diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/cdCommand.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/cdCommand.test.ts
index 340c6c0a3da..a26e4a39a88 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/cdCommand.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/cdCommand.test.ts
@@ -205,6 +205,54 @@ describe('cdCommand', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('resolves a Windows-style home-relative path from the home directory', async () => {
+    const missingName = `qwen-cd-missing-${process.pid}-${Date.now()}`;
+    const expectedPath = path.normalize(path.join(os.homedir(), missingName));
+
+    const result = (await cdCommand.action?.(
+      context,
+      `~\\${missingName}`,
+    )) as MessageActionReturn;
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      type: 'message',
+      messageType: 'error',
+      content: `Couldn't find a directory at ${expectedPath}.`,
+    });
+    expect(relocateWorkingDirectory).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('moves to a Windows-style home-relative directory', async () => {
+    const homeSubdir = fs.mkdtempSync(
+      path.join(os.homedir(), `qwen-cd-ok-${process.pid}-`),
+    );
+
+    try {
+      const result = (await cdCommand.action?.(
+        context,
+        `~\\${path.basename(homeSubdir)}`,
+      )) as MessageActionReturn;
+      const realCurrentDir = await realpath(currentDir);
+      const realHomeSubdir = await realpath(homeSubdir);
+
+      expect(relocateWorkingDirectory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        realHomeSubdir,
+        realHomeSubdir,
+      );
+      expect(addWorkingDirectoryChangedContext).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        realCurrentDir,
+        realHomeSubdir,
+      );
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        type: 'message',
+        messageType: 'info',
+        content: `Moved to ${realHomeSubdir}.`,
+      });
+    } finally {
+      fs.rmSync(homeSubdir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   it('moves to a path with escaped spaces', async () => {
     const spacedDir = path.join(tmpDir, 'space dir');
     fs.mkdirSync(spacedDir);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/cdCommand.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/cdCommand.ts
index c59032858fd..6da15e68bf6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/cdCommand.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/cdCommand.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
  */
 
 import * as fs from 'node:fs/promises';
-import * as os from 'node:os';
 import * as path from 'node:path';
 import { CommandKind, type SlashCommand } from './types.js';
 import { getSingleDirPathCompletions } from './directoryCommand.js';
+import { resolvePath } from '@qwen-code/qwen-code-core';
 import {
   isFolderTrustEnabled,
   loadTrustedFolders,
@@ -36,19 +36,7 @@ function resolveCdPath(input: string, baseDir: string): string {
     throw new Error('Path contains null bytes.');
   }
 
-  if (input === '~') {
-    return path.normalize(os.homedir());
-  }
-
-  if (input.startsWith('~/')) {
-    return path.normalize(path.join(os.homedir(), input.slice(2)));
-  }
-
-  if (path.isAbsolute(input)) {
-    return path.normalize(input);
-  }
-
-  return path.resolve(baseDir, input);
+  return path.normalize(resolvePath(baseDir, input));
 }
 
 export const cdCommand: SlashCommand = {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/directoryCommand.test.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/directoryCommand.test.tsx
index 8197e032c52..54158aea115 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/directoryCommand.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/directoryCommand.test.tsx
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  */
 
