diff --git a/Library/ConfigParser.cpp b/Library/ConfigParser.cpp
index 4f1b3fe3..9f1bc707 100644
--- a/Library/ConfigParser.cpp
+++ b/Library/ConfigParser.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ CConfigParser::CConfigParser() :
 	m_Parser(MathParser_Create(NULL)),
 	m_LastReplaced(false),
 	m_LastDefaultUsed(false),
-	m_LastValueDefined(false)
+	m_LastValueDefined(false),
+	m_CurrentSection()
 {
 }
 
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@ void CConfigParser::Initialize(LPCTSTR filename, CRainmeter* pRainmeter, CMeterW
 	m_LastDefaultUsed = false;
 	m_LastValueDefined = false;
 
+	m_CurrentSection = NULL;
+
 	// Set the built-in variables. Do this before the ini file is read so that the paths can be used with @include
 	SetBuiltInVariables(pRainmeter, meterWindow);
 	ResetMonitorVariables(meterWindow);
@@ -106,7 +109,6 @@ void CConfigParser::SetBuiltInVariables(CRainmeter* pRainmeter, CMeterWindow* me
 		SetBuiltInVariable(L"PLUGINSPATH", pRainmeter->GetPluginPath());
 		SetBuiltInVariable(L"CURRENTPATH", CRainmeter::ExtractPath(m_Filename));
 		SetBuiltInVariable(L"ADDONSPATH", pRainmeter->GetAddonPath());
-		SetBuiltInVariable(L"CRLF", L"\n");
 	}
 	if (meterWindow)
 	{
@@ -114,6 +116,12 @@ void CConfigParser::SetBuiltInVariables(CRainmeter* pRainmeter, CMeterWindow* me
 		SetBuiltInVariable(L"CURRENTCONFIG", meterWindow->GetSkinName());
 		SetBuiltInVariable(L"ROOTCONFIGPATH", meterWindow->GetSkinRootPath());
 	}
+
+	SetBuiltInVariable(L"CRLF", L"\n");
+
+	static const std::wstring CURRENTSECTION = L"CURRENTSECTION";
+	SetBuiltInVariable(CURRENTSECTION, L"");
+	m_CurrentSection = &((*m_BuiltInVariables.find(StrToLower(CURRENTSECTION))).second);  // shortcut
 }
 
 /*
@@ -461,7 +469,7 @@ bool CConfigParser::ReplaceVariables(std::wstring& result)
 			if (end != std::wstring::npos)
 			{
 				size_t ei = end - 1;
-				if (result[si] == L'*' && result[ei] == L'*')
+				if (si != ei && result[si] == L'*' && result[ei] == L'*')
 				{
 					result.erase(ei, 1);
 					result.erase(si, 1);
@@ -528,7 +536,7 @@ bool CConfigParser::ReplaceMeasures(std::wstring& result)
 					if (next == std::wstring::npos || end < next)
 					{
 						size_t ei = end - 1;
-						if (result[si] == L'*' && result[ei] == L'*')
+						if (si != ei && result[si] == L'*' && result[ei] == L'*')
 						{
 							result.erase(ei, 1);
 							result.erase(si, 1);
@@ -633,26 +641,28 @@ const std::wstring& CConfigParser::ReadString(LPCTSTR section, LPCTSTR key, LPCT
 	{
 		m_LastValueDefined = true;
 
-		if (result.find(L'#') != std::wstring::npos)
+		if (result.size() >= 3)
 		{
-			static const std::wstring CURRENTSECTION = L"CURRENTSECTION";
-			SetBuiltInVariable(CURRENTSECTION, strSection);  // Set temporarily
+			if (result.find(L'#') != std::wstring::npos)
+			{
+				m_CurrentSection->assign(strSection);  // Set temporarily
 
-			if (ReplaceVariables(result))
+				if (ReplaceVariables(result))
+				{
+					m_LastReplaced = true;
+				}
+
+				m_CurrentSection->clear();  // Reset
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				CRainmeter::ExpandEnvironmentVariables(result);
+			}
+
+			if (bReplaceMeasures && ReplaceMeasures(result))
 			{
 				m_LastReplaced = true;
 			}
-
-			SetBuiltInVariable(CURRENTSECTION, L"");  // Reset
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			CRainmeter::ExpandEnvironmentVariables(result);
-		}
-
-		if (bReplaceMeasures && ReplaceMeasures(result))
-		{
-			m_LastReplaced = true;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -667,8 +677,8 @@ bool CConfigParser::IsKeyDefined(LPCTSTR section, LPCTSTR key)
 
 bool CConfigParser::IsValueDefined(LPCTSTR section, LPCTSTR key)
 {
-	const std::wstring& result = ReadString(section, key, L"", false);
-	return (!m_LastDefaultUsed && !result.empty());
+	ReadString(section, key, L"", false);
+	return m_LastValueDefined;
 }
 
 void CConfigParser::AddMeasure(CMeasure* pMeasure)
@@ -694,7 +704,7 @@ double CConfigParser::ReadFloat(LPCTSTR section, LPCTSTR key, double defValue)
 {
 	const std::wstring& result = ReadString(section, key, L"");
 
