diff --git a/libs/vscode/nx-project-view/src/lib/views/nx-profile-util.spec.ts b/libs/vscode/nx-project-view/src/lib/views/nx-profile-util.spec.ts
index 3923eabd48..c69dc84dee 100644
--- a/libs/vscode/nx-project-view/src/lib/views/nx-profile-util.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/vscode/nx-project-view/src/lib/views/nx-profile-util.spec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,122 @@ import * as win32Path from 'path/win32';
 import * as posixPath from 'path/posix';
 import { PathHelper } from './nx-project-util';
 
+const dirsWindowsTests = (ph: PathHelper) => {
+  it('only root results in empty output', () => {
+    const input = 'C:\\';
+    const output: string[] = [];
+    expect(ph.dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
+  it('absolute path results in array of folder names', () => {
+    const input = 'C:\\Users\\foo\\nx-console';
+    const output: string[] = ['Users', 'foo', 'nx-console'];
+    expect(ph.dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
+  it('absolute path (depth 1) results in array of folder names', () => {
+    const input = 'C:\\Users';
+    const output: string[] = ['Users'];
+    expect(ph.dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
+  it('relative path results in array of folder names', () => {
+    const input = 'Users\\foo\\nx-console';
+    const output: string[] = ['Users', 'foo', 'nx-console'];
+    expect(ph.dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
+  it('relative path (depth 1) results in array of folder names', () => {
+    const input = 'Users';
+    const output: string[] = ['Users'];
+    expect(ph.dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
+};
+
+const dirsLinuxTests = (ph: PathHelper) => {
+  it('only root results in empty output', () => {
+    const input = '/';
+    const output: string[] = [];
+    expect(ph.dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
+  it('absolute path results in array of folder names', () => {
+    const input = '/home/foo/nx-console';
+    const output: string[] = ['home', 'foo', 'nx-console'];
+    expect(ph.dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
+  it('absolute path (depth 1) results in array of folder names', () => {
+    const input = '/home';
+    const output: string[] = ['home'];
+    expect(ph.dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
+  it('relative path results in array of folder names', () => {
+    const input = 'home/foo/nx-console';
+    const output: string[] = ['home', 'foo', 'nx-console'];
+    expect(ph.dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
+  it('relative path (depth 1) results in array of folder names', () => {
+    const input = 'home';
+    const output: string[] = ['home'];
+    expect(ph.dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
+};
+
+const createPathPermutationsWindowsTests = (ph: PathHelper) => {
+  it('only root results in empty output', () => {
+    const input = 'C:\\';
+    const output: string[] = [];
+    expect(ph.createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
+  it('absolute path results in folder permutations', () => {
+    const input = 'C:\\Users\\foo\\nx-console';
+    const output: string[] = [
+      'C:\\Users\\foo\\nx-console',
+      'C:\\Users\\foo',
+      'C:\\Users',
+    ];
+    expect(ph.createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
+  it('absolute path (depth 1) results in folder permutation', () => {
+    const input = 'C:\\Users';
+    const output: string[] = ['C:\\Users'];
+    expect(ph.createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
+  it('relative path results in array in folder permutation', () => {
+    const input = 'Users\\foo\\nx-console';
+    const output: string[] = ['Users\\foo\\nx-console', 'Users\\foo', 'Users'];
+    expect(ph.createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
+  it('relative path (depth 1) results in array in folder permutation', () => {
+    const input = 'Users';
+    const output: string[] = ['Users'];
+    expect(ph.createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
+};
+
+const createPathPermutationsLinuxTests = (ph: PathHelper) => {
+  it('only root results in empty output', () => {
+    const input = '/';
+    const output: string[] = [];
+    expect(ph.createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
+  it('absolute path results in array in folder permutation', () => {
+    const input = '/home/foo/nx-console';
+    const output: string[] = ['/home/foo/nx-console', '/home/foo', '/home'];
+    expect(ph.createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
+  it('absolute path (depth 1) results in array in folder permutation', () => {
+    const input = '/home';
+    const output: string[] = ['/home'];