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import { directoryCommand, getDirPathCompletions } from './directoryCommand.js';
 import {
-  directoryCommand,
   expandHomeDir,
-  getDirPathCompletions,
-} from './directoryCommand.js';
-import type { Config, WorkspaceContext } from '@qwen-code/qwen-code-core';
+  type Config,
+  type WorkspaceContext,
+} from '@qwen-code/qwen-code-core';
 import type { CommandContext, SlashCommandActionReturn } from './types.js';
 import { SettingScope } from '../../config/settings.js';
 import * as os from 'node:os';
@@ -189,6 +189,17 @@ describe('directoryCommand', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('should expand Windows-style home-relative paths before adding directories', async () => {
+      const homeProject = path.join(os.homedir(), 'new-project');
+
+      if (!addCommand?.action) throw new Error('No action');
+      await addCommand.action(mockContext, '~\\new-project');
+
+      expect(mockWorkspaceContext.addDirectory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        homeProject,
+      );
+    });
+
     it('should persist added directories to workspace settings', async () => {
       const existingPath = path.normalize('/home/user/existing-project');
       const newPath = path.normalize('/home/user/new-project');
@@ -495,6 +506,33 @@ describe('getDirPathCompletions', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('should complete Windows-style home-relative paths', () => {
+      const homeSubdir = fs.mkdtempSync(
+        path.join(os.homedir(), `qwen-dir-complete-${process.pid}-`),
+      );
+      const partialName = path.basename(homeSubdir).slice(0, -2);
+
+      try {
+        const results = getDirPathCompletions(`~\\${partialName}`);
+
+        expect(results.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        expect(
+          results.some(
+            (suggestion) => suggestion.value === homeSubdir + path.sep,
+          ),
+        ).toBe(true);
+        results.forEach((suggestion) => {
+          expect(suggestion.isDirectory).toBe(true);
+          expect(path.basename(suggestion.value.slice(0, -1))).toContain(
+            partialName,
+          );
+          expect(suggestion.value.endsWith(path.sep)).toBe(true);
+        });
+      } finally {
+        fs.rmSync(homeSubdir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      }
+    });
+
     it('should support comma-separated paths with isDirectory flag on last segment', () => {
       const multiPath = `${tempTestDir}, ${tempTestDir}/`;
       const results = getDirPathCompletions(multiPath);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/directoryCommand.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/directoryCommand.tsx
index c3c1bb5daa3..ad4771e13d3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/directoryCommand.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/directoryCommand.tsx
@@ -11,28 +11,15 @@ import type {
 } from './types.js';
 import { CommandKind } from './types.js';
 import * as fs from 'node:fs';
-import * as os from 'node:os';
 import * as path from 'node:path';
 import {
   loadServerHierarchicalMemory,
   ConditionalRulesRegistry,
+  expandHomeDir,
 } from '@qwen-code/qwen-code-core';
 import { t } from '../../i18n/index.js';
 import { SettingScope } from '../../config/settings.js';
 
-export function expandHomeDir(p: string): string {
-  if (!p) {
-    return '';
-  }
-  let expandedPath = p;
-  if (p.toLowerCase().startsWith('%userprofile%')) {
-    expandedPath = os.homedir() + p.substring('%userprofile%'.length);
-  } else if (p === '~' || p.startsWith('~/')) {
-    expandedPath = os.homedir() + p.substring(1);
-  }
-  return path.normalize(expandedPath);
-}
-
 function findExistingWorkspaceDirectory(
   directory: string,
   existingDirectories: Set<string>,
@@ -87,10 +74,10 @@ function getPathCompletions(
   const trimmed = partial.trim();
   if (!trimmed) return [];
 
-  const expanded = trimmed.startsWith('~')
-    ? trimmed.replace(/^~/, os.homedir())
-    : trimmed;
-  const endsWithSep = expanded.endsWith('/') || expanded.endsWith(path.sep);
+  const inputEndsWithSep = trimmed.endsWith('/') || trimmed.endsWith('\\');
+  const expanded = expandHomeDir(trimmed);
+  const endsWithSep =
+    inputEndsWithSep || expanded.endsWith('/') || expanded.endsWith(path.sep);
   const searchDir = endsWithSep ? expanded : path.dirname(expanded);
   const namePrefix = endsWithSep ? '' : path.basename(expanded);
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/utils/resolvePath.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/utils/resolvePath.test.ts
index 2c373515c34..dfeab118985 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/utils/resolvePath.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/utils/resolvePath.test.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe('resolvePath', () => {
 
   it('expands USERPROFILE references case-insensitively', () => {
     expect(resolvePath('%USERPROFILE%\\schemas\\input.json')).toBe(
-      path.normalize(`${os.homedir()}\\schemas\\input.json`),
+      path.join(os.homedir(), 'schemas', 'input.json'),
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/utils/resolvePath.ts b/packages/cli/src/utils/resolvePath.ts
index a5290a47adf..3a738f56eb9 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/utils/resolvePath.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/utils/resolvePath.ts
@@ -4,26 +4,8 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-import * as os from 'node:os';
-import * as path from 'node:path';
+import { expandHomeDir } from '@qwen-code/qwen-code-core';
 
