diff --git a/src/Spout/Common/Helper/GlobalFunctionsHelper.php b/src/Spout/Common/Helper/GlobalFunctionsHelper.php
index 6b5d7e50..8243bcc0 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Common/Helper/GlobalFunctionsHelper.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Common/Helper/GlobalFunctionsHelper.php
@@ -164,7 +164,43 @@ public function file_exists($fileName)
      */
     public function file_get_contents($filePath)
     {
-        return file_get_contents($filePath);
+        $realFilePath = $this->convertToUseRealPath($filePath);
+        return file_get_contents($realFilePath);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Updates the given file path to use a real path.
+     * This is to avoid issues on some Windows setup.
+     *
+     * @param string $filePath File path
+     * @return string The file path using a real path
+     */
+    protected function convertToUseRealPath($filePath)
+    {
+        $realFilePath = $filePath;
+
+        if ($this->isZipStream($filePath)) {
+            if (preg_match('/zip:\/\/(.*)#(.*)/', $filePath, $matches)) {
+                $documentPath = $matches[1];
+                $documentInsideZipPath = $matches[2];
+                $realFilePath = 'zip://' . realpath($documentPath) . '#' . $documentInsideZipPath;
+            }
+        } else {
+            $realFilePath = realpath($filePath);
+        }
+
+        return $realFilePath;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns whether the given path is a zip stream.
+     *
+     * @param string $path Path pointing to a document
+     * @return bool TRUE if path is a zip stream, FALSE otherwise
+     */
+    protected function isZipStream($path)
+    {
+        return (strpos($path, 'zip://') === 0);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Spout/Reader/AbstractReader.php b/src/Spout/Reader/AbstractReader.php
index ece60cab..ee6af08f 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Reader/AbstractReader.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Reader/AbstractReader.php
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ public function open($filePath)
         }
 
         try {
-            $this->openReader($filePath);
+            // Need to use realpath to fix "Can't open file" on some Windows setup
+            $fileRealPath = realpath($filePath);
+            $this->openReader($fileRealPath);
             $this->isStreamOpened = true;
         } catch (\Exception $exception) {
             throw new IOException("Could not open $filePath for reading! ({$exception->getMessage()})");
diff --git a/src/Spout/Reader/Wrapper/XMLReader.php b/src/Spout/Reader/Wrapper/XMLReader.php
index d48013fe..42bd92c2 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Reader/Wrapper/XMLReader.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Reader/Wrapper/XMLReader.php
@@ -26,20 +26,45 @@ class XMLReader extends \XMLReader
     public function open($URI, $encoding = null, $options = 0)
     {
         $wasOpenSuccessful = false;
+        $realPathURI = $this->convertURIToUseRealPath($URI);
 
         // HHVM does not check if file exists within zip file
         // @link https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/issues/5779
-        if ($this->isRunningHHVM() && $this->isZipStream($URI)) {
-            if ($this->fileExistsWithinZip($URI)) {
-                $wasOpenSuccessful = parent::open($URI, $encoding, $options|LIBXML_NONET);
+        if ($this->isRunningHHVM() && $this->isZipStream($realPathURI)) {
+            if ($this->fileExistsWithinZip($realPathURI)) {
+                $wasOpenSuccessful = parent::open($realPathURI, $encoding, $options|LIBXML_NONET);
             }
         } else {
-            $wasOpenSuccessful = parent::open($URI, $encoding, $options|LIBXML_NONET);
+            $wasOpenSuccessful = parent::open($realPathURI, $encoding, $options|LIBXML_NONET);
         }
 
         return $wasOpenSuccessful;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Updates the given URI to use a real path.
+     * This is to avoid issues on some Windows setup.
+     *
+     * @param string $URI URI
+     * @return string The URI using a real path
+     */
+    protected function convertURIToUseRealPath($URI)
+    {
+        $realPathURI = $URI;
+
+        if ($this->isZipStream($URI)) {
+            if (preg_match('/zip:\/\/(.*)#(.*)/', $URI, $matches)) {
+                $documentPath = $matches[1];
+                $documentInsideZipPath = $matches[2];
+                $realPathURI = 'zip://' . realpath($documentPath) . '#' . $documentInsideZipPath;
+            }
+        } else {
+            $realPathURI = realpath($URI);
+        }
+
+        return $realPathURI;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns whether the given URI is a zip stream.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Spout/Reader/Wrapper/XMLReaderTest.php b/tests/Spout/Reader/Wrapper/XMLReaderTest.php
index 097a5fa7..a4deacdb 100644
--- a/tests/Spout/Reader/Wrapper/XMLReaderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Spout/Reader/Wrapper/XMLReaderTest.php
@@ -163,4 +163,39 @@ public function testFileExistsWithinZip($innerFilePath, $expectedResult)
 
