diff --git a/cfg/posix.cfg b/cfg/posix.cfg
index ba5fc8213..e9b4ad8b4 100644
--- a/cfg/posix.cfg
+++ b/cfg/posix.cfg
@@ -533,6 +533,9 @@ The obsolescent function 'usleep' is called. POSIX.1-2001 declares usleep() func
   <function name="getcwd">
     <noreturn>false</noreturn>
     <leak-ignore/>
+    <arg nr="1">
+      <not-uninit/>
+    </arg>
     <arg nr="2">
       <not-uninit/>
     </arg>
diff --git a/cfg/windows.cfg b/cfg/windows.cfg
index 5becc25eb..693397532 100644
--- a/cfg/windows.cfg
+++ b/cfg/windows.cfg
@@ -1602,6 +1602,155 @@
       <not-null/>
     </arg>
   </function>
+  <!-- char *_getcwd(char *buffer, int maxlen); -->
+  <!-- wchar_t *_wgetcwd(wchar_t *buffer, int maxlen);-->
+  <function name="_getcwd,_wgetcwd">
+    <noreturn>false</noreturn>
+    <leak-ignore/>
+    <arg nr="1">
+      <not-uninit/>
+    </arg>
+    <arg nr="2">
+      <not-uninit/>
+    </arg>
+  </function>
+  <!-- HRESULT SHGetFolderPath(
+  _In_  HWND   hwndOwner,
+  _In_  int    nFolder,
+  _In_  HANDLE hToken,
+  _In_  DWORD  dwFlags,
+  _Out_ LPTSTR pszPath);-->
+  <function name="SHGetFolderPath,SHGetFolderPathA,SHGetFolderPathW">
+    <noreturn>false</noreturn>
+    <leak-ignore/>
+    <arg nr="1">
+      <not-uninit/>
+    </arg>
+    <arg nr="2">
+      <not-uninit/>
+    </arg>
+    <arg nr="3">
+      <not-uninit/>
+    </arg>
+    <arg nr="4">
+      <not-uninit/>
+    </arg>
+    <arg nr="5">
+      <not-null/>
+    </arg>
+  </function>
+  <!-- LONG WINAPI RegQueryValueEx(
+  _In_        HKEY    hKey,
+  _In_opt_    LPCTSTR lpValueName,
+  _Reserved_  LPDWORD lpReserved,
+  _Out_opt_   LPDWORD lpType,
+  _Out_opt_   LPBYTE  lpData,
+  _Inout_opt_ LPDWORD lpcbData);-->
+  <function name="RegQueryValueEx,RegQueryValueExA,RegQueryValueExW">
+    <noreturn>false</noreturn>
+    <leak-ignore/>
+    <arg nr="1">
+      <not-uninit/>
+    </arg>
+    <arg nr="3">
+      <not-uninit/>
+    </arg>
+    <arg nr="4">
+      <not-uninit/>
+    </arg>
+    <arg nr="6"/>
+  </function>
+  <!-- LONG WINAPI RegCloseKey(_In_ HKEY hKey );-->
+  <function name="RegCloseKey">
+    <noreturn>false</noreturn>
+    <leak-ignore/>
+    <arg nr="1">
+      <not-uninit/>
+    </arg>
+  </function>
+  <!-- int stricmp(const char *s1, const char *s2); -->
+  <!-- int _stricmp(const char *s1, const char *s2); -->
+  <!-- int wcsicmp(const wchar_t *s1, const wchar_t *s2); -->
+  <!-- int _wcsicmp(const wchar_t *s1, const wchar_t *s2); -->
+  <!-- int _mbsicmp(const unsigned char *string1, const unsigned char *string2); -->
+  <function name="stricmp,_stricmp,wcsicmp,_wcsicmp,_mbsicmp">
+    <noreturn>false</noreturn>
+    <leak-ignore/>
+    <arg nr="1">
+      <not-uninit/>
+      <not-null/>
+    </arg>
+    <arg nr="2">
+      <not-uninit/>
+      <not-null/>
+    </arg>
+  </function>
+  <!-- DWORD WINAPI GetFileAttributes(_In_ LPCTSTR lpFileName);-->
+  <function name="GetFileAttributes,GetFileAttributesA,GetFileAttributesW">
+    <noreturn>false</noreturn>
+    <leak-ignore/>
+    <arg nr="1">
+      <not-uninit/>
+    </arg>
+  </function>
+  <!-- LONG WINAPI RegOpenKeyEx(
+  _In_     HKEY    hKey,
+  _In_opt_ LPCTSTR lpSubKey,
+  _In_     DWORD   ulOptions,
+  _In_     REGSAM  samDesired,
+  _Out_    PHKEY   phkResult); -->
+  <function name="RegOpenKeyEx,RegOpenKeyExA,RegOpenKeyExW">
+    <noreturn>false</noreturn>
+    <leak-ignore/>
+    <arg nr="1">
+      <not-uninit/>
+    </arg>
+    <arg nr="3">
+      <not-uninit/>
+    </arg>
+    <arg nr="4">
+      <not-uninit/>
+    </arg>
+    <arg nr="5"/>
+  </function>
+  <!-- int __cdecl wsprintf(
+  _Out_ LPTSTR  lpOut,
+  _In_  LPCTSTR lpFmt,
+  _In_          ...); -->
+  <function name="wsprintf,wsprintfA,wsprintfW">
+    <noreturn>false</noreturn>
+    <leak-ignore/>
+    <arg nr="1">
+      <not-uninit/>
+      <minsize type="strlen" arg="2"/>
+    </arg>
+    <formatstr/>
+    <arg nr="2">
+      <formatstr/>
+      <not-null/>
+      <not-uninit/>
+    </arg>
+  </function>
+  <!-- LONG WINAPI RegEnumKeyEx(
+  _In_        HKEY      hKey,
+  _In_        DWORD     dwIndex,
+  _Out_       LPTSTR    lpName,
+  _Inout_     LPDWORD   lpcName,
+  _Reserved_  LPDWORD   lpReserved,
+  _Inout_     LPTSTR    lpClass,
+  _Inout_opt_ LPDWORD   lpcClass,
+  _Out_opt_   PFILETIME lpftLastWriteTime); -->
+  <function name="RegEnumKeyEx,RegEnumKeyExA,RegEnumKeyExW">
+    <noreturn>false</noreturn>
+    <leak-ignore/>
+    <arg nr="1">
+      <not-uninit/>
+    </arg>
+    <arg nr="2">
+      <not-uninit/>
+    </arg>
+    <arg nr="8"/>
+  </function>
   <!-- 
 HFONT CreateFont(
   _In_  int nHeight,
diff --git a/test/cfg/posix.c b/test/cfg/posix.c
index 33fcb60bb..517b4d677 100644
--- a/test/cfg/posix.c
+++ b/test/cfg/posix.c
@@ -193,6 +193,14 @@ void uninitvar(int fd)
     utime(filename, times1);
 }
 
+void uninitvar_getcwd(void)
+{
+    char *buf;
+    size_t size;
+    // cppcheck-suppress uninitvar
+    (void)getcwd(buf,size);
+}
+
 
 void uninitvar_types(void)
 {