 export function resolvePath(p: string): string {
-  if (!p) {
-    return '';
-  }
-  let expandedPath = p;
-  if (p.toLowerCase().startsWith('%userprofile%')) {
-    expandedPath = os.homedir() + p.substring('%userprofile%'.length);
-  } else if (p === '~' || p.startsWith('~/')) {
-    expandedPath = os.homedir() + p.substring(1);
-  } else if (p.startsWith('~\\')) {
-    expandedPath = path.join(
-      os.homedir(),
-      ...p
-        .substring(2)
-        .split(/[/\\]+/)
-        .filter(Boolean),
-    );
-  }
-  return path.normalize(expandedPath);
+  return expandHomeDir(p);
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/paths.test.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/paths.test.ts
index 25182341f08..ead16826b90 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/paths.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/paths.test.ts
@@ -401,6 +401,11 @@ describe('resolvePath', () => {
     expect(result).toBe(path.resolve(cwd, 'src/main.ts'));
   });
 
+  it('resolves empty paths against the provided base directory', () => {
+    const result = resolvePath('/base/dir', '');
+    expect(result).toBe(path.resolve('/base/dir', ''));
+  });
+
   it('returns absolute paths unchanged', () => {
     const absolutePath = '/absolute/path/to/file.ts';
     const result = resolvePath('/some/base', absolutePath);
@@ -419,6 +424,12 @@ describe('resolvePath', () => {
     expect(result).toBe(path.join(homeDir, 'documents/file.txt'));
   });
 
+  it('expands Windows-style tilde-prefixed paths to home directory', () => {
+    const homeDir = os.homedir();
+    const result = resolvePath('/some/base', '~\\documents\\file.txt');
+    expect(result).toBe(path.join(homeDir, 'documents', 'file.txt'));
+  });
+
   it('uses baseDir when provided for relative paths', () => {
     const baseDir = '/custom/base';
     const result = resolvePath(baseDir, './relative/path');
@@ -619,6 +630,9 @@ describe('resolveAndValidatePath', () => {
       expect(resolveAndValidatePath(configWithHome, '~/project')).toBe(
         homeSubdir,
       );
+      expect(resolveAndValidatePath(configWithHome, '~\\project')).toBe(
+        homeSubdir,
+      );
       expect(resolveAndValidatePath(configWithHome, '~')).toBe(fakeHome);
     } finally {
       homedirSpy.mockRestore();
@@ -931,10 +945,37 @@ describe('expandHomeDir', () => {
     expect(expandHomeDir('~')).toBe(path.normalize(homeDir));
   });
 
+  it('should preserve trailing separators for home directory paths', () => {
+    expect(expandHomeDir('~/')).toBe(path.normalize(homeDir + path.sep));
+    expect(expandHomeDir('~\\')).toBe(path.normalize(homeDir + path.sep));
+  });
+
   it('should expand ~/path to home directory path', () => {
     expect(expandHomeDir('~/documents')).toBe(path.join(homeDir, 'documents'));
   });
 
+  it('should expand Windows-style ~\\path to home directory path', () => {
+    expect(expandHomeDir('~\\documents')).toBe(path.join(homeDir, 'documents'));
+  });
+
+  it('should preserve trailing separators in Windows-style tilde paths', () => {
+    expect(expandHomeDir('~\\documents\\')).toBe(
+      path.normalize(path.join(homeDir, 'documents') + path.sep),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should handle mixed separators in Windows-style tilde paths', () => {
+    expect(expandHomeDir('~\\foo/bar\\baz')).toBe(
+      path.join(homeDir, 'foo', 'bar', 'baz'),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should preserve legacy POSIX tilde path semantics', () => {
+    expect(expandHomeDir('~/foo\\bar')).toBe(
+      path.normalize(path.join(homeDir, 'foo\\bar')),
+    );
+  });
+
   it('should not expand ~path (no slash)', () => {
     expect(expandHomeDir('~documents')).toBe('~documents');
   });
@@ -946,7 +987,28 @@ describe('expandHomeDir', () => {
 