-	return (m_LastDefaultUsed) ? defValue : ParseDouble(result, defValue);
+	return (m_LastDefaultUsed) ? defValue : ParseDouble(result.c_str(), defValue);
 }
 
 std::vector<Gdiplus::REAL> CConfigParser::ReadFloats(LPCTSTR section, LPCTSTR key)
@@ -708,7 +718,7 @@ std::vector<Gdiplus::REAL> CConfigParser::ReadFloats(LPCTSTR section, LPCTSTR ke
 		std::vector<std::wstring>::const_iterator iter = tokens.begin();
 		for ( ; iter != tokens.end(); ++iter)
 		{
-			result.push_back((Gdiplus::REAL)ParseDouble((*iter), 0));
+			result.push_back((Gdiplus::REAL)ParseDouble((*iter).c_str(), 0.0));
 		}
 	}
 	return result;
@@ -718,14 +728,14 @@ int CConfigParser::ReadInt(LPCTSTR section, LPCTSTR key, int defValue)
 {
 	const std::wstring& result = ReadString(section, key, L"");
 
-	return (m_LastDefaultUsed) ? defValue : (int)ParseDouble(result, defValue, true);
+	return (m_LastDefaultUsed) ? defValue : ParseInt(result.c_str(), defValue);
 }
 
 unsigned int CConfigParser::ReadUInt(LPCTSTR section, LPCTSTR key, unsigned int defValue)
 {
 	const std::wstring& result = ReadString(section, key, L"");
 
-	return (m_LastDefaultUsed) ? defValue : (unsigned int)ParseDouble(result, defValue, true);
+	return (m_LastDefaultUsed) ? defValue : ParseUInt(result.c_str(), defValue);
 }
 
 // Works as ReadFloat except if the value is surrounded by parenthesis in which case it tries to evaluate the formula
@@ -743,9 +753,9 @@ double CConfigParser::ReadFormula(LPCTSTR section, LPCTSTR key, double defValue)
 			std::wstring error = L"ReadFormula: ";
 			error += ConvertToWide(errMsg);
 			error += L" in key \"";
-			error += key ? key : L"";
+			error += key;
 			error += L"\" in [";
-			error += section ? section : L"";
+			error += section;
 			error += L"]";
 			Log(LOG_ERROR, error.c_str());
 		}
@@ -753,12 +763,12 @@ double CConfigParser::ReadFormula(LPCTSTR section, LPCTSTR key, double defValue)
 		return resultValue;
 	}
 
-	return (m_LastDefaultUsed) ? defValue : ParseDouble(result, defValue);
+	return (m_LastDefaultUsed) ? defValue : ParseDouble(result.c_str(), defValue);
 }
 
 // Returns true if the formula was read successfully, false for failure.
 // Pass a pointer to a double.
-bool CConfigParser::ReadFormula(const std::wstring& result, double* resultValue)
+bool CConfigParser::ParseFormula(const std::wstring& result, double* resultValue)
 {
 	// Formulas must be surrounded by parenthesis
 	if (!result.empty() && result[0] == L'(' && result[result.size() - 1] == L')')
@@ -766,7 +776,7 @@ bool CConfigParser::ReadFormula(const std::wstring& result, double* resultValue)
 		char* errMsg = MathParser_Parse(m_Parser, ConvertToAscii(result.c_str()).c_str(), resultValue);
 		if (errMsg != NULL)
 		{
-			std::wstring error = L"ReadFormula: ";
+			std::wstring error = L"ParseFormula: ";
 			error += ConvertToWide(errMsg);
 			error += L": ";
 			error += result;
@@ -874,40 +884,59 @@ void CConfigParser::Shrink(std::vector<std::wstring>& vec)
 ** If the given string is invalid format or causes overflow/underflow, returns given default value.
 **
 */
-double CConfigParser::ParseDouble(const std::wstring& string, double defValue, bool rejectExp)
+double CConfigParser::ParseDouble(LPCTSTR string, double defValue)
 {
-	std::wstring::size_type pos;
-
-	// Ignore inline comments which start with ';'
-	if ((pos = string.find_first_of(L';')) != std::wstring::npos)
+	if (string && *string)
 	{
-		std::wstring temp(string, 0, pos);
-		return ParseDouble(temp, defValue, rejectExp);
-	}
-
-	if (rejectExp)
-	{
-		// Reject if the given string includes the exponential part
-		if (string.find_last_of(L"dDeE") != std::wstring::npos)
-		{
-			return defValue;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if ((pos = string.find_first_not_of(L" \t\r\n")) != std::wstring::npos)
-	{
-		// Trim white-space
-		std::wstring temp(string, pos, string.find_last_not_of(L" \t\r\n") - pos + 1);
-
-		WCHAR* end = NULL;
 		errno = 0;
-		double resultValue = wcstod(temp.c_str(), &end);
-		if (end && *end == L'\0' && errno != ERANGE)
+		double resultValue = wcstod(string, NULL);
+		if (errno != ERANGE)
 		{
 			return resultValue;
 		}
 	}
+	return defValue;
+}
 
