diff --git a/lib/nerdtree/path.vim b/lib/nerdtree/path.vim
index fa6f59dd..63d82fe3 100644
--- a/lib/nerdtree/path.vim
+++ b/lib/nerdtree/path.vim
@@ -779,6 +779,10 @@ function! s:Path._strForEdit()
 
     let l:result = fnameescape(l:result)
 
+    if nerdtree#runningWindows()
+        let l:result = substitute(l:result, '\\(', '\\\\(', 'g')
+    endif
+
     if empty(l:result)
         let l:result = '.'
     endif
diff --git a/lib/nerdtree/tree_dir_node.vim b/lib/nerdtree/tree_dir_node.vim
index 5c25c809..8fb8cf2e 100644
--- a/lib/nerdtree/tree_dir_node.vim
+++ b/lib/nerdtree/tree_dir_node.vim
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ function! s:TreeDirNode._glob(pattern, all)
 
         if nerdtree#runningWindows()
             let l:pathSpec = substitute(l:pathSpec, "\\[\\(.*\\]\\)", "[[]\\1", "g")
+            let l:pathSpec = substitute(l:pathSpec, "(", "[(]", "g")
         endif
 
         " On Windows, the drive letter may be removed by "fnamemodify()".