   it('should expand %userprofile%\\path to home directory path', () => {
     const result = expandHomeDir('%userprofile%\\documents');
-    expect(result).toBe(path.normalize(homeDir + '\\documents'));
+    expect(result).toBe(path.join(homeDir, 'documents'));
+  });
+
+  it('should expand %USERPROFILE%/path with forward-slash separator', () => {
+    expect(expandHomeDir('%USERPROFILE%/documents')).toBe(
+      path.join(homeDir, 'documents'),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should preserve trailing separators for %USERPROFILE% paths', () => {
+    expect(expandHomeDir('%USERPROFILE%/')).toBe(
+      path.normalize(homeDir + path.sep),
+    );
+    expect(expandHomeDir('%USERPROFILE%\\documents\\')).toBe(
+      path.normalize(path.join(homeDir, 'documents') + path.sep),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should preserve legacy %USERPROFILE% prefix semantics without a separator', () => {
+    expect(expandHomeDir('%USERPROFILE%foo')).toBe(
+      path.normalize(`${homeDir}foo`),
+    );
   });
 
   it('should return regular absolute path unchanged (but normalized)', () => {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/paths.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/paths.ts
index 6453eb331fe..b1a22edccef 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/paths.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/paths.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,37 @@ export function tildeifyPath(filePath: string): string {
   return filePath;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Expands tilde (~) to the full home directory path.
+ * Supports both POSIX-style ~/ and Windows-style ~\ home-relative paths.
+ * @param p - The path to expand.
+ * @returns The expanded path.
+ */
+function expandTilde(p: string): string {
+  if (!p) {
+    return '';
+  }
+  if (p === '~') {
+    return os.homedir();
+  }
+  if (p === '~/' || p === '~\\') {
+    return os.homedir() + path.sep;
+  }
+  if (p.startsWith('~/')) {
+    return path.join(os.homedir(), p.substring(2));
+  }
+  if (p.startsWith('~\\')) {
+    const rest = p.substring(2);
+    const hasTrailingSep = rest.endsWith('/') || rest.endsWith('\\');
+    const expandedPath = path.join(
+      os.homedir(),
+      ...rest.split(/[/\\]+/).filter(Boolean),
+    );
+    return hasTrailingSep ? expandedPath + path.sep : expandedPath;
+  }
+  return p;
+}
+
 /**
  * Expands tilde (~) and Windows-style %userprofile% to the full home directory path.
  * @param p - The path to expand.
@@ -87,13 +118,35 @@ export function expandHomeDir(p: string): string {
   if (!p) {
     return '';
   }
-  let expandedPath = p;
-  if (p.toLowerCase().startsWith('%userprofile%')) {
-    expandedPath = os.homedir() + p.substring('%userprofile%'.length);
-  } else if (p === '~' || p.startsWith('~/')) {
-    expandedPath = os.homedir() + p.substring(1);
+  const userProfilePrefix = '%userprofile%';
+  const lowerPath = p.toLowerCase();
+  if (lowerPath === userProfilePrefix) {
+    return path.normalize(os.homedir());
   }
-  return path.normalize(expandedPath);
+  if (
+    lowerPath === `${userProfilePrefix}/` ||
+    lowerPath === `${userProfilePrefix}\\`
+  ) {
+    return path.normalize(os.homedir() + path.sep);
+  }
+  if (
+    lowerPath.startsWith(`${userProfilePrefix}/`) ||
+    lowerPath.startsWith(`${userProfilePrefix}\\`)
+  ) {
+    const rest = p.substring(userProfilePrefix.length + 1);
+    const hasTrailingSep = rest.endsWith('/') || rest.endsWith('\\');
+    const expandedPath = path.join(
+      os.homedir(),
+      ...rest.split(/[/\\]+/).filter(Boolean),
+    );
+    return path.normalize(
+      hasTrailingSep ? expandedPath + path.sep : expandedPath,
+    );
+  }
+  if (lowerPath.startsWith(userProfilePrefix)) {
+    return path.normalize(os.homedir() + p.substring(userProfilePrefix.length));
+  }
+  return path.normalize(expandTilde(p));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -325,16 +378,12 @@ export function resolvePath(
   baseDir: string | undefined = process.cwd(),
   relativePath: string,
 ): string {
-  const homeDir = os.homedir();
+  const expandedPath = expandTilde(relativePath);
 
-  if (relativePath === '~') {
-    return homeDir;
-  } else if (relativePath.startsWith('~/')) {
-    return path.join(homeDir, relativePath.slice(2));
-  } else if (path.isAbsolute(relativePath)) {
-    return relativePath;
+  if (path.isAbsolute(expandedPath)) {
+    return expandedPath;
   } else {
-    return path.resolve(baseDir, relativePath);
+    return path.resolve(baseDir, expandedPath);
   }
 }