+/*
+** ParseInt
+**
+** This is a helper method that parses the integer value from the given string.
+** If the given string is invalid format or causes overflow/underflow, returns given default value.
+**
+*/
+int CConfigParser::ParseInt(LPCTSTR string, int defValue)
+{
+	if (string && *string)
+	{
+		errno = 0;
+		int resultValue = wcstol(string, NULL, 10);
+		if (errno != ERANGE)
+		{
+			return resultValue;
+		}
+	}
+	return defValue;
+}
+
+/*
+** ParseUInt
+**
+** This is a helper method that parses the unsigned integer value from the given string.
+** If the given string is invalid format or causes overflow/underflow, returns given default value.
+**
+*/
+unsigned int CConfigParser::ParseUInt(LPCTSTR string, unsigned int defValue)
+{
+	if (string && *string)
+	{
+		errno = 0;
+		unsigned int resultValue = wcstoul(string, NULL, 10);
+		if (errno != ERANGE)
+		{
+			return resultValue;
+		}
+	}
 	return defValue;
 }
 
@@ -1198,9 +1227,7 @@ void CConfigParser::ReadIniFile(const std::wstring& iniFile, LPCTSTR config, int
 						clen = len - (clen + 1);  // value's length
 
 						// Trim surrounded quotes from value
-						if (clen >= 2 && (
-							(sep[0] == L'\"' && sep[clen - 1] == L'\"') ||
-							(sep[0] == L'\'' && sep[clen - 1] == L'\'')))
+						if (clen >= 2 && (sep[0] == L'\"' || sep[0] == L'\'') && sep[clen - 1] == sep[0])
 						{
 							clen -= 2;
 							++sep;
diff --git a/Library/ConfigParser.h b/Library/ConfigParser.h
index c94eeb79..4c41a0bd 100644
--- a/Library/ConfigParser.h
+++ b/Library/ConfigParser.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public:
 	RECT ReadRECT(LPCTSTR section, LPCTSTR key, const RECT& defValue);
 	std::vector<Gdiplus::REAL> ReadFloats(LPCTSTR section, LPCTSTR key);
 
-	bool ReadFormula(const std::wstring& result, double* resultValue);
+	bool ParseFormula(const std::wstring& result, double* resultValue);
 
 	const std::wstring& GetFilename() { return m_Filename; }
 	const std::list<std::wstring>& GetSections() { return m_Sections; }
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ public:
 
 	static std::vector<std::wstring> Tokenize(const std::wstring& str, const std::wstring& delimiters);
 	static void Shrink(std::vector<std::wstring>& vec);
-	static double ParseDouble(const std::wstring& string, double defValue, bool rejectExp = false);
+	static double ParseDouble(LPCTSTR string, double defValue);
+	static int ParseInt(LPCTSTR string, int defValue);
+	static unsigned int ParseUInt(LPCTSTR string, unsigned int defValue);
 	static Gdiplus::ARGB ParseColor(LPCTSTR string);
 	static Gdiplus::Rect ParseRect(LPCTSTR string);
 	static RECT ParseRECT(LPCTSTR string);
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ private:
 
 	static void SetMultiMonitorVariables(bool reset);
 	static void SetMonitorVariable(const std::wstring& strVariable, const std::wstring& strValue) { SetVariable(c_MonitorVariables, strVariable, strValue); }
+	static void SetMonitorVariable(const WCHAR* strVariable, const WCHAR* strValue) { SetVariable(c_MonitorVariables, strVariable, strValue); }
 
 	static std::wstring StrToLower(const std::wstring& str) { std::wstring strTmp(str); StrToLowerC(strTmp); return strTmp; }
 	static std::wstring StrToLower(const WCHAR* str) { std::wstring strTmp(str); StrToLowerC(strTmp); return strTmp; }
@@ -124,6 +127,8 @@ private:
 	bool m_LastDefaultUsed;
 	bool m_LastValueDefined;
 
