Index: C:/eclipse-3.2.2/workspace/xwiki-1.0.0/core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/web/SkinAction.java
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--- C:/eclipse-3.2.2/workspace/xwiki-1.0.0/core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/web/SkinAction.java	(revision 3353)
+++ C:/eclipse-3.2.2/workspace/xwiki-1.0.0/core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/web/SkinAction.java	(working copy)
@@ -127,14 +127,14 @@
             }
 
             if (doc.getSpace().equals("skins")) {
-                String path = "skins/" + doc.getName() + "/" + filename;
+                String path = "/skins/" + doc.getName() + "/" + filename;
                 if (!context.getWiki().resourceExists(path)) {
                     log.info("Skin file '" + path + "' does not exist");
-                    path = "skins/" + context.getWiki().getBaseSkin(context) + "/" + filename;
+                    path = "/skins/" + context.getWiki().getBaseSkin(context) + "/" + filename;
                 }
                 if (!context.getWiki().resourceExists(path)) {
                     log.info("Skin file '" + path + "' does not exist");
-                    path = "skins/" + context.getWiki().getDefaultBaseSkin(context) + "/" + filename;
+                    path = "/skins/" + context.getWiki().getDefaultBaseSkin(context) + "/" + filename;
                 }
                 if (!context.getWiki().resourceExists(path)) {
                     log.info("Skin file '" + path + "' does not exist");

Index: C:/eclipse-3.2.2/workspace/xwiki-1.0.0/core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/XWiki.java
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--- C:/eclipse-3.2.2/workspace/xwiki-1.0.0/core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/XWiki.java	(revision 3353)
+++ C:/eclipse-3.2.2/workspace/xwiki-1.0.0/core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/XWiki.java	(working copy)
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@
     {
         XWikiURLFactory urlf = context.getURLFactory();
         try {
-            String path = "skins/" + skin + "/" + filename;
+            String path = "/skins/" + skin + "/" + filename;
             if (resourceExists(path)) {
                 URL url;