diff --git a/base/Base.jl b/base/Base.jl
index 0595cd4674da6..63921e0926636 100644
--- a/base/Base.jl
+++ b/base/Base.jl
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ include("iobuffer.jl")
 # strings & printing
 include("intfuncs.jl")
 include("strings/strings.jl")
+include("regex.jl")
 include("parse.jl")
 include("shell.jl")
-include("regex.jl")
 include("show.jl")
 include("arrayshow.jl")
 include("methodshow.jl")
diff --git a/base/cmd.jl b/base/cmd.jl
index 4890af1c4c7cd..4496834d8fbc6 100644
--- a/base/cmd.jl
+++ b/base/cmd.jl
@@ -102,8 +102,10 @@ shell_escape(cmd::Cmd; special::AbstractString="") =
     shell_escape(cmd.exec..., special=special)
 shell_escape_posixly(cmd::Cmd) =
     shell_escape_posixly(cmd.exec...)
-shell_escape_winsomely(cmd::Cmd) =
-    shell_escape_winsomely(cmd.exec...)
+escape_microsoft_c_args(cmd::Cmd) =
+    escape_microsoft_c_args(cmd.exec...)
+escape_microsoft_c_args(io::IO, cmd::Cmd) =
+    escape_microsoft_c_args(io::IO, cmd.exec...)
 
 function show(io::IO, cmd::Cmd)
     print_env = cmd.env !== nothing
diff --git a/base/shell.jl b/base/shell.jl
index 85243a3e40542..e4291253ec601 100644
--- a/base/shell.jl
+++ b/base/shell.jl
@@ -255,60 +255,101 @@ shell_escape_posixly(args::AbstractString...) =
     sprint(print_shell_escaped_posixly, args...)
 
 
-function print_shell_escaped_winsomely(io::IO, args::AbstractString...)
-    first = true
-    for arg in args
-        first || write(io, ' ')
-        first = false
-        # Quote any arg that contains a whitespace (' ' or '\t') or a double quote mark '"'.
-        # It's also valid to quote an arg with just a whitespace,
-        # but the following may be 'safer', and both implementations are valid anyways.
-        quotes = any(c -> c in (' ', '\t', '"'), arg) || isempty(arg)
-        quotes && write(io, '"')
-        backslashes = 0
-        for c in arg
-            if c == '\\'
-                backslashes += 1
+"""
+    shell_escape_wincmd(s::AbstractString)
+    shell_escape_wincmd(io::IO, s::AbstractString)
+
+The unexported `shell_escape_wincmd` function escapes Windows
+`cmd.exe` shell meta characters. It escapes `()!^<>&|` by placing a
+`^` in front. An `@` is only escaped at the start of the string. Pairs
+of `"` characters and the strings they enclose are passed through
+unescaped. Any remaining `"` is escaped with `^` to ensure that the
+number of unescaped `"` characters in the result remains even.
+
+Since `cmd.exe` substitutes variable references (like `%USER%`)
+_before_ processing the escape characters `^` and `"`, this function
+makes no attempt to escape the percent sign (`%`).
+
+Input strings with ASCII control characters that cannot be escaped
+(NUL, CR, LF) will cause an `ArgumentError` exception.
+
+With an I/O stream parameter `io`, the result will be written there,
+rather than returned as a string.
+
+See also: [`escape_microsoft_c_args`](@ref), [`shell_escape_posixly`](@ref)
+
+# Example
+```jldoctest
+julia> Base.shell_escape_wincmd("a^\\"^o\\"^u\\"")
+"a^^\\"^o\\"^^u^\\""
+```
+"""
+function shell_escape_wincmd(io::IO, s::AbstractString)
+    # https://stackoverflow.com/a/4095133/1990689
+    occursin(r"[\r\n\0]", s) &&
+        throw(ArgumentError("control character unsupported by CMD.EXE"))
+    i = 1
+    len = ncodeunits(s)
+    if len > 0 && s[1] == '@'
+        write(io, '^')
+    end
+    while i <= len
+        c = s[i]
+        if c == '"' && (j = findnext('"', s, nextind(s,i))) !== nothing
+            write(io, SubString(s,i,j))
+            i = j
+        else
+            if c in ('"', '(', ')', '!', '^', '<', '>', '&', '|')
+                write(io, '^', c)
             else
-                # escape all backslashes and the following double quote
-                c == '"' && (backslashes = backslashes * 2 + 1)
-                for j = 1:backslashes
-                    # backslashes aren't special here
-                    write(io, '\\')
-                end
-                backslashes = 0
                 write(io, c)
             end
         end
-        # escape all backslashes, letting the terminating double quote we add below to then be interpreted as a special char
-        quotes && (backslashes *= 2)
-        for j = 1:backslashes
-            write(io, '\\')
-        end
-        quotes && write(io, '"')
+        i = nextind(s,i)
     end
-    return nothing
 end
-
+shell_escape_wincmd(s::AbstractString) = sprint(shell_escape_wincmd, s;
+                                                sizehint = 2*sizeof(s))
 