+	std::wstring* m_CurrentSection;
+
 	std::list<std::wstring> m_Sections;		// The sections must be an ordered array
 	std::unordered_map<std::wstring, std::wstring> m_Values;
 
diff --git a/Library/Measure.cpp b/Library/Measure.cpp
index aa1dbd1f..acc1f434 100644
--- a/Library/Measure.cpp
+++ b/Library/Measure.cpp
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ void CMeasure::ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section)
 		const std::wstring& result = parser.ReadString(section, L"Disabled", L"0");
 		if (parser.GetLastReplaced())
 		{
-			m_Disabled = 0!=(int)parser.ParseDouble(result, 0.0, true);
+			m_Disabled = 0!=parser.ParseInt(result.c_str(), 0);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -172,17 +172,19 @@ void CMeasure::ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section)
 
 	m_RegExpSubstitute = 0!=parser.ReadInt(section, L"RegExpSubstitute", 0);
 	std::wstring subs = parser.ReadString(section, L"Substitute", L"");
-	if (!subs.empty() &&
-		(subs[0] != L'\"' || subs[subs.length() - 1] != L'\'') &&
-		(subs[0] != L'\'' || subs[subs.length() - 1] != L'\"'))
+	if (!subs.empty())
 	{
-		// Add quotes since they are removed by the GetProfileString
-		subs.insert(0, L"\"");
-		subs.append(L"\"");
-	}
-	if (!ParseSubstitute(subs))
-	{
-		LogWithArgs(LOG_ERROR, L"Measure: Invalid Substitute=%s", subs.c_str());
+		if ((subs[0] != L'\"' || subs[subs.length() - 1] != L'\'') &&
+			(subs[0] != L'\'' || subs[subs.length() - 1] != L'\"'))
+		{
+			// Add quotes since they are removed by the GetProfileString
+			subs.insert(0, L"\"");
+			subs.append(L"\"");
+		}
+		if (!ParseSubstitute(subs))
+		{
+			LogWithArgs(LOG_ERROR, L"Measure: Invalid Substitute=%s", subs.c_str());
+		}
 	}
 
 	const std::wstring& group = parser.ReadString(section, L"Group", L"");
diff --git a/Library/Measure.h b/Library/Measure.h
index 6b3f25bd..240d505b 100644
--- a/Library/Measure.h
+++ b/Library/Measure.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ public:
 
 	void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser) { ReadConfig(parser, GetName()); }
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual void Initialize();
 	virtual bool Update() = 0;
 
@@ -87,6 +86,8 @@ public:
 	static CMeasure* Create(const WCHAR* measure, CMeterWindow* meterWindow, const WCHAR* name);
 
 protected:
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
 	virtual bool PreUpdate();
 	virtual bool PostUpdate();
 
diff --git a/Library/MeasureCPU.h b/Library/MeasureCPU.h
index 8e445484..cb097294 100644
--- a/Library/MeasureCPU.h
+++ b/Library/MeasureCPU.h
@@ -37,10 +37,12 @@ public:
 	CMeasureCPU(CMeterWindow* meterWindow, const WCHAR* name);
 	virtual ~CMeasureCPU();
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual bool Update();
 
 protected:
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
+private:
 	void CalcUsage(double idleTime, double systemTime);
 	void CalcAverageUsage(SYSTEM_PROCESSOR_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION* systemPerfInfo);
 
diff --git a/Library/MeasureCalc.h b/Library/MeasureCalc.h
index 349b88fb..9ab42fae 100644
--- a/Library/MeasureCalc.h
+++ b/Library/MeasureCalc.h
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ public:
 	CMeasureCalc(CMeterWindow* meterWindow, const WCHAR* name);
 	virtual ~CMeasureCalc();
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual bool Update();
 
 	static void UpdateVariableMap(CMeterWindow& meterWindow);
-	
+
+protected:
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
 private:
 	void FormulaReplace();
 	bool IsDelimiter(WCHAR ch);
diff --git a/Library/MeasureDiskSpace.h b/Library/MeasureDiskSpace.h
index edd7707b..843923ab 100644
--- a/Library/MeasureDiskSpace.h
+++ b/Library/MeasureDiskSpace.h
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ public:
 	CMeasureDiskSpace(CMeterWindow* meterWindow, const WCHAR* name);
 	virtual ~CMeasureDiskSpace();
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual bool Update();
 	virtual const WCHAR* GetStringValue(AUTOSCALE autoScale, double scale, int decimals, bool percentual);
 
+protected:
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
 private:
 	std::wstring m_Drive;
 	std::wstring m_LabelName;
diff --git a/Library/MeasureMemory.h b/Library/MeasureMemory.h
index 864f0bb3..86b4e6e5 100644
--- a/Library/MeasureMemory.h
+++ b/Library/MeasureMemory.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ public:
 	virtual ~CMeasureMemory();
 
 	virtual bool Update();
+
+protected:
 	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 
 private:
diff --git a/Library/MeasureNetIn.h b/Library/MeasureNetIn.h
index eaefd0cf..7a55e54b 100644
--- a/Library/MeasureNetIn.h
+++ b/Library/MeasureNetIn.h
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ public:
 	CMeasureNetIn(CMeterWindow* meterWindow, const WCHAR* name);
 	virtual ~CMeasureNetIn();
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual bool Update();
 
