diff --git a/generic/tkMain.c b/generic/tkMain.c
index a712dcebc..e970d0418 100644
--- a/generic/tkMain.c
+++ b/generic/tkMain.c
@@ -264,8 +264,7 @@ Tk_MainEx(
 	if ((argc >= 3) && (0 == _tcscmp(TEXT("-encoding"), argv[1]))
 		&& ('-' != argv[3][0])) {
 	    Tcl_Obj *value = NewNativeObj(argv[2]);
-	    Tcl_SetStartupScript(NewNativeObj(argv[3]),
-		    Tcl_GetString(value));
+	    Tcl_SetStartupScript(NewNativeObj(argv[3]), Tcl_GetString(value));
 	    Tcl_DecrRefCount(value);
 	    argc -= 3;
 	    i += 3;
@@ -292,7 +291,7 @@ Tk_MainEx(
     }
     Tcl_SetVar2Ex(interp, "argv0", NULL, appName, TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
 
-    Tcl_SetVar2Ex(interp, "argc", NULL, Tcl_NewWideIntObj((Tcl_WideInt)argc), TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
+    Tcl_SetVar2Ex(interp, "argc", NULL, Tcl_NewWideIntObj(argc), TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
 
     argvPtr = Tcl_NewListObj(0, NULL);
     while (argc--) {
@@ -319,7 +318,7 @@ Tk_MainEx(
     }
 #endif
     Tcl_SetVar2Ex(interp, "tcl_interactive", NULL,
-	    Tcl_NewWideIntObj(!path && (is.tty || nullStdin)), TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
+	    Tcl_NewBooleanObj(!path && (is.tty || nullStdin)), TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
 
     /*
      * Invoke application-specific initialization.