154,8 +1154,9 @@ void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3::AppendEcho(
           cmd += color_name;
           if (progress) {
             cmd += "--progress-dir=";
-            cmd += this->Convert(progress->Dir, cmOutputConverter::FULL,
-                                 cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
+            cmd += this->ConvertToOutputFormat(
+              cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(progress->Dir),
+              cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
             cmd += " ";
             cmd += "--progress-num=";
             cmd += progress->Arg;
@@ -1603,15 +1604,16 @@ void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3::WriteLocalAllRules(
   {
     std::ostringstream progCmd;
     progCmd << "$(CMAKE_COMMAND) -E cmake_progress_start ";
-    progCmd << this->Convert(progressDir, cmOutputConverter::FULL,
-                             cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
+    progCmd << this->ConvertToOutputFormat(
+      cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(progressDir), cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
 
     std::string progressFile = cmake::GetCMakeFilesDirectory();
     progressFile += "/progress.marks";
     std::string progressFileNameFull = this->ConvertToFullPath(progressFile);
     progCmd << " "
-            << this->Convert(progressFileNameFull, cmOutputConverter::FULL,
-                             cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
+            << this->ConvertToOutputFormat(
+                 cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(progressFileNameFull),
+                 cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
     commands.push_back(progCmd.str());
   }
   std::string mf2Dir = cmake::GetCMakeFilesDirectoryPostSlash();
@@ -1623,8 +1625,8 @@ void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3::WriteLocalAllRules(
   {
     std::ostringstream progCmd;
     progCmd << "$(CMAKE_COMMAND) -E cmake_progress_start "; // # 0
-    progCmd << this->Convert(progressDir, cmOutputConverter::FULL,
-                             cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
+    progCmd << this->ConvertToOutputFormat(
+      cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(progressDir), cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
     progCmd << " 0";
     commands.push_back(progCmd.str());
   }
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 1beaa87ac..70fe81955 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ cmSourceFile* cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::CreateVCProjBuildRule()
   args += this->GetBinaryDirectory();
   commandLine.push_back(args);
   commandLine.push_back("--check-stamp-file");
-  std::string stampFilename = this->Convert(
-    stampName.c_str(), cmOutputConverter::FULL, cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
+  std::string stampFilename = this->ConvertToOutputFormat(
+    cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(stampName), cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
   commandLine.push_back(stampFilename.c_str());
 
   std::vector<std::string> const& listFiles = this->Makefile->GetListFiles();
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx
index d1cefe300..b49296222 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ std::string cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::ConstructScript(
     script += newline;
     newline = newline_text;
     script += "cd ";
-    script += this->Convert(workingDirectory, FULL, SHELL);
+    script += this->ConvertToOutputFormat(
+      cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(workingDirectory), SHELL);
     script += check_error;
 
     // Change the working drive.
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
index b34cd6e07..165f96ce8 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -1000,9 +1000,10 @@ void cmMakefileTargetGenerator::WriteTargetDependRules()
   // paths.  Make sure PWD is set to the original name of the home
   // output directory to help cmSystemTools to create the same
   // translation table for the dependency scanning process.
-  depCmd << "cd " << (this->LocalGenerator->Convert(
-                       this->LocalGenerator->GetBinaryDirectory(),
-                       cmOutputConverter::FULL, cmOutputConverter::SHELL))
+  depCmd << "cd " << (this->LocalGenerator->ConvertToOutputFormat(
+                       cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(
+                         this->LocalGenerator->GetBinaryDirectory()),
+                       cmOutputConverter::SHELL))
          << " && ";
 #endif
   // Generate a call this signature:
@@ -1016,20 +1017,29 @@ void cmMakefileTargetGenerator::WriteTargetDependRules()
   // the state of our local generator sufficiently for its needs.
   depCmd << "$(CMAKE_COMMAND) -E cmake_depends \""
          << this->GlobalGenerator->GetName() << "\" "
-         << this->Convert(this->LocalGenerator->GetSourceDirectory(),
-                          cmOutputConverter::FULL, cmOutputConverter::SHELL)
+         << this->LocalGenerator->ConvertToOutputFormat(
+              cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(
+                this->LocalGenerator->GetSourceDirectory()),
+              cmOutputConverter::SHELL)
          << " "
-         << this->Convert(this->LocalGenerator->GetCurrentSourceDirectory(),
-                          cmOutputConverter::FULL, cmOutputConverter::SHELL)
+         << this->LocalGenerator->ConvertToOutputFormat(
+              cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(
+                this->LocalGenerator->GetCurrentSourceDirectory()),
+              cmOutputConverter::SHELL)
          << " "
-         << this->Convert(this->LocalGenerator->GetBinaryDirectory(),
-                          cmOutputConverter::FULL, cmOutputConverter::SHELL)
+         << this->LocalGenerator->ConvertToOutputFormat(
+              cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(
+                this->LocalGenerator->GetBinaryDirectory()),
+              cmOutputConverter::SHELL)
          << " "
-         << this->Convert(this->LocalGenerator->GetCurrentBinaryDirectory(),
-                          cmOutputConverter::FULL, cmOutputConverter::SHELL)
+         << this->LocalGenerator->ConvertToOutputFormat(
+              cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(
+                this->LocalGenerator->GetCurrentBinaryDirectory()),
+              cmOutputConverter::SHELL)
          << " "
-         << this->Convert(this->InfoFileNameFull, cmOutputConverter::FULL,
-                          cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
+         << this->LocalGenerator->ConvertToOutputFormat(
+              cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(this->InfoFileNameFull),
+              cmOutputConverter::SHELL);
   if (this->LocalGenerator->GetColorMakefile()) {
     depCmd << " --color=$(COLOR)";
   }