         $this->assertEquals($expectedResult, $isZipStream);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function dataProviderForTestConvertURIToUseRealPath()
+    {
+        $tempFolder = realpath(sys_get_temp_dir());
+
+        return [
+            ['/../../../' . $tempFolder . '/test.xlsx', $tempFolder . '/test.xlsx'],
+            [$tempFolder . '/test.xlsx', $tempFolder . '/test.xlsx'],
+            ['zip://' . $tempFolder . '/test.xlsx#test.xml', 'zip://' . $tempFolder . '/test.xlsx#test.xml'],
+            ['zip:///../../../' . $tempFolder . '/test.xlsx#test.xml', 'zip://' . $tempFolder . '/test.xlsx#test.xml'],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider dataProviderForTestConvertURIToUseRealPath
+     *
+     * @param string $URI
+     * @param string $expectedConvertedURI
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testConvertURIToUseRealPath($URI, $expectedConvertedURI)
+    {
+        $tempFolder = sys_get_temp_dir();
+        touch($tempFolder . '/test.xlsx');
+
+        $xmlReader = new XMLReader();
+        $convertedURI = \ReflectionHelper::callMethodOnObject($xmlReader, 'convertURIToUseRealPath', $URI);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedConvertedURI, $convertedURI);
+
+        unlink($tempFolder . '/test.xlsx');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Spout/TestUsingResource.php b/tests/Spout/TestUsingResource.php
index d072159f..ec183b90 100644
--- a/tests/Spout/TestUsingResource.php
+++ b/tests/Spout/TestUsingResource.php
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
 trait TestUsingResource {
 
     /** @var string Path to the test resources folder */
-    private $resourcesPath = 'tests/resources/';
+    private $resourcesPath = 'tests/resources';
 
     /** @var string Path to the test generated resources folder */
-    private $generatedResourcesPath = 'tests/resources/generated/';
+    private $generatedResourcesPath = 'tests/resources/generated';
 
     /** @var string Path to the test resources folder, that does not have writing permissions */
-    private $generatedUnwritableResourcesPath = 'tests/resources/generated/unwritable/';
+    private $generatedUnwritableResourcesPath = 'tests/resources/generated/unwritable';
 
     /**
      * @param string $resourceName
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ trait TestUsingResource {
     protected function getResourcePath($resourceName)
     {
         $resourceType = pathinfo($resourceName, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
-        $resourcePath = $this->resourcesPath . strtolower($resourceType) . '/' . $resourceName;
+        $resourcePath = realpath($this->resourcesPath) . '/' . strtolower($resourceType) . '/' . $resourceName;
 
         return (file_exists($resourcePath) ? $resourcePath : null);
     }
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ protected function getResourcePath($resourceName)
     protected function getGeneratedResourcePath($resourceName)
     {
         $resourceType = pathinfo($resourceName, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
-        $generatedResourcePath = $this->generatedResourcesPath . strtolower($resourceType) . '/' . $resourceName;
+        $generatedResourcePath = realpath($this->generatedResourcesPath) . '/' . strtolower($resourceType) . '/' . $resourceName;
 
         return $generatedResourcePath;
     }
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ protected function getGeneratedResourcePath($resourceName)
     protected function createGeneratedFolderIfNeeded($resourceName)
     {
         $resourceType = pathinfo($resourceName, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
-        $generatedResourcePathForType = $this->generatedResourcesPath . strtolower($resourceType);
+        $generatedResourcePathForType = $this->generatedResourcesPath . '/' . strtolower($resourceType);
 
         if (!file_exists($generatedResourcePathForType)) {
             mkdir($generatedResourcePathForType, 0777, true);
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ protected function createGeneratedFolderIfNeeded($resourceName)
      */
     protected function getGeneratedUnwritableResourcePath($resourceName)
     {
-        return $this->generatedUnwritableResourcesPath . $resourceName;
+        return realpath($this->generatedUnwritableResourcesPath) . '/' . $resourceName;
     }
 
     /**