diff --git a/Modules/CMakeVS71FindMake.cmake b/Modules/CMakeVS71FindMake.cmake
index e06e5933e..ef21887be 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeVS71FindMake.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeVS71FindMake.cmake
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ FIND_PROGRAM(CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM
   NAMES devenv
   PATHS
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\7.1\\Setup\\VS;EnvironmentDirectory]
+  "$ENV{ProgramFiles}/Microsoft Visual Studio .NET/Common7/IDE"
   "c:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio .NET/Common7/IDE"
   "c:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio.NET/Common7/IDE"
   "/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio .NET/Common7/IDE/"
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeVS8FindMake.cmake b/Modules/CMakeVS8FindMake.cmake
index 59d38b153..0a5272418 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeVS8FindMake.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeVS8FindMake.cmake
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ FIND_PROGRAM(CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM
   PATHS
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\8.0\\Setup\\VS;EnvironmentDirectory]
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\8.0\\Setup;Dbghelp_path]
+  "$ENV{ProgramFiles}/Microsoft Visual Studio .NET/Common7/IDE"
   "c:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/Common7/IDE"
   "c:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio8/Common7/IDE"
   "/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/Common7/IDE/"
diff --git a/Modules/FindDart.cmake b/Modules/FindDart.cmake
index 30d8789c9..35f6eb82c 100644
--- a/Modules/FindDart.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindDart.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ FIND_PATH(DART_ROOT README.INSTALL
     $ENV{DART_ROOT}
     ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Dart 
      /usr/share/Dart 
-    C:/Dart 
+    C:/Dart  
+    "$ENV{ProgramFiles}/Dart"
     "C:/Program Files/Dart" 
     ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../Dart 
     [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Dart\\InstallPath]
diff --git a/Modules/FindDoxygen.cmake b/Modules/FindDoxygen.cmake
index d3f705f1f..6e6531a03 100644
--- a/Modules/FindDoxygen.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindDoxygen.cmake
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ FIND_PROGRAM(DOXYGEN
 # which contains dot in its bundle.
 FIND_PROGRAM(DOT
   dot
+  "$ENV{ProgramFiles}/ATT/Graphviz/bin"
   "C:/Program Files/ATT/Graphviz/bin"
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\ATT\\Graphviz;InstallPath]/bin
   /Applications/Graphviz.app/Contents/MacOS
diff --git a/Modules/FindGCCXML.cmake b/Modules/FindGCCXML.cmake
index e0cb838bc..594f970ee 100644
--- a/Modules/FindGCCXML.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindGCCXML.cmake
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ FIND_PROGRAM(GCCXML
   NAMES gccxml
         ../GCC_XML/gccxml
   PATHS [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Kitware\\GCC_XML;loc]
-        "C:/Program Files/GCC_XML"
+  "$ENV{ProgramFiles}/GCC_XML"
+  "C:/Program Files/GCC_XML"
 )
diff --git a/Modules/FindHTMLHelp.cmake b/Modules/FindHTMLHelp.cmake
index 30d446796..7d9dfb4e3 100644
--- a/Modules/FindHTMLHelp.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindHTMLHelp.cmake
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # - This module looks for Microsoft HTML Help Compiler
 # It defines:
-#   HTML_HELP_COMPILER - path to the Compiler hhc.exe
-#   HTML_HELP_INCLUDE_PATH - include path for htmlhelp.h
-#   HTML_HELP_LIBRARY - path to the library htmlhelp.lib
+#   HTML_HELP_COMPILER     : full path to the Compiler (hhc.exe)
+#   HTML_HELP_INCLUDE_PATH : include path to the API (htmlhelp.h)
+#   HTML_HELP_LIBRARY      : full path to the library (htmlhelp.lib)
 #
 
 IF (WIN32)
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ IF (WIN32)
   FIND_PROGRAM (HTML_HELP_COMPILER
     hhc
     "[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\HTML Help Workshop;InstallDir]"
+    "$ENV{ProgramFiles}/HTML Help Workshop"
     "C:/Program Files/HTML Help Workshop" 
     )
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ IF (WIN32)
     htmlhelp.h 
     "${HTML_HELP_COMPILER_PATH}/include"
     "[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\HTML Help Workshop;InstallDir]/include"
+    "$ENV{ProgramFiles}/HTML Help Workshop/include"
     "C:/Program Files/HTML Help Workshop/include" 
     )
 