+protected:
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
 private:
 	bool m_FirstTime;
 	ULONG64 m_InOctets;
diff --git a/Library/MeasureNetOut.h b/Library/MeasureNetOut.h
index 83de7b67..e1a080cb 100644
--- a/Library/MeasureNetOut.h
+++ b/Library/MeasureNetOut.h
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ public:
 	CMeasureNetOut(CMeterWindow* meterWindow, const WCHAR* name);
 	virtual ~CMeasureNetOut();
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual bool Update();
 
+protected:
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
 private:
 	bool m_FirstTime;
 	ULONG64 m_OutOctets;
diff --git a/Library/MeasureNetTotal.h b/Library/MeasureNetTotal.h
index 10e4aaa9..c596e5f5 100644
--- a/Library/MeasureNetTotal.h
+++ b/Library/MeasureNetTotal.h
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ public:
 	CMeasureNetTotal(CMeterWindow* meterWindow, const WCHAR* name);
 	virtual ~CMeasureNetTotal();
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual bool Update();
 
+protected:
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
 private:
 	bool m_FirstTime;
 	ULONG64 m_TotalOctets;
diff --git a/Library/MeasurePhysicalMemory.h b/Library/MeasurePhysicalMemory.h
index 42aa3698..639db0b7 100644
--- a/Library/MeasurePhysicalMemory.h
+++ b/Library/MeasurePhysicalMemory.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ public:
 	virtual ~CMeasurePhysicalMemory();
 
 	virtual bool Update();
+
+protected:
 	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 
 private:
diff --git a/Library/MeasurePlugin.h b/Library/MeasurePlugin.h
index b70e0d52..cfddafd9 100644
--- a/Library/MeasurePlugin.h
+++ b/Library/MeasurePlugin.h
@@ -34,11 +34,13 @@ public:
 	CMeasurePlugin(CMeterWindow* meterWindow, const WCHAR* name);
 	virtual ~CMeasurePlugin();
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual bool Update();
 	virtual const WCHAR* GetStringValue(AUTOSCALE autoScale, double scale, int decimals, bool percentual);
 	virtual void ExecuteBang(const WCHAR* args);
 
+protected:
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
 private:
 	std::wstring m_PluginName;
 	HMODULE m_Plugin;
diff --git a/Library/MeasureRegistry.h b/Library/MeasureRegistry.h
index 8671b66d..8a6eb17c 100644
--- a/Library/MeasureRegistry.h
+++ b/Library/MeasureRegistry.h
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ public:
 	CMeasureRegistry(CMeterWindow* meterWindow, const WCHAR* name);
 	virtual ~CMeasureRegistry();
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual bool Update();
 	virtual const WCHAR* GetStringValue(AUTOSCALE autoScale, double scale, int decimals, bool percentual);
 
+protected:
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
 private:
 	std::wstring m_RegKeyName;
 	std::wstring m_RegValueName;
diff --git a/Library/MeasureScript.h b/Library/MeasureScript.h
index 8c18d805..963f1fc9 100644
--- a/Library/MeasureScript.h
+++ b/Library/MeasureScript.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ public:
 	CMeasureScript(CMeterWindow* meterWindow, const WCHAR* name);
 	virtual ~CMeasureScript();
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual void Initialize();
 	virtual bool Update();
 	virtual const WCHAR* GetStringValue(AUTOSCALE autoScale, double scale, int decimals, bool percentual);
@@ -36,6 +35,9 @@ public:
 	void DeleteLuaScript();
 
 protected:
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
+private:
 	LuaScript* m_LuaScript;
 
 	bool m_HasInitializeFunction;
diff --git a/Library/MeasureTime.h b/Library/MeasureTime.h
index a8143594..9edcbce4 100644
--- a/Library/MeasureTime.h
+++ b/Library/MeasureTime.h
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ public:
 	CMeasureTime(CMeterWindow* meterWindow, const WCHAR* name);
 	virtual ~CMeasureTime();
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual bool Update();
 	virtual const WCHAR* GetStringValue(AUTOSCALE autoScale, double scale, int decimals, bool percentual);
-	
+
+protected:
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
 private:
 	void TimeToString(WCHAR* buf, size_t bufLen, const WCHAR* format, const struct tm* time);
 
diff --git a/Library/MeasureUptime.h b/Library/MeasureUptime.h
index 7d1f4888..ea67ef97 100644
--- a/Library/MeasureUptime.h
+++ b/Library/MeasureUptime.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ public:
 
 	virtual bool Update();
 	virtual const WCHAR* GetStringValue(AUTOSCALE autoScale, double scale, int decimals, bool percentual);
+
+protected:
 	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 
 private:
diff --git a/Library/MeasureVirtualMemory.h b/Library/MeasureVirtualMemory.h
index f23d3d05..10be4e07 100644
--- a/Library/MeasureVirtualMemory.h
+++ b/Library/MeasureVirtualMemory.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ public:
 	virtual ~CMeasureVirtualMemory();
 
