diff --git a/.nextchanges/bundles/windows-forward-slash-paths.md b/.nextchanges/bundles/windows-forward-slash-paths.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4bb663b0657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nextchanges/bundles/windows-forward-slash-paths.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* Print paths with forward slashes in bundle and `fs` error messages on Windows. ([#7377](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/7377))
diff --git a/acceptance/apps/init/auth-mode/test.toml b/acceptance/apps/init/auth-mode/test.toml
index b7713e67a70..18b1a88417e 100644
--- a/acceptance/apps/init/auth-mode/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/apps/init/auth-mode/test.toml
@@ -1,6 +1 @@
 Cloud = false
-
-[[Repls]]
-# Fix path with reverse slashes in the output for Windows.
-Old = 'TEST_TMP_DIR]\\(app-[a-z-]+)'
-New = 'TEST_TMP_DIR]/${1}'
diff --git a/acceptance/apps/init/binding-values/test.toml b/acceptance/apps/init/binding-values/test.toml
index b7713e67a70..18b1a88417e 100644
--- a/acceptance/apps/init/binding-values/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/apps/init/binding-values/test.toml
@@ -1,6 +1 @@
 Cloud = false
-
-[[Repls]]
-# Fix path with reverse slashes in the output for Windows.
-Old = 'TEST_TMP_DIR]\\(app-[a-z-]+)'
-New = 'TEST_TMP_DIR]/${1}'
diff --git a/acceptance/bin/diff.py b/acceptance/bin/diff.py
index 93c75ef882b..dbdcf313569 100755
--- a/acceptance/bin/diff.py
+++ b/acceptance/bin/diff.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ def main():
     patterns = compile_repls()
 
     if d1.is_dir() and d2.is_dir():
-        files1 = [str(p.relative_to(d1)) for p in d1.rglob("*") if p.is_file() and not p.name.startswith("LOG")]
-        files2 = [str(p.relative_to(d2)) for p in d2.rglob("*") if p.is_file() and not p.name.startswith("LOG")]
+        files1 = [p.relative_to(d1).as_posix() for p in d1.rglob("*") if p.is_file() and not p.name.startswith("LOG")]
+        files2 = [p.relative_to(d2).as_posix() for p in d2.rglob("*") if p.is_file() and not p.name.startswith("LOG")]
     else:
         assert d1.is_file(), d1
         assert d2.is_file(), d2
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ def main():
         p1 = d1 / f
         p2 = d2 / f
         if f not in set2:
-            print(f"Only in {d1}: {f}")
+            print(f"Only in {d1.as_posix()}: {f}")
         elif f not in set1:
-            print(f"Only in {d2}: {f}")
+            print(f"Only in {d2.as_posix()}: {f}")
         else:
             diff_files(patterns, p1, p2)
 
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/artifacts/globs_in_files/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/artifacts/globs_in_files/test.toml
index 3b639e6af69..93ee159927b 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/artifacts/globs_in_files/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/artifacts/globs_in_files/test.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,3 @@ RecordRequests = false
 [[Repls]]
 Old = '\\\\'
 New = '/'
-
-[[Repls]]
-Old = '\\'
-New = '/'
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/artifacts/globs_invalid/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/artifacts/globs_invalid/test.toml
index 3b639e6af69..93ee159927b 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/artifacts/globs_invalid/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/artifacts/globs_invalid/test.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,3 @@ RecordRequests = false
 [[Repls]]
 Old = '\\\\'
 New = '/'
-
-[[Repls]]
-Old = '\\'
-New = '/'
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/artifacts/nil_artifacts/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/artifacts/nil_artifacts/test.toml
index 93ee159927b..a030353d571 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/artifacts/nil_artifacts/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/artifacts/nil_artifacts/test.toml
@@ -1,5 +1 @@
 RecordRequests = false
-
-[[Repls]]
-Old = '\\\\'
-New = '/'
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/artifacts/same_name_libraries/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/artifacts/same_name_libraries/test.toml
index a17f2659f23..a030353d571 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/artifacts/same_name_libraries/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/artifacts/same_name_libraries/test.toml
@@ -1,5 +1 @@
 RecordRequests = false
-
-[[Repls]]
-Old = '\\'
-New = '/'
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/deploy/mlops-stacks/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/deploy/mlops-stacks/test.toml
index 68270828373..cbf253f7d13 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/deploy/mlops-stacks/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/deploy/mlops-stacks/test.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ Ignore = [
 Old = "aws|azure|gcp"
 New = "[CLOUD_ENV_BASE]"
 
