diff --git a/reactos/base/shell/cmd/assoc.c b/reactos/base/shell/cmd/assoc.c
index 4abbd672119..ace7a4c4235 100644
--- a/reactos/base/shell/cmd/assoc.c
+++ b/reactos/base/shell/cmd/assoc.c
@@ -206,8 +206,6 @@ RemoveAssociation(LPTSTR extension)
 INT CommandAssoc (LPTSTR param)
 {
 
-	LPTSTR	lpEqualSign = NULL;
-
 	/* print help */
 	if (!_tcsncmp (param, _T("/?"), 2))
 	{
@@ -221,7 +219,7 @@ INT CommandAssoc (LPTSTR param)
 		PrintAllAssociations();
 	else
 	{
-		lpEqualSign = _tcschr(param, _T('='));
+		LPTSTR lpEqualSign = _tcschr(param, _T('='));
 		if(lpEqualSign != NULL)
 		{
 			LPTSTR fileType = lpEqualSign + 1;
diff --git a/reactos/base/shell/cmd/dir.c b/reactos/base/shell/cmd/dir.c
index e648f0cbde4..eb0b08bc710 100644
--- a/reactos/base/shell/cmd/dir.c
+++ b/reactos/base/shell/cmd/dir.c
@@ -1260,13 +1260,11 @@ QsortFiles(LPWIN32_FIND_DATA ptrArray[],	/* [IN/OUT] The array with file info po
 	   LPDIRSWITCHFLAGS lpFlags)		/* [IN]     The flags that we will use to sort */
 {
 	LPWIN32_FIND_DATA lpTemp;	/* A temporary pointer */
-	int First, Last, Temp;
 	BOOL Way;
 
 	if (i < j)
 	{
-		First = i;
-		Last = j;
+		int First = i, Last = j, Temp;
 		Way = TRUE;
 		while (i != j)
 		{
diff --git a/reactos/base/shell/cmd/filecomp.c b/reactos/base/shell/cmd/filecomp.c
index 6726766e1cf..b1b36277388 100644
--- a/reactos/base/shell/cmd/filecomp.c
+++ b/reactos/base/shell/cmd/filecomp.c
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ BOOL ShowCompletionMatches (LPTSTR str, INT charcount)
 	TCHAR path[MAX_PATH];
 	TCHAR fname[MAX_PATH];
 	TCHAR directory[MAX_PATH];
-	UINT   longestfname = 0;
 	SHORT screenwidth;
 
 	/* expand current file name */
@@ -277,6 +276,7 @@ BOOL ShowCompletionMatches (LPTSTR str, INT charcount)
 	hFile = FindFirstFile (path, &file);
 	if (hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
 	{
+		UINT longestfname = 0;
 		/* Get the size of longest filename first. */
 		do
 		{
diff --git a/reactos/base/shell/cmd/start.c b/reactos/base/shell/cmd/start.c
index 88acf5e3276..f082c66749d 100644
--- a/reactos/base/shell/cmd/start.c
+++ b/reactos/base/shell/cmd/start.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ INT cmd_start (LPTSTR Rest)
 	TCHAR szFullCmdLine [CMDLINE_LENGTH];
 	PROCESS_INFORMATION prci;
 	STARTUPINFO stui;
-	INT i = 0;
 #ifdef UNICODE
 	DWORD dwCreationFlags = CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE | CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT;
 #else
@@ -213,7 +212,7 @@ INT cmd_start (LPTSTR Rest)
 	/* Parsing the command that gets called by start, and it's parameters */
 	{
 		BOOL bInside = FALSE;
-
+		INT i;
 		/* find the end of the command and put the arguments in param */
 		for (i = 0; Rest[i]; i++)
 		{
diff --git a/reactos/base/shell/cmd/ver.c b/reactos/base/shell/cmd/ver.c
index 8f35eefbacd..b221815a941 100644
--- a/reactos/base/shell/cmd/ver.c
+++ b/reactos/base/shell/cmd/ver.c
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 VOID ShortVersion (VOID)
 {
 	OSVERSIONINFO VersionInfo;
-	unsigned RosVersionLen;
-	LPTSTR RosVersion;
 
 	ConOutResPrintf(STRING_CMD_SHELLINFO, _T(KERNEL_RELEASE_STR), _T(KERNEL_VERSION_BUILD_STR));
 	VersionInfo.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFO);
@@ -37,6 +35,9 @@ VOID ShortVersion (VOID)
 	memset(VersionInfo.szCSDVersion, 0, sizeof(VersionInfo.szCSDVersion));
 	if (GetVersionEx(&VersionInfo))
 	{
+		LPTSTR RosVersion;
+		unsigned RosVersionLen;
+
 		RosVersion = VersionInfo.szCSDVersion + _tcslen(VersionInfo.szCSDVersion) + 1;
 		RosVersionLen = sizeof(VersionInfo.szCSDVersion) / sizeof(VersionInfo.szCSDVersion[0]) -
 	                        (RosVersion - VersionInfo.szCSDVersion);