 	virtual bool Update();
+
+protected:
 	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 
 private:
diff --git a/Library/Meter.cpp b/Library/Meter.cpp
index 6146d495..925e8d95 100644
--- a/Library/Meter.cpp
+++ b/Library/Meter.cpp
@@ -307,13 +307,13 @@ void CMeter::ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section)
 			}
 
 			double val;
-			if (len >= 2 && coord[0] == L'(' && coord[len - 1] == L')' && parser.ReadFormula(coord, &val))
+			if (len >= 2 && coord[0] == L'(' && coord[len - 1] == L')' && parser.ParseFormula(coord, &val))
 			{
 				m_X = (int)val;
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				m_X = (int)parser.ParseDouble(coord, 0.0);
+				m_X = (int)parser.ParseDouble(coord.c_str(), 0.0);
 			}
 		}
 		else
@@ -346,13 +346,13 @@ void CMeter::ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section)
 			}
 
 			double val;
-			if (len >= 2 && coord[0] == L'(' && coord[len - 1] == L')' && parser.ReadFormula(coord, &val))
+			if (len >= 2 && coord[0] == L'(' && coord[len - 1] == L')' && parser.ParseFormula(coord, &val))
 			{
 				m_Y = (int)val;
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				m_Y = (int)parser.ParseDouble(coord, 0.0);
+				m_Y = (int)parser.ParseDouble(coord.c_str(), 0.0);
 			}
 		}
 		else
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ void CMeter::ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section)
 		m_StyleHidden = parser.GetLastUsedStyle();
 		if (parser.GetLastReplaced() || !parser.GetLastDefaultUsed() && m_StyleHidden != oldStyleHidden)
 		{
-			m_Hidden = 0!=(int)parser.ParseDouble(result, 0.0, true);
+			m_Hidden = 0!=parser.ParseInt(result.c_str(), 0);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/Library/Meter.h b/Library/Meter.h
index c09c64c1..49f5b425 100644
--- a/Library/Meter.h
+++ b/Library/Meter.h
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ public:
 
 	void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser) { ReadConfig(parser, GetName()); parser.ClearStyleTemplate(); }
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual void Initialize();
 	virtual bool Update();
 	virtual bool Draw(Gdiplus::Graphics& graphics);
@@ -120,6 +119,8 @@ protected:
 		POSITION_RELATIVE_BR
 	};
 
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
 	void SetAllMeasures(CMeasure* measure);
 	void SetAllMeasures(const std::vector<CMeasure*>& measures);
 	void ReplaceToolTipMeasures(std::wstring& str);
diff --git a/Library/MeterBar.h b/Library/MeterBar.h
index 33eb5549..b71ea938 100644
--- a/Library/MeterBar.h
+++ b/Library/MeterBar.h
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ public:
 	CMeterBar(CMeterWindow* meterWindow, const WCHAR* name);
 	virtual ~CMeterBar();
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual void Initialize();
 	virtual bool Update();
 	virtual bool Draw(Gdiplus::Graphics& graphics);
 
+protected:
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
 private:
 	enum ORIENTATION
 	{
diff --git a/Library/MeterBitmap.h b/Library/MeterBitmap.h
index 22c7f7f1..d0859c42 100644
--- a/Library/MeterBitmap.h
+++ b/Library/MeterBitmap.h
@@ -30,12 +30,14 @@ public:
 
 	virtual bool HitTest(int x, int y);
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual void Initialize();
 	virtual bool Update();
 	virtual bool Draw(Gdiplus::Graphics& graphics);
 	virtual bool HasActiveTransition();
 
+protected:
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
 private:
 	CTintedImage m_Image;
 	std::wstring m_ImageName;	// Name of the image
diff --git a/Library/MeterButton.h b/Library/MeterButton.h
index 7fbd6572..c8a89542 100644
--- a/Library/MeterButton.h
+++ b/Library/MeterButton.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ public:
 	CMeterButton(CMeterWindow* meterWindow, const WCHAR* name);
 	virtual ~CMeterButton();
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual void Initialize();
 	virtual bool Update();
 	virtual bool Draw(Gdiplus::Graphics& graphics);
@@ -42,6 +41,9 @@ public:
 
 	void SetFocus(bool f) { m_Focus = f; }
 
+protected:
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
 private:
 	bool HitTest2(int px, int py, bool checkAlpha);
 
diff --git a/Library/MeterHistogram.h b/Library/MeterHistogram.h
index 1e8f263f..1c6e027c 100644
--- a/Library/MeterHistogram.h
+++ b/Library/MeterHistogram.h
@@ -28,12 +28,14 @@ public:
 	CMeterHistogram(CMeterWindow* meterWindow, const WCHAR* name);
 	virtual ~CMeterHistogram();
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual void Initialize();
 	virtual bool Update();
 	virtual bool Draw(Gdiplus::Graphics& graphics);
 	virtual void BindMeasure(const std::list<CMeasure*>& measures);
 