-# $TESTDIR uses backslashes on Windows, hence the either-separator match.
 [[Repls]]
-Old = 'bundle init .*[\\/]mlops-stacks/template'
+Old = 'bundle init .*/mlops-stacks/template'
 New = "bundle init mlops-stacks"
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/generate/genie_space/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/generate/genie_space/test.toml
index 3e2bd6b3e12..7336116c281 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/generate/genie_space/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/generate/genie_space/test.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 Env.MSYS_NO_PATHCONV = "1"
 
-[[Repls]]
-Old = '\\\\'
-New = '/'
-
 [[Repls]]
 Old = "[0-9a-f]{32}"
 New = "[GENIE_SPACE_ID]"
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/includes/glob_in_root_path/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/includes/glob_in_root_path/test.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index a298217f218..00000000000
--- a/acceptance/bundle/includes/glob_in_root_path/test.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[[Repls]]
-Old = '\\'
-New = '/'
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/integration_whl/serverless/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/integration_whl/serverless/test.toml
index 46ee804dba7..49993e0c2d7 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/integration_whl/serverless/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/integration_whl/serverless/test.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
 CloudSlow = true
 # serverless is only enabled if UC is enabled
-
-[[Repls]]
-Old = '\\'
-New = '/'
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/integration_whl/serverless_dynamic_version/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/integration_whl/serverless_dynamic_version/test.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 920da59d1d7..00000000000
--- a/acceptance/bundle/integration_whl/serverless_dynamic_version/test.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# serverless is only enabled if UC is enabled
-
-[[Repls]]
-Old = '\\'
-New = '/'
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/paths/outside_root_no_sync/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/paths/outside_root_no_sync/test.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index a298217f218..00000000000
--- a/acceptance/bundle/paths/outside_root_no_sync/test.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[[Repls]]
-Old = '\\'
-New = '/'
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/paths/pipelines_root_path_outside_sync_root/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/paths/pipelines_root_path_outside_sync_root/test.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index a298217f218..00000000000
--- a/acceptance/bundle/paths/pipelines_root_path_outside_sync_root/test.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[[Repls]]
-Old = '\\'
-New = '/'
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/syncroot/dotdot-git/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/syncroot/dotdot-git/test.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index f57f83ee467..00000000000
--- a/acceptance/bundle/syncroot/dotdot-git/test.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[[Repls]]
-Old = '\\\\myrepo'
-New = '/myrepo'
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/wrong-url/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/wrong-url/test.toml
index b1d2d700cc5..323d9cd6691 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/wrong-url/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/wrong-url/test.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-[[Repls]]
-Old = '\\'
-New = '/'
-
 [[Repls]]
 Old = '/world-[0-9]+'
 New = '/world-123456'
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates/default-python/serverless-customcatalog/output.txt b/acceptance/bundle/templates/default-python/serverless-customcatalog/output.txt
index 3fe9b24b805..61d683aa1ad 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/templates/default-python/serverless-customcatalog/output.txt
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates/default-python/serverless-customcatalog/output.txt
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ To get started, refer to the project README.md file and the documentation at htt
 --- [TESTROOT]/bundle/templates/default-python/serverless-customcatalog/../serverless/output/my_default_python/src/my_default_python_etl/explorations/sample_exploration.ipynb
 +++ output/my_default_python/src/my_default_python_etl/explorations/sample_exploration.ipynb
 @@ -38,5 +38,5 @@
-     "# !!! Before performing any data analysis, make sure to run the pipeline to materialize the sample datasets. The tables referenced in this notebook depend on that step./n",
-     "/n",
--    "display(spark.sql(/"SELECT * FROM hive_metastore.[USERNAME].sample_trips_my_default_python/"))"
-+    "display(spark.sql(/"SELECT * FROM customcatalog.[USERNAME].sample_trips_my_default_python/"))"
+     "# !!! Before performing any data analysis, make sure to run the pipeline to materialize the sample datasets. The tables referenced in this notebook depend on that step.\n",
+     "\n",
