diff --git a/include/wx/html/htmlwin.h b/include/wx/html/htmlwin.h
index 73de0e2a99..0fd05a4d01 100644
--- a/include/wx/html/htmlwin.h
+++ b/include/wx/html/htmlwin.h
@@ -59,11 +59,13 @@ class WXDLLEXPORT HtmlHistoryItem : public wxObject
 
 WX_DECLARE_EXPORTED_OBJARRAY(HtmlHistoryItem, HtmlHistoryArray);
 
-
+class wxHtmlWinModule;
 
 class WXDLLEXPORT wxHtmlWindow : public wxScrolledWindow
 {
     DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxHtmlWindow)
+    
+    friend class wxHtmlWinModule;
 
     public:
         wxHtmlWindow() : wxScrolledWindow() {};
@@ -141,9 +143,6 @@ class WXDLLEXPORT wxHtmlWindow : public wxScrolledWindow
                 // called when users clicked on hypertext link. Default behavior is to
                 // call LoadPage(loc)
 
-        static void CleanUpStatics();
-	        // cleans static variables
-
         wxHtmlWinParser *GetParser() const { return m_Parser; }
                 // return a pointer to the parser.
 
@@ -166,6 +165,9 @@ class WXDLLEXPORT wxHtmlWindow : public wxScrolledWindow
         virtual wxHtmlFilter *GetDefaultFilter() {return new wxHtmlFilterPlainText;}
 	        // returns new filter (will be stored into m_DefaultFilter variable)
 
+        static void CleanUpStatics();
+	        // cleans static variables
+
 
     protected:
         wxHtmlContainerCell *m_Cell;
@@ -204,13 +206,16 @@ class WXDLLEXPORT wxHtmlWindow : public wxScrolledWindow
                 // contains last link name
         int m_tmpCanDrawLocks;
                 // if >0 contents of the window is not redrawn
-                // (in order to avoid ugly bliking)
+                // (in order to avoid ugly blinking)
 
         static wxList m_Filters;
                 // list of HTML filters
         static wxHtmlFilter *m_DefaultFilter;
                 // this filter is used when no filter is able to read some file
 
+        static wxCursor *s_cur_hand;
+        static wxCursor *s_cur_arrow;
+
         HtmlHistoryArray m_History;
         int m_HistoryPos;
                 // browser history
diff --git a/include/wx/mimetype.h b/include/wx/mimetype.h
index 58a6bf7e2d..dcd26cafa4 100644
--- a/include/wx/mimetype.h
+++ b/include/wx/mimetype.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ class wxMimeTypesManagerImpl;
 #include "wx/string.h"
 #include "wx/dynarray.h"
 
+class wxMimeTypeCmnModule;
+
 // This class holds information about a given "file type". File type is the
 // same as MIME type under Unix, but under Windows it corresponds more to an
 // extension than to MIME type (in fact, several extensions may correspond to a
@@ -228,6 +230,8 @@ private:
     
     // if m_impl is NULL, create one
     void EnsureImpl();
+    
+    friend class wxMimeTypeCmnModule;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/common/mimecmn.cpp b/src/common/mimecmn.cpp
index dc28cce7a5..25a0eedb28 100644
--- a/src/common/mimecmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/mimecmn.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 // for compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx.h".
 #include "wx/wxprec.h"
+#include "wx/module.h"
 
 #ifdef __BORLANDC__
   #pragma hdrstop
@@ -341,6 +342,29 @@ static wxMimeTypesManager gs_mimeTypesManager;
 wxMimeTypesManager * wxTheMimeTypesManager = &gs_mimeTypesManager;
 
 
+
+
+
+class wxMimeTypeCmnModule: public wxModule
+{
+DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxMimeTypeCmnModule)
+public:
+    wxMimeTypeCmnModule() : wxModule() {}
+    bool OnInit() { return TRUE; }
+    void OnExit() 
+    {   // this avoids false memory leak allerts:
+        if (gs_mimeTypesManager.m_impl != NULL)
+	{
+	    delete gs_mimeTypesManager.m_impl;
+	    gs_mimeTypesManager.m_impl = NULL;
+	}
+    }
+};
+
+IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxMimeTypeCmnModule, wxModule)
+
+
+
 #endif
   // wxUSE_FILE && wxUSE_TEXTFILE
 
diff --git a/src/html/htmlwin.cpp b/src/html/htmlwin.cpp
index 6a8bfcfa58..e8f244474f 100644
--- a/src/html/htmlwin.cpp
+++ b/src/html/htmlwin.cpp
@@ -419,6 +419,8 @@ void wxHtmlWindow::HistoryClear()
 
 wxList wxHtmlWindow::m_Filters;
 wxHtmlFilter *wxHtmlWindow::m_DefaultFilter = NULL;
+wxCursor *wxHtmlWindow::s_cur_hand = NULL;
+wxCursor *wxHtmlWindow::s_cur_arrow = NULL;
 
 void wxHtmlWindow::CleanUpStatics()
 {
@@ -426,7 +428,8 @@ void wxHtmlWindow::CleanUpStatics()
     m_DefaultFilter = NULL;
     m_Filters.DeleteContents(TRUE);
     m_Filters.Clear();
-
+    if (s_cur_hand) delete s_cur_hand;
+    if (s_cur_arrow) delete s_cur_arrow;
 }
 
 
@@ -504,7 +507,11 @@ void wxHtmlWindow::OnMouseEvent(wxMouseEvent& event)
 
 void wxHtmlWindow::OnIdle(wxIdleEvent& event)
 {
-    static wxCursor cur_hand(wxCURSOR_HAND), cur_arrow(wxCURSOR_ARROW);
+    if (s_cur_hand == NULL) 
+    {
+        s_cur_hand = new wxCursor(wxCURSOR_HAND);
+        s_cur_arrow = new wxCursor(wxCURSOR_ARROW);
+    }
 
     if (m_tmpMouseMoved && (m_Cell != NULL)) {
         int sx, sy;
@@ -518,11 +525,11 @@ void wxHtmlWindow::OnIdle(wxIdleEvent& event)
 
         if (lnk != m_tmpLastLink) {
             if (lnk == NULL) {
-                SetCursor(cur_arrow);
+                SetCursor(*s_cur_arrow);
                 if (m_RelatedStatusBar != -1) m_RelatedFrame -> SetStatusText(wxEmptyString, m_RelatedStatusBar);
             }
             else {
-                SetCursor(cur_hand);
+                SetCursor(*s_cur_hand);
                 if (m_RelatedStatusBar != -1) 
                     m_RelatedFrame -> SetStatusText(lnk -> GetHref(), m_RelatedStatusBar);
             }