+protected:
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
 private:
 	void DisposeBuffer();
 
diff --git a/Library/MeterImage.h b/Library/MeterImage.h
index 0e79a0b6..cae4b115 100644
--- a/Library/MeterImage.h
+++ b/Library/MeterImage.h
@@ -28,13 +28,15 @@ public:
 	CMeterImage(CMeterWindow* meterWindow, const WCHAR* name);
 	virtual ~CMeterImage();
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual void Initialize();
 	virtual bool Update();
 	virtual bool Draw(Gdiplus::Graphics& graphics);
 	virtual void BindMeasure(const std::list<CMeasure*>& measures);
 
 protected:
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
+private:
 	void LoadImage(const std::wstring& imageName, bool bLoadAlways);
 
 	CTintedImage m_Image;
diff --git a/Library/MeterLine.h b/Library/MeterLine.h
index cb223570..6b98be92 100644
--- a/Library/MeterLine.h
+++ b/Library/MeterLine.h
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ public:
 	CMeterLine(CMeterWindow* meterWindow, const WCHAR* name);
 	virtual ~CMeterLine();
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual void Initialize();
 	virtual bool Update();
 	virtual bool Draw(Gdiplus::Graphics& graphics);
 	virtual void BindMeasure(const std::list<CMeasure*>& measures);
 
+protected:
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
 private:
 	std::vector<std::wstring> m_MeasureNames;		// Name of the other measures
 	std::vector<CMeasure*> m_Measures;				// Pointer ot the other measures
diff --git a/Library/MeterRotator.h b/Library/MeterRotator.h
index 841159a8..e4b16de0 100644
--- a/Library/MeterRotator.h
+++ b/Library/MeterRotator.h
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ public:
 	CMeterRotator(CMeterWindow* meterWindow, const WCHAR* name);
 	virtual ~CMeterRotator();
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual void Initialize();
 	virtual bool Update();
 	virtual bool Draw(Gdiplus::Graphics& graphics);
 
+protected:
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
 private:
 	CTintedImage m_Image;
 	std::wstring m_ImageName;		// Name of the image
diff --git a/Library/MeterRoundLine.h b/Library/MeterRoundLine.h
index 144065d9..52a23162 100644
--- a/Library/MeterRoundLine.h
+++ b/Library/MeterRoundLine.h
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ public:
 	CMeterRoundLine(CMeterWindow* meterWindow, const WCHAR* name);
 	virtual ~CMeterRoundLine();
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual bool Update();
 	virtual bool Draw(Gdiplus::Graphics& graphics);
 
+protected:
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
 private:
 	bool m_Solid;
 	double m_LineWidth;
diff --git a/Library/MeterString.h b/Library/MeterString.h
index 28e11cf4..d076b2cb 100644
--- a/Library/MeterString.h
+++ b/Library/MeterString.h
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@
 #include "Measure.h"
 #include <unordered_map>
 
-namespace Gdiplus
-{
-class Font;
-}
-
 class CMeterString : public CMeter
 {
 public:
@@ -36,7 +31,6 @@ public:
 
 	virtual int GetX(bool abs = false);
 
-	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
 	virtual void Initialize();
 	virtual bool Update();
 	void SetText(const WCHAR* text) { m_Text = text; }
@@ -47,6 +41,9 @@ public:
 	static void FreeFontCache(Gdiplus::PrivateFontCollection* collection = NULL);
 	static void EnumerateInstalledFontFamilies();
 
+protected:
+	virtual void ReadConfig(CConfigParser& parser, const WCHAR* section);
+
 private:
 	enum TEXTSTYLE
 	{
diff --git a/Library/MeterWindow.cpp b/Library/MeterWindow.cpp
index 1b4f842c..b3c53e46 100644
--- a/Library/MeterWindow.cpp
+++ b/Library/MeterWindow.cpp
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ void CMeterWindow::RunBang(BANGCOMMAND bang, const WCHAR* arg)
 	case BANG_SETTRANSPARENCY:
 		if (arg != NULL)
 		{
-			m_AlphaValue = (int)CConfigParser::ParseDouble(arg, 255, true);
+			m_AlphaValue = CConfigParser::ParseInt(arg, 255);
 			m_AlphaValue = max(m_AlphaValue, 0);
 			m_AlphaValue = min(m_AlphaValue, 255);
 			UpdateTransparency(m_AlphaValue, false);
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ void CMeterWindow::RunBang(BANGCOMMAND bang, const WCHAR* arg)
 			double value;
 