+-    "display(spark.sql(\"SELECT * FROM hive_metastore.[USERNAME].sample_trips_my_default_python\"))"
++    "display(spark.sql(\"SELECT * FROM customcatalog.[USERNAME].sample_trips_my_default_python\"))"
     ]
    }
 --- [TESTROOT]/bundle/templates/default-python/serverless-customcatalog/../serverless/output/my_default_python/src/sample_notebook.ipynb
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates/default-python/serverless-customcatalog/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/templates/default-python/serverless-customcatalog/test.toml
index a9b8e0859eb..f8f717c52af 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/templates/default-python/serverless-customcatalog/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates/default-python/serverless-customcatalog/test.toml
@@ -3,8 +3,3 @@ Phase = 1
 [[Server]]
 Pattern = "GET /api/2.1/unity-catalog/current-metastore-assignment"
 Response.Body = '{"default_catalog_name": "customcatalog"}'
-
-[[Repls]]
-# windows fix
-Old = '\\'
-New = '/'
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/validate/targets/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/validate/targets/test.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index e9cede5e28a..00000000000
--- a/acceptance/bundle/validate/targets/test.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Errors for invalid YAML print the full path of the file; normalize Windows separators.
-[[Repls]]
-Old = '\\'
-New = '/'
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/validate/variables/overrides_file_complex_path/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/validate/variables/overrides_file_complex_path/test.toml
index ca5df96f13e..a434c0e9ca5 100644
--- a/acceptance/bundle/validate/variables/overrides_file_complex_path/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/validate/variables/overrides_file_complex_path/test.toml
@@ -1,5 +1 @@
 Badness = "Relative paths in variable-overrides.json resolve inconsistently: task files are resolved against the bundle root (with an error), libraries relative to the overrides file."
-
-[[Repls]]
-Old = '\\'
-New = '/'
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/validate/yaml_anchors/cycle_nested/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/validate/yaml_anchors/cycle_nested/test.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index a298217f218..00000000000
--- a/acceptance/bundle/validate/yaml_anchors/cycle_nested/test.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[[Repls]]
-Old = '\\'
-New = '/'
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/validate/yaml_anchors/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/validate/yaml_anchors/test.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index e9cede5e28a..00000000000
--- a/acceptance/bundle/validate/yaml_anchors/test.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Errors for invalid YAML print the full path of the file; normalize Windows separators.
-[[Repls]]
-Old = '\\'
-New = '/'
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/validate/yaml_duplicate_keys/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/validate/yaml_duplicate_keys/test.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index e9cede5e28a..00000000000
--- a/acceptance/bundle/validate/yaml_duplicate_keys/test.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Errors for invalid YAML print the full path of the file; normalize Windows separators.
-[[Repls]]
-Old = '\\'
-New = '/'
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/variables/file-defaults/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/variables/file-defaults/test.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index da8854775dc..00000000000
--- a/acceptance/bundle/variables/file-defaults/test.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Fix for windows
-[[Repls]]
-Old = '\\'
-New = '/'
diff --git a/acceptance/cmd/auth/docker/host/test.toml b/acceptance/cmd/auth/docker/host/test.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 12e9eb5e1bc..00000000000
--- a/acceptance/cmd/auth/docker/host/test.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[[Repls]]
-Old = '\\home\\docker\\config\.json'
-New = '/home/docker/config.json'
diff --git a/acceptance/cmd/fs/cp/file-to-nonexistent-dir/test.toml b/acceptance/cmd/fs/cp/file-to-nonexistent-dir/test.toml
index ab359727a00..c7c6f58ed6e 100644
--- a/acceptance/cmd/fs/cp/file-to-nonexistent-dir/test.toml
+++ b/acceptance/cmd/fs/cp/file-to-nonexistent-dir/test.toml
@@ -1,6 +1 @@
 Cloud = true
-
-# Local paths in errors use the OS separator.
-[[Repls]]
-Old = 'local\\nonexistent\\mydir'
-New = 'local/nonexistent/mydir'
diff --git a/acceptance/selftest/diff/test.toml b/acceptance/selftest/diff/test.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index c496e138812..00000000000
--- a/acceptance/selftest/diff/test.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[[Repls]]
-Old = '\.\.\\out_dir_b'
-New = '../out_dir_b'
diff --git a/bundle/artifacts/expand_globs.go b/bundle/artifacts/expand_globs.go
index cc5d1f3fb60..977d7ca9a5e 100644
--- a/bundle/artifacts/expand_globs.go
+++ b/bundle/artifacts/expand_globs.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func createGlobError(v dyn.Value, p dyn.Path, message string) diag.Diagnostic {
 