+    expect(ph.createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
+  it('relative path results in array in folder permutation', () => {
+    const input = 'home/foo/nx-console';
+    const output: string[] = ['home/foo/nx-console', 'home/foo', 'home'];
+    expect(ph.createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
+  it('relative path (depth 1) results in array in folder permutation', () => {
+    const input = 'home';
+    const output: string[] = ['home'];
+    expect(ph.createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
+  });
+};
+
 describe('Project View: PathHelper', () => {
   describe('dirs', () => {
     it('empty input results in empty output', () => {
@@ -9,60 +125,22 @@ describe('Project View: PathHelper', () => {
       const output: string[] = [];
       expect(new PathHelper().dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
     });
+
     describe('windows', () => {
       const ph = new PathHelper(win32Path);
-      it('only root results in empty output', () => {
-        const input = 'C:\\';
-        const output: string[] = [];
-        expect(ph.dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
-      });
-      it('absolute path results in array of folder names', () => {
-        const input = 'C:\\Users\\foo\\nx-console';
-        const output: string[] = ['Users', 'foo', 'nx-console'];
-        expect(ph.dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
-      });
-      it('absolute path (depth 1) results in array of folder names', () => {
-        const input = 'C:\\Users';
-        const output: string[] = ['Users'];
-        expect(ph.dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
-      });
-      it('relative path results in array of folder names', () => {
-        const input = 'Users\\foo\\nx-console';
-        const output: string[] = ['Users', 'foo', 'nx-console'];
-        expect(ph.dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
-      });
-      it('relative path (depth 1) results in array of folder names', () => {
-        const input = 'Users';
-        const output: string[] = ['Users'];
-        expect(ph.dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
+      dirsWindowsTests(ph);
+
+      describe('with linux paths', () => {
+        dirsLinuxTests(ph);
       });
     });
+
     describe('linux', () => {
       const ph = new PathHelper(posixPath);
-      it('only root results in empty output', () => {
-        const input = '/';
-        const output: string[] = [];
-        expect(ph.dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
-      });
-      it('absolute path results in array of folder names', () => {
-        const input = '/home/foo/nx-console';
-        const output: string[] = ['home', 'foo', 'nx-console'];
-        expect(ph.dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
-      });
-      it('absolute path (depth 1) results in array of folder names', () => {
-        const input = '/home';
-        const output: string[] = ['home'];
-        expect(ph.dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
-      });
-      it('relative path results in array of folder names', () => {
-        const input = 'home/foo/nx-console';
-        const output: string[] = ['home', 'foo', 'nx-console'];
-        expect(ph.dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
-      });
-      it('relative path (depth 1) results in array of folder names', () => {
-        const input = 'home';
-        const output: string[] = ['home'];
-        expect(ph.dirs(input)).toEqual(output);
+      dirsLinuxTests(ph);
+
+      describe('with windows paths', () => {
+        dirsWindowsTests(ph);
       });
     });
   });
@@ -72,68 +150,22 @@ describe('Project View: PathHelper', () => {
       const output: string[] = [];
       expect(new PathHelper().createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
     });
+
     describe('windows', () => {
       const ph = new PathHelper(win32Path);
-      it('only root results in empty output', () => {
-        const input = 'C:\\';
-        const output: string[] = [];
-        expect(ph.createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
-      });
-      it('absolute path results in folder permutations', () => {
-        const input = 'C:\\Users\\foo\\nx-console';
-        const output: string[] = [
-          'C:\\Users\\foo\\nx-console',
-          'C:\\Users\\foo',
-          'C:\\Users',
-        ];
-        expect(ph.createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
-      });
-      it('absolute path (depth 1) results in folder permutation', () => {
-        const input = 'C:\\Users';
-        const output: string[] = ['C:\\Users'];
-        expect(ph.createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