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ IF (WIN32)
     htmlhelp
     "${HTML_HELP_COMPILER_PATH}/lib"
     "[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\HTML Help Workshop;InstallDir]/lib"
+    "$ENV{ProgramFiles}/HTML Help Workshop/lib"
     "C:/Program Files/HTML Help Workshop/lib"
     )
 
diff --git a/Modules/FindMPI.cmake b/Modules/FindMPI.cmake
index 685111644..03f3631e5 100644
--- a/Modules/FindMPI.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindMPI.cmake
@@ -9,18 +9,21 @@ FIND_PATH(MPI_INCLUDE_PATH mpi.h
           /usr/include 
           /usr/include/mpi
           /usr/local/mpi/include
+          "$ENV{ProgramFiles}/MPICH/SDK/Include"
           "C:/Program Files/MPICH/SDK/Include" 
 )
 
 FIND_LIBRARY(MPI_LIBRARY 
              NAMES mpi mpich
              PATHS /usr/lib /usr/local/lib /usr/local/mpi/lib
+             "$ENV{ProgramFiles}/MPICH/SDK/Lib"
              "C:/Program Files/MPICH/SDK/Lib" 
 )
 
 FIND_LIBRARY(MPI_EXTRA_LIBRARY 
              NAMES mpi++
-             PATHS /usr/lib /usr/local/lib /usr/local/mpi/lib
+             PATHS /usr/lib /usr/local/lib /usr/local/mpi/lib 
+             "$ENV{ProgramFiles}/MPICH/SDK/Lib"
              "C:/Program Files/MPICH/SDK/Lib" 
              DOC "If a second mpi library is necessary, specify it here.")
 
diff --git a/Modules/FindQt3.cmake b/Modules/FindQt3.cmake
index 78267ca9f..6c2477919 100644
--- a/Modules/FindQt3.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindQt3.cmake
@@ -154,9 +154,10 @@ ENDIF(QT_UIC_EXECUTABLE)
 
 IF (WIN32)
   FIND_LIBRARY(QT_QTMAIN_LIBRARY qtmain
-  "[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Trolltech\\Qt3Versions\\3.2.1;InstallDir]/lib"
-  "[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Trolltech\\Qt3Versions\\3.2.0;InstallDir]/lib"
-  "[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Trolltech\\Qt3Versions\\3.1.0;InstallDir]/lib"
+    "[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Trolltech\\Qt3Versions\\3.2.1;InstallDir]/lib"
+    "[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Trolltech\\Qt3Versions\\3.2.0;InstallDir]/lib"
+    "[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Trolltech\\Qt3Versions\\3.1.0;InstallDir]/lib"
+    "$ENV{ProgramFiles}/qt/lib"
     $ENV{QTDIR}/lib "C:/Program Files/qt/lib"
     DOC "This Library is only needed by and included with Qt3 on MSWindows. It should be NOTFOUND, undefined or IGNORE otherwise."
     )
diff --git a/Modules/FindQt4.cmake b/Modules/FindQt4.cmake
index 55ae40874..6d1ef9b05 100644
--- a/Modules/FindQt4.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindQt4.cmake
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ IF(QT4_QMAKE_FOUND)
     /usr/lib/qt/include/Qt
     /usr/include/Qt
     /usr/share/qt4/include/Qt
+    "$ENV{ProgramFiles}/qt/include/Qt"
     "C:/Program Files/qt/include/Qt"
     /usr/include/qt4/Qt)
 
diff --git a/Modules/FindTCL.cmake b/Modules/FindTCL.cmake
index a0d5fb05e..aca36b566 100644
--- a/Modules/FindTCL.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindTCL.cmake
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ SET (TCLTK_POSSIBLE_LIB_PATHS
   "${TK_WISH_PATH}/../lib"
   "${TCL_INCLUDE_PATH}/../lib"
   "${TK_INCLUDE_PATH}/../lib"
+  "$ENV{ProgramFiles}/Tcl/Lib"
   "C:/Program Files/Tcl/lib" 
   "C:/Tcl/lib" 
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Scriptics\\Tcl\\8.4;Root]/lib
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ SET (TCLTK_POSSIBLE_INCLUDE_PATHS
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Scriptics\\Tcl\\8.3;Root]/include
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Scriptics\\Tcl\\8.2;Root]/include
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Scriptics\\Tcl\\8.0;Root]/include
+  "$ENV{ProgramFiles}/Tcl/include"
   "C:/Program Files/Tcl/include"
   C:/Tcl/include
   /usr/include
diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Darwin.cmake b/Modules/Platform/Darwin.cmake
index 46374cf61..c8dbd87a6 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/Darwin.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Darwin.cmake
@@ -37,3 +37,12 @@ SET(CMAKE_C_CREATE_SHARED_MODULE
 
 
 SET(CMAKE_PLATFORM_IMPLICIT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES /usr/local/include)
+# default to searching for frameworks first
+SET(CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK FIRST)
+# set up the default search directories for frameworks
+SET(CMAKE_SYSTEM_FRAMEWORK_PATH
+  ~/Library/Frameworks
+  /Library/Frameworks;/Network
+  /Network/Library/Frameworks
+  /System/Library/Frameworks)
+