 	return diag.Diagnostic{
 		Severity:  diag.Error,
-		Summary:   fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", source, message),
+		Summary:   fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", filepath.ToSlash(source), message),
 		Locations: []diag.Location{v.Location()},
 		Paths:     dyn.ToStructPaths(p),
 	}
diff --git a/bundle/config/loader/process_root_includes.go b/bundle/config/loader/process_root_includes.go
index 20e80564b0f..059b1db51dd 100644
--- a/bundle/config/loader/process_root_includes.go
+++ b/bundle/config/loader/process_root_includes.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (m *processRootIncludes) Apply(ctx context.Context, b *bundle.Bundle) diag.
 		diags = diags.Append(diag.Diagnostic{
 			Severity: diag.Error,
 			Summary:  "Bundle root path contains glob pattern characters",
-			Detail:   fmt.Sprintf("The path to the bundle root %s contains glob pattern character %q. Please remove the character from this path to use bundle commands.", b.BundleRootPath, char),
+			Detail:   fmt.Sprintf("The path to the bundle root %s contains glob pattern character %q. Please remove the character from this path to use bundle commands.", filepath.ToSlash(b.BundleRootPath), char),
 		})
 
 		return diags
diff --git a/bundle/config/mutator/set_variables.go b/bundle/config/mutator/set_variables.go
index f8f3b35394c..b930426f82d 100644
--- a/bundle/config/mutator/set_variables.go
+++ b/bundle/config/mutator/set_variables.go
@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ func readVariablesFromFile(b *bundle.Bundle) (dyn.Value, diag.Diagnostics) {
 
 	val, err := jsonloader.LoadJSON(f, filePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return dyn.InvalidValue, diag.FromErr(fmt.Errorf("failed to parse variables file %s: %w", filePath, err))
+		return dyn.InvalidValue, diag.FromErr(fmt.Errorf("failed to parse variables file %s: %w", filepath.ToSlash(filePath), err))
 	}
 
 	if val.Kind() != dyn.KindMap {
 		return dyn.InvalidValue, diags.Append(diag.Diagnostic{
 			Severity: diag.Error,
-			Summary:  fmt.Sprintf("failed to parse variables file %s: invalid format", filePath),
+			Summary:  fmt.Sprintf("failed to parse variables file %s: invalid format", filepath.ToSlash(filePath)),
 			Detail:   "Variables file must be a JSON object with the following format:\n{\"var1\": \"value1\", \"var2\": \"value2\"}",
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/bundle/config/mutator/translate_paths.go b/bundle/config/mutator/translate_paths.go
index 956d010ec95..d33656f98e1 100644
--- a/bundle/config/mutator/translate_paths.go
+++ b/bundle/config/mutator/translate_paths.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func (t *translateContext) rewritePath(
 		return "", err
 	}
 	if !opts.AllowPathOutsideSyncRoot && !filepath.IsLocal(localRelPath) {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("path %s is not contained in sync root path", localPath)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("path %s is not contained in sync root path", filepath.ToSlash(localPath))
 	}
 
 	// Normalize paths to separated by forward slashes.
diff --git a/bundle/config/root.go b/bundle/config/root.go
index a64b742630e..b6428604672 100644
--- a/bundle/config/root.go
+++ b/bundle/config/root.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -122,13 +123,13 @@ func LoadFromBytes(path string, raw []byte) (*Root, diag.Diagnostics) {
 				Locations: []diag.Location{le.Loc},
 			}}
 		}
-		return nil, diag.Errorf("failed to load %s: %v", path, err)
+		return nil, diag.Errorf("failed to load %s: %v", filepath.ToSlash(path), err)
 	}
 
 	// Rewrite configuration tree where necessary.
 	v, err = rewriteShorthands(v)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, diag.Errorf("failed to rewrite %s: %v", path, err)
+		return nil, diag.Errorf("failed to rewrite %s: %v", filepath.ToSlash(path), err)
 	}
 