 			// Formula read fine
-			if (m_Parser.ReadFormula(strValue, &value))
+			if (m_Parser.ParseFormula(strValue, &value))
 			{
 				WCHAR buffer[256];
 				int len = _snwprintf_s(buffer, _TRUNCATE, L"%.5f", value);
@@ -1115,31 +1115,31 @@ void CMeterWindow::ResizeBlur(const WCHAR* arg, int mode)
 		if (token)
 		{
 			while (token[0] == L' ') ++token;
-			type = (m_Parser.ReadFormula(token, &val)) ? (int)val : _wtoi(token);
+			type = (m_Parser.ParseFormula(token, &val)) ? (int)val : _wtoi(token);
 
 			token = wcstok(NULL, L",");
 			if (token)
 			{
 				while (token[0] == L' ') ++token;
-				x = (m_Parser.ReadFormula(token, &val)) ? (int)val : _wtoi(token);
+				x = (m_Parser.ParseFormula(token, &val)) ? (int)val : _wtoi(token);
 
 				token = wcstok(NULL, L",");
 				if (token)
 				{
 					while (token[0] == L' ') ++token;
-					y = (m_Parser.ReadFormula(token, &val)) ? (int)val : _wtoi(token);
+					y = (m_Parser.ParseFormula(token, &val)) ? (int)val : _wtoi(token);
 
 					token = wcstok(NULL, L",");
 					if (token)
 					{
 						while (token[0] == L' ') ++token;
-						w = (m_Parser.ReadFormula(token, &val)) ? (int)val : _wtoi(token);
+						w = (m_Parser.ParseFormula(token, &val)) ? (int)val : _wtoi(token);
 
 						token = wcstok(NULL, L",");
 						if (token)
 						{
 							while (token[0] == L' ') ++token;
-							h = (m_Parser.ReadFormula(token, &val)) ? (int)val : _wtoi(token);
+							h = (m_Parser.ParseFormula(token, &val)) ? (int)val : _wtoi(token);
 						}
 					}
 				}
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ void CMeterWindow::ResizeBlur(const WCHAR* arg, int mode)
 				if (token)
 				{
 					while (token[0] == L' ') ++token;
-					int r = (m_Parser.ReadFormula(token, &val)) ? (int)val : _wtoi(token);
+					int r = (m_Parser.ParseFormula(token, &val)) ? (int)val : _wtoi(token);
 					tempRegion = CreateRoundRectRgn(x, y, w, h, r, r);
 				}
 				break;
@@ -1924,7 +1924,7 @@ void CMeterWindow::ReadConfig()
 		double value;
 		if (!m_WindowX.empty() && m_WindowX[0] == L'(' && m_WindowX[m_WindowX.size() - 1] == L')')
 		{
-			if (!parser.ReadFormula(m_WindowX, &value))
+			if (!parser.ParseFormula(m_WindowX, &value))
 			{
 				value = 0.0;
 			}
@@ -1933,7 +1933,7 @@ void CMeterWindow::ReadConfig()
 		}
 		if (!m_WindowY.empty() && m_WindowY[0] == L'(' && m_WindowY[m_WindowY.size() - 1] == L')')
 		{
-			if (!parser.ReadFormula(m_WindowY, &value))
+			if (!parser.ParseFormula(m_WindowY, &value))
 			{
 				value = 0.0;
 			}
diff --git a/Library/Rainmeter.cpp b/Library/Rainmeter.cpp
index c3bdbed7..e8845d5e 100644
--- a/Library/Rainmeter.cpp
+++ b/Library/Rainmeter.cpp
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ void CRainmeter::RainmeterWriteKeyValue(const WCHAR* arg)
 			if (mw)
 			{
 				double value;
-				formula = mw->GetParser().ReadFormula(strValue, &value);
+				formula = mw->GetParser().ParseFormula(strValue, &value);
 
 				// Formula read fine
 				if (formula)
@@ -3170,13 +3170,16 @@ std::wstring CRainmeter::ExtractPath(const std::wstring& strFilePath)
 
 void CRainmeter::ExpandEnvironmentVariables(std::wstring& strPath)
 {
-	if (strPath.find(L'%') != std::wstring::npos)
+	std::wstring::size_type pos;
+
+	if ((pos = strPath.find(L'%')) != std::wstring::npos &&
+		strPath.find(L'%', pos + 2) != std::wstring::npos)
 	{
 		DWORD bufSize = 4096;
 		WCHAR* buffer = new WCHAR[bufSize];	// lets hope the buffer is large enough...
 
 		// %APPDATA% is a special case
-		std::wstring::size_type pos = strPath.find(L"%APPDATA%");
+		pos = strPath.find(L"%APPDATA%", pos);
 		if (pos != std::wstring::npos)
 		{
 			HRESULT hr = SHGetFolderPath(NULL, CSIDL_APPDATA, NULL, SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, buffer);