 """
-     shell_escaped_winsomely(args::Union{Cmd,AbstractString...})::String
-
-Convert the collection of strings `args` into single string suitable for passing as the argument
-string for a Windows command line. Windows passes the entire command line as a single string to
-the application (unlike POSIX systems, where the list of arguments are passed separately).
-Many Windows API applications (including julia.exe), use the conventions of the [Microsoft C
-runtime](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-language/parsing-c-command-line-arguments) to
-split that command line into a list of strings. This function implements the inverse of such a
-C runtime command-line parser. It joins command-line arguments to be passed to a Windows console
-application into a command line, escaping or quoting meta characters such as space,
-double quotes and backslash where needed. This may be useful in concert with the `windows_verbatim`
-flag to [`Cmd`](@ref) when constructing process pipelines.
+    escape_microsoft_c_args(args::Union{Cmd,AbstractString...})
+    escape_microsoft_c_args(io::IO, args::Union{Cmd,AbstractString...})
 
-# Example
-```jldoctest
-julia> println(shell_escaped_winsomely("A B\\", "C"))
-"A B\\" C
+Convert a collection of string arguments into a string that can be
+passed to many Windows command-line applications.
+
+Microsoft Windows passes the entire command line as a single string to
+the application (unlike POSIX systems, where the shell splits the
+command line into a list of arguments). Many Windows API applications
+(including julia.exe), use the conventions of the [Microsoft C/C++
+runtime](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-language/parsing-c-command-line-arguments)
+to split that command line into a list of strings.
+
+This function implements an inverse for a parser compatible with these rules.
+It joins command-line arguments to be passed to a Windows
+C/C++/Julia application into a command line, escaping or quoting the
+meta characters space, TAB, double quote and backslash where needed.
+
+See also: [`shell_escape_wincmd`](@ref), [`escape_raw_string`](@ref)
 """
-shell_escape_winsomely(args::AbstractString...) =
-    sprint(print_shell_escaped_winsomely, args..., sizehint=(sum(length, args)) + 3*length(args))
+function escape_microsoft_c_args(io::IO, args::AbstractString...)
+    # http://daviddeley.com/autohotkey/parameters/parameters.htm#WINCRULES
+    first = true
+    for arg in args
+        if first
+            first = false
+        else
+            write(io, ' ')  # separator
+        end
+        if isempty(arg) || occursin(r"[ \t\"]", arg)
+            # Julia raw strings happen to use the same escaping convention
+            # as the argv[] parser in Microsoft's C runtime library.
+            escape_raw_string(io, arg)
+        else
+            write(io, arg)
+        end
+    end
+end
+escape_microsoft_c_args(args::AbstractString...) =
+    sprint(escape_microsoft_c_args, args...;
+           sizehint = (sum(sizeof.(args)) + 3*length(args)))
diff --git a/base/strings/io.jl b/base/strings/io.jl
index 0afddcbdefb88..48a304fd967d0 100644
--- a/base/strings/io.jl
+++ b/base/strings/io.jl
@@ -523,6 +523,59 @@ julia> println(raw"\\\\x \\\\\\"")
 """
 macro raw_str(s); s; end
 
+"""
+    escape_raw_string(s::AbstractString)
+    escape_raw_string(io, s::AbstractString)
+
+Convert a string into a raw-string literal. This function counts in
+input string `s` for any double-quote (`"`) character the number _n_
+of preceeding backslash (`\\`) characters, and then increases there
+the number of backslashes from _n_ to 2_n_+1 (even for _n_ = 0). It
+also doubles any sequence of backslashes at the end of the string.
+Finally, it returns the entire string enclosed with added double-quote
+delimiters.
+
+This escaping convention is used in raw strings and other non-standard
+string literals. (It also happens to be the escaping convention
+expected by the Microsoft C/C++ compiler runtime when it parses a
+command-line string into the argv[] array.)
+
+See also: [`escape_string`](@ref)
+"""
+function escape_raw_string(io, str::AbstractString)
+    write(io, '"')
+    escapes = 0
+    for c in str
+        if c == '\\'
+            escapes += 1
+        else
+            if c == '"'
+                # if one or more backslashes are followed by
+                # a double quote then escape all backslashes
+                # and the double quote
+                escapes = escapes * 2 + 1
+            end
+            while escapes > 0
+                write(io, '\\')
+                escapes -= 1
+            end
+            escapes = 0
+            write(io, c)
+        end
+    end
+    # also escape any trailing backslashes,
+    # so they do not affect the closing quote
+    while escapes > 0
+        write(io, '\\')
+        write(io, '\\')
+        escapes -= 1
+    end
+    write(io, '"')
+end
+escape_raw_string(str::AbstractString) = sprint(escape_raw_string, str;
+                                                sizehint = lastindex(str) + 2)
+
+
 ## multiline strings ##
 