 	// Normalize dynamic configuration tree according to configuration type.
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ func LoadFromBytes(path string, raw []byte) (*Root, diag.Diagnostics) {
 	// Convert normalized configuration tree to typed configuration.
 	err = r.updateWithDynamicValue(v)
 	if err != nil {
-		diags = diags.Extend(diag.Errorf("failed to load %s: %v", path, err))
+		diags = diags.Extend(diag.Errorf("failed to load %s: %v", filepath.ToSlash(path), err))
 		return nil, diags
 	}
 	return &r, diags
diff --git a/bundle/libraries/same_name_libraries.go b/bundle/libraries/same_name_libraries.go
index 722d42c7f64..0809bd91195 100644
--- a/bundle/libraries/same_name_libraries.go
+++ b/bundle/libraries/same_name_libraries.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func (c checkForSameNameLibraries) Apply(ctx context.Context, b *bundle.Bundle)
 			diags = append(diags, diag.Diagnostic{
 				Severity:  diag.Error,
 				Summary:   "Duplicate local library names: " + lib,
-				Detail:    "Local library names must be unique but found libraries with the same name: " + lv.fullPath + ", " + strings.Join(lv.otherPaths, ", "),
+				Detail:    "Local library names must be unique but found libraries with the same name: " + filepath.ToSlash(lv.fullPath) + ", " + filepath.ToSlash(strings.Join(lv.otherPaths, ", ")),
 				Locations: lv.locations,
 				Paths:     lv.paths,
 			})
diff --git a/libs/diag/location.go b/libs/diag/location.go
index 3b4a799e348..e21ebb80433 100644
--- a/libs/diag/location.go
+++ b/libs/diag/location.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package diag
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 type Location struct {
@@ -11,5 +12,5 @@ type Location struct {
 }
 
 func (l Location) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d:%d", l.File, l.Line, l.Column)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d:%d", filepath.ToSlash(l.File), l.Line, l.Column)
 }
diff --git a/libs/filer/errors.go b/libs/filer/errors.go
index 8648502c229..9cf416b7d10 100644
--- a/libs/filer/errors.go
+++ b/libs/filer/errors.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package filer
 
-import "io/fs"
+import (
+	"io/fs"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
 
 // fileAlreadyExistsError is returned when attempting to write a file at a path
 // that already exists, without using the OverwriteIfExists WriteMode flag.
@@ -9,7 +12,7 @@ type fileAlreadyExistsError struct {
 }
 
 func (err fileAlreadyExistsError) Error() string {
-	return "file already exists: " + err.path
+	return "file already exists: " + filepath.ToSlash(err.path)
 }
 
 func (err fileAlreadyExistsError) Is(other error) bool {
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ func (err fileDoesNotExistError) Is(other error) bool {
 }
 
 func (err fileDoesNotExistError) Error() string {
-	return "file does not exist: " + err.path
+	return "file does not exist: " + filepath.ToSlash(err.path)
 }
 
 // noSuchDirectoryError is returned when attempting to write a file to a path
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ type noSuchDirectoryError struct {
 }
 
 func (err noSuchDirectoryError) Error() string {
-	return "no such directory: " + err.path
+	return "no such directory: " + filepath.ToSlash(err.path)
 }
 
 func (err noSuchDirectoryError) Is(other error) bool {
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ type notADirectory struct {
 }
 
 func (err notADirectory) Error() string {
-	return "not a directory: " + err.path
+	return "not a directory: " + filepath.ToSlash(err.path)
 }
 
 func (err notADirectory) Is(other error) bool {
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ type notAFile struct {
 }
 
 func (err notAFile) Error() string {
-	return "not a file: " + err.path
+	return "not a file: " + filepath.ToSlash(err.path)
 }
 
 func (err notAFile) Is(other error) bool {
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ type directoryNotEmptyError struct {
 }
 
 func (err directoryNotEmptyError) Error() string {
-	return "directory not empty: " + err.path
+	return "directory not empty: " + filepath.ToSlash(err.path)
 }
 
 func (err directoryNotEmptyError) Is(other error) bool {
@@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ type permissionError struct {
 }
 
 func (err permissionError) Error() string {
-	return "access denied: " + err.path
+	return "access denied: " + filepath.ToSlash(err.path)
 }
 
 func (err permissionError) Is(other error) bool {
diff --git a/libs/git/view.go b/libs/git/view.go
index e6d469514f1..b6be54f3017 100644
--- a/libs/git/view.go
+++ b/libs/git/view.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func NewView(ctx context.Context, worktreeRoot, root vfs.Path) (*View, error) {
 	target := root.Native()
 	prefix := repo.rootDir.Native()
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(target, prefix) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("path %q is not within repository root %q", root.Native(), prefix)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("path %q is not within repository root %q", filepath.ToSlash(root.Native()), filepath.ToSlash(prefix))
 	}
 
 	// Make target a relative path.