-      });
-      it('relative path results in array in folder permutation', () => {
-        const input = 'Users\\foo\\nx-console';
-        const output: string[] = [
-          'Users\\foo\\nx-console',
-          'Users\\foo',
-          'Users',
-        ];
-        expect(ph.createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
-      });
-      it('relative path (depth 1) results in array in folder permutation', () => {
-        const input = 'Users';
-        const output: string[] = ['Users'];
-        expect(ph.createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
+      createPathPermutationsWindowsTests(ph);
+
+      describe('with linux paths', () => {
+        createPathPermutationsLinuxTests(ph);
       });
     });
+
     describe('linux', () => {
       const ph = new PathHelper(posixPath);
-      it('only root results in empty output', () => {
-        const input = '/';
-        const output: string[] = [];
-        expect(ph.createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
-      });
-      it('absolute path results in array in folder permutation', () => {
-        const input = '/home/foo/nx-console';
-        const output: string[] = ['/home/foo/nx-console', '/home/foo', '/home'];
-        expect(ph.createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
-      });
-      it('absolute path (depth 1) results in array in folder permutation', () => {
-        const input = '/home';
-        const output: string[] = ['/home'];
-        expect(ph.createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
-      });
-      it('relative path results in array in folder permutation', () => {
-        const input = 'home/foo/nx-console';
-        const output: string[] = ['home/foo/nx-console', 'home/foo', 'home'];
-        expect(ph.createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
-      });
-      it('relative path (depth 1) results in array in folder permutation', () => {
-        const input = 'home';
-        const output: string[] = ['home'];
-        expect(ph.createPathPermutations(input)).toEqual(output);
+      createPathPermutationsLinuxTests(ph);
+
+      describe('with windows paths', () => {
+        createPathPermutationsWindowsTests(ph);
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/libs/vscode/nx-project-view/src/lib/views/nx-project-util.ts b/libs/vscode/nx-project-view/src/lib/views/nx-project-util.ts
index c0a8ac6d9b..de28f90c7b 100644
--- a/libs/vscode/nx-project-view/src/lib/views/nx-project-util.ts
+++ b/libs/vscode/nx-project-view/src/lib/views/nx-project-util.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import path = require('node:path');
+import * as path from 'node:path';
+import * as win32Path from 'path/win32';
+import * as posixPath from 'path/posix';
 
 export function isDefined<T>(val?: T): val is T {
   return !!val;
@@ -8,7 +10,11 @@ export class PathHelper {
   constructor(private pathApi: typeof path = path) {}
 
   detailedDirs(val: string) {
-    if (!val) return [[] as string[], ''] as const;
+    if (!val) return [[] as string[], '', this.pathApi] as const;
+
+    const oppositeApi = this.getOppositeApi();
+    const api = val.includes(oppositeApi.sep) ? oppositeApi : this.pathApi;
+
     /**
      * @example windows:
      * path.parse('C:\\Users\\foo\\nx-console')
@@ -18,15 +24,16 @@ export class PathHelper {
      * path.parse('/home/foo/nx-console')
      * { root: '/', dir: '/home/foo', base: 'nx-console', ext: '', name: 'nx-console' }
      */
-    const { root, dir, base } = this.pathApi.parse(val);
+    const { root, dir, base } = api.parse(val);
     const dirWithoutRoot = root ? dir.slice(root.length) : dir;
-    const dirs = dirWithoutRoot ? dirWithoutRoot.split(this.pathApi.sep) : [];
+    const dirs = dirWithoutRoot ? dirWithoutRoot.split(api.sep) : [];
     if (base) {
       dirs.push(base);
     }
 
-    return [dirs, root] as const;
+    return [dirs, root, api] as const;
   }
+
   dirs(val: string) {
     return this.detailedDirs(val)[0];
   }
@@ -54,13 +61,20 @@ export class PathHelper {
    * ]
    */
   createPathPermutations(dir: string) {
-    const [dirs, root] = this.detailedDirs(dir);
+    const [dirs, root, api] = this.detailedDirs(dir);
     const parts = dirs.reverse();
     const permutations: string[] = [];
     for (let i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
-      const partialDir = this.pathApi.join(root, ...parts.slice(i).reverse());
+      const partialDir = api.join(root, ...parts.slice(i).reverse());
       permutations.push(partialDir);
     }
     return permutations;
   }
+
+  private getOppositeApi() {
+    if (this.pathApi.sep === win32Path.sep) {
+      return posixPath;
+    }
+    return win32Path;
+  }
 }