 """
diff --git a/test/spawn.jl b/test/spawn.jl
index 4e6eca4515c97..0b2c0dbf1bdc3 100644
--- a/test/spawn.jl
+++ b/test/spawn.jl
@@ -677,8 +677,7 @@ if Sys.iswindows()
 end
 
 
-# shell escaping on Windows
-@testset "shell_escape_winsomely" begin
+@testset "shell escaping on Windows" begin
     # Note  argument A can be parsed both as A or "A".
     # We do not test that the parsing satisfies either of these conditions.
     # In other words, tests may fail even for valid parsing.
@@ -686,77 +685,101 @@ end
 
     # input :
     # output: ""
-    @test Base.shell_escape_winsomely("") == "\"\""
+    @test Base.escape_microsoft_c_args("") == "\"\""
 
-    @test Base.shell_escape_winsomely("A") == "A"
+    @test Base.escape_microsoft_c_args("A") == "A"
 
-    @test Base.shell_escape_winsomely(`A`) == "A"
+    @test Base.escape_microsoft_c_args(`A`) == "A"
 
     # input : hello world
     # output: "hello world"
-    @test Base.shell_escape_winsomely("hello world") == "\"hello world\""
+    @test Base.escape_microsoft_c_args("hello world") == "\"hello world\""
 
     # input : hello  world
     # output: "hello  world"
-    @test Base.shell_escape_winsomely("hello\tworld") == "\"hello\tworld\""
+    @test Base.escape_microsoft_c_args("hello\tworld") == "\"hello\tworld\""
 
     # input : hello"world
     # output: "hello\"world" (also valid) hello\"world
-    @test Base.shell_escape_winsomely("hello\"world") == "\"hello\\\"world\""
+    @test Base.escape_microsoft_c_args("hello\"world") == "\"hello\\\"world\""
 
     # input : hello""world
     # output: "hello\"\"world" (also valid) hello\"\"world
-    @test Base.shell_escape_winsomely("hello\"\"world") == "\"hello\\\"\\\"world\""
+    @test Base.escape_microsoft_c_args("hello\"\"world") == "\"hello\\\"\\\"world\""
 
     # input : hello\world
     # output: hello\world
-    @test Base.shell_escape_winsomely("hello\\world") == "hello\\world"
+    @test Base.escape_microsoft_c_args("hello\\world") == "hello\\world"
 
     # input : hello\\world
     # output: hello\\world
-    @test Base.shell_escape_winsomely("hello\\\\world") == "hello\\\\world"
+    @test Base.escape_microsoft_c_args("hello\\\\world") == "hello\\\\world"
 
     # input : hello\"world
     # output: "hello\"world" (also valid) hello\"world
-    @test Base.shell_escape_winsomely("hello\\\"world") == "\"hello\\\\\\\"world\""
+    @test Base.escape_microsoft_c_args("hello\\\"world") == "\"hello\\\\\\\"world\""
 
     # input : hello\\"world
     # output: "hello\\\\\"world" (also valid) hello\\\\\"world
-    @test Base.shell_escape_winsomely("hello\\\\\"world")  == "\"hello\\\\\\\\\\\"world\""
+    @test Base.escape_microsoft_c_args("hello\\\\\"world")  == "\"hello\\\\\\\\\\\"world\""
 
     # input : hello world\
     # output: "hello world\\"
-    @test Base.shell_escape_winsomely("hello world\\") == "\"hello world\\\\\""
+    @test Base.escape_microsoft_c_args("hello world\\") == "\"hello world\\\\\""
 
     # input : A\B
     # output: A\B"
-    @test Base.shell_escape_winsomely("A\\B") == "A\\B"
+    @test Base.escape_microsoft_c_args("A\\B") == "A\\B"
 
