diff --git a/src/filters/rclopxml.py b/src/filters/rclopxml.py
index a1546796..0073e17b 100755
--- a/src/filters/rclopxml.py
+++ b/src/filters/rclopxml.py
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class OXExtractor:
 
         docdata += '</body></html>'
 
-        return (True, docdata, "", rclexecm.RclExecM.eofnow)
+        return (True, docdata, "", rclexecm.RclExecM.eofnext)
     
 
     ###### File type handler api, used by rclexecm ---------->
diff --git a/src/filters/rclppt.py b/src/filters/rclppt.py
index 0d2bf661..d506aecd 100755
--- a/src/filters/rclppt.py
+++ b/src/filters/rclppt.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class PPTFilter:
         cmd = rclexecm.which("ppt-dump.py")
         if cmd:
             # ppt-dump.py often exits 1 with valid data. Ignore exit value
-            return ([cmd, "--no-struct-output", "--dump-text"],
+            return (["python", cmd, "--no-struct-output", "--dump-text"],
                     PPTProcessData(self.em), rclexec1.Executor.opt_ignxval)
         else:
             return ([], None)
diff --git a/src/filters/rclsoff.py b/src/filters/rclsoff.py
index a5235bd2..d6a5b8c7 100755
--- a/src/filters/rclsoff.py
+++ b/src/filters/rclsoff.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class OOExtractor:
             self.em.rclog("bad data in %s" % fn)
             return (False, "", "", rclexecm.RclExecM.eofnow)
 
-        return (True, docdata, "", rclexecm.RclExecM.eofnow)
+        return (True, docdata, "", rclexecm.RclExecM.eofnext)
     
     ###### File type handler api, used by rclexecm ---------->
     def openfile(self, params):
diff --git a/src/filters/rclxls.py b/src/filters/rclxls.py
index 806efb34..e25a6cb1 100755
--- a/src/filters/rclxls.py
+++ b/src/filters/rclxls.py
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ class XLSFilter:
         cmd = rclexecm.which("xls-dump.py")
         if cmd:
             # xls-dump.py often exits 1 with valid data. Ignore exit value
-            return ([cmd, "--dump-mode=canonical-xml", "--utf-8", "--catch"],
+            return (["python", cmd, "--dump-mode=canonical-xml", \
+                     "--utf-8", "--catch"],
                     XLSProcessData(self.em), rclexec1.Executor.opt_ignxval)
         else:
             return ([], None)
diff --git a/src/internfile/mimehandler.cpp b/src/internfile/mimehandler.cpp
index 3a3b7cbc..d26ad8ca 100644
--- a/src/internfile/mimehandler.cpp
+++ b/src/internfile/mimehandler.cpp
@@ -222,10 +222,10 @@ MimeHandlerExec *mhExecFactory(RclConfig *cfg, const string& mtype, string& hs,
         new MimeHandlerExec(cfg, id);
     vector<string>::iterator it = cmdtoks.begin();
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
     // Special-case python and perl on windows: we need to also locate the
     // first argument which is the script name "python somescript.py". 
-    // On Unix, thanks to #!, we just run "somescript.py"
+    // On Unix, thanks to #!, we usually just run "somescript.py", but need
+    // the same change if we ever want to use the same cmdling as windows
     if (!stringlowercmp("python", *it) || !stringlowercmp("perl", *it)) {
         if (cmdtoks.size() < 2) {
             LOGERR(("mhExecFactory: python/perl cmd: no script?. [%s]: [%s]\n", 
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ MimeHandlerExec *mhExecFactory(RclConfig *cfg, const string& mtype, string& hs,
         it1++;
         *it1 = cfg->findFilter(*it1);
     }
-#endif
             
     h->params.push_back(cfg->findFilter(*it++));
     h->params.insert(h->params.end(), it, cmdtoks.end());