diff --git a/etc/apps/paraview3/bashrc b/etc/apps/paraview3/bashrc
index bbeb6c0ebdad592e39ca3d8b4bbc413b50f2bd71..60b40255d2f18f41a10f9ebd122ec2235c177d84 100644
--- a/etc/apps/paraview3/bashrc
+++ b/etc/apps/paraview3/bashrc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # =========                 |
 # \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
 #  \\    /   O peration     |
-#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 1991-2009 OpenCFD Ltd.
+#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 1991-2010 OpenCFD Ltd.
 #    \\/     M anipulation  |
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # License
@@ -46,9 +46,12 @@ do
     fi
 done
 
-# set MAJOR and VERSION variables if not already set
-[ -z "$ParaView_MAJOR" ] && export ParaView_MAJOR=paraview-3.6
+
+# set VERSION and MAJOR (version) variables if not already set
+# the major version is "<digits>.<digits>"
 [ -z "$ParaView_VERSION" ] && export ParaView_VERSION=3.6.1
+[ -z "$ParaView_MAJOR" ]   && export ParaView_MAJOR=3.6
+
 
 export ParaView_INST_DIR=$WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/paraview-$ParaView_VERSION
 export ParaView_DIR=$ParaView_INST_DIR/platforms/$WM_ARCH$WM_COMPILER
@@ -59,9 +62,9 @@ if [ -r $ParaView_PYTHON_DIR ]
 then
     if [ "$PYTHONPATH" ]
     then
-        export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$ParaView_PYTHON_DIR:$ParaView_DIR/lib/$ParaView_MAJOR
+        export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$ParaView_PYTHON_DIR:$ParaView_DIR/lib/paraview-$ParaView_MAJOR
     else
-        export PYTHONPATH=$ParaView_PYTHON_DIR:$ParaView_DIR/lib/$ParaView_MAJOR
+        export PYTHONPATH=$ParaView_PYTHON_DIR:$ParaView_DIR/lib/paraview-$ParaView_MAJOR
     fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/etc/apps/paraview3/cshrc b/etc/apps/paraview3/cshrc
index fdd1e819cf4eca530cf694c839f94a686637a034..d22f25012dd6c54e400683dc4b6f48aa066a444d 100644
--- a/etc/apps/paraview3/cshrc
+++ b/etc/apps/paraview3/cshrc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # =========                 |
 # \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
 #  \\    /   O peration     |
-#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 1991-2009 OpenCFD Ltd.
+#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 1991-2010 OpenCFD Ltd.
 #    \\/     M anipulation  |
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # License
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ foreach cmake ( cmake-2.6.4 cmake-2.6.2 cmake-2.4.6 )
     endif
 end
 
-if ( ! $?ParaView_MAJOR ) setenv ParaView_MAJOR paraview-3.6
+# set VERSION and MAJOR (version) variables if not already set
+# the major version is "<digits>.<digits>"
 if ( ! $?ParaView_VERSION ) setenv ParaView_VERSION 3.6.1
+if ( ! $?ParaView_MAJOR )   setenv ParaView_MAJOR 3.6
 
 setenv ParaView_INST_DIR $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/paraview-$ParaView_VERSION
 setenv ParaView_DIR $ParaView_INST_DIR/platforms/$WM_ARCH$WM_COMPILER
@@ -54,9 +56,9 @@ setenv ParaView_DIR $ParaView_INST_DIR/platforms/$WM_ARCH$WM_COMPILER
 set paraviewPython=$ParaView_DIR/Utilities/VTKPythonWrapping
 if ( -r $paraviewPython ) then
     if ($?PYTHONPATH) then
-        setenv PYTHONPATH ${PYTHONPATH}:${paraviewPython}:$ParaView_DIR/lib/${ParaView_MAJOR}
+        setenv PYTHONPATH ${PYTHONPATH}:${paraviewPython}:$ParaView_DIR/lib/paraview-${ParaView_MAJOR}
     else
-        setenv PYTHONPATH ${paraviewPython}:$ParaView_DIR/lib/${ParaView_MAJOR}
+        setenv PYTHONPATH ${paraviewPython}:$ParaView_DIR/lib/paraview-${ParaView_MAJOR}
     endif
 endif