     # input : [A\, B]
     # output: "A\ B"
-    @test Base.shell_escape_winsomely("A\\", "B") == "A\\ B"
+    @test Base.escape_microsoft_c_args("A\\", "B") == "A\\ B"
 
     # input : A"B
     # output: "A\"B"
-    @test Base.shell_escape_winsomely("A\"B") ==  "\"A\\\"B\""
+    @test Base.escape_microsoft_c_args("A\"B") ==  "\"A\\\"B\""
 
     # input : [A B\, C]
     # output: "A B\\" C
-    @test Base.shell_escape_winsomely("A B\\", "C") == "\"A B\\\\\" C"
+    @test Base.escape_microsoft_c_args("A B\\", "C") == "\"A B\\\\\" C"
 
     # input : [A "B, C]
     # output: "A \"B" C
-    @test Base.shell_escape_winsomely("A \"B", "C") == "\"A \\\"B\" C"
+    @test Base.escape_microsoft_c_args("A \"B", "C") == "\"A \\\"B\" C"
 
     # input : [A B\, C]
     # output: "A B\\" C
-    @test Base.shell_escape_winsomely("A B\\", "C") == "\"A B\\\\\" C"
+    @test Base.escape_microsoft_c_args("A B\\", "C") == "\"A B\\\\\" C"
 
     # input :[A\ B\, C]
     # output: "A\ B\\" C
-    @test Base.shell_escape_winsomely("A\\ B\\", "C") == "\"A\\ B\\\\\" C"
+    @test Base.escape_microsoft_c_args("A\\ B\\", "C") == "\"A\\ B\\\\\" C"
 
     # input : [A\ B\, C, D K]
     # output: "A\ B\\" C "D K"
-    @test Base.shell_escape_winsomely("A\\ B\\", "C", "D K") == "\"A\\ B\\\\\" C \"D K\""
+    @test Base.escape_microsoft_c_args("A\\ B\\", "C", "D K") == "\"A\\ B\\\\\" C \"D K\""
+
+    # shell_escape_wincmd
+    @test Base.shell_escape_wincmd("") == ""
+    @test Base.shell_escape_wincmd("\"") == "^\""
+    @test Base.shell_escape_wincmd("\"\"") == "\"\""
+    @test Base.shell_escape_wincmd("\"\"\"") == "\"\"^\""
+    @test Base.shell_escape_wincmd("\"\"\"\"") == "\"\"\"\""
+    @test Base.shell_escape_wincmd("a^\"^o\"^u\"") == "a^^\"^o\"^^u^\""
+    @test Base.shell_escape_wincmd("ä^\"^ö\"^ü\"") == "ä^^\"^ö\"^^ü^\""
+    @test Base.shell_escape_wincmd("@@()!^<>&|\"") == "^@@^(^)^!^^^<^>^&^|^\""
+    @test_throws ArgumentError Base.shell_escape_wincmd("\0")
+    @test_throws ArgumentError Base.shell_escape_wincmd("\r")
+    @test_throws ArgumentError Base.shell_escape_wincmd("\n")
+
+    # combined tests of shell_escape_wincmd and escape_microsoft_c_args
+    @test Base.shell_escape_wincmd(Base.escape_microsoft_c_args(
+        "julia", "-e", "println(ARGS)", raw"He said \"a^2+b^2=c^2\"!" )) ==
+            "julia -e println^(ARGS^) \"He said \\\"a^^2+b^^2=c^^2\\\"!\""
+
+    ascii95 = String(range(' ',stop='~')); # all printable ASCII characters
+    args = ["ab ^` c", " \" ", "\"", ascii95, ascii95,
+            "\"\\\"\\", "", "|", "&&", ";"];
+    @test Base.shell_escape_wincmd(Base.escape_microsoft_c_args(args...)) == "\"ab ^` c\" \" \\\" \" \"\\\"\" \" !\\\"#\$%^&'^(^)*+,-./0123456789:;^<=^>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{^|}~\" \" ^!\\\"#\$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~\" \"\\\"\\\\\\\"\\\\\" \"\" ^| ^&^& ;"
+
 end
diff --git a/test/strings/io.jl b/test/strings/io.jl
index 2454323551f17..0b98eb552e4d2 100644
--- a/test/strings/io.jl
+++ b/test/strings/io.jl
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
         @test "aaa \\g \n" == unescape_string(str, ['g'])
         @test "aaa \\g \\n" == unescape_string(str, ['g', 'n'])
     end
+    @test Base.escape_raw_string(raw"\"\\\"\\-\\") == "\"\\\"\\\\\\\"\\\\-\\\\\""
 end
 @testset "join()" begin
     @test join([]) == join([],",") == ""