diff --git a/code/addons/a11y/src/postinstall.ts b/code/addons/a11y/src/postinstall.ts
index 0c2f457d5276..cf57bddb9853 100644
--- a/code/addons/a11y/src/postinstall.ts
+++ b/code/addons/a11y/src/postinstall.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export default async function postinstall(options: PostinstallOptions) {
   }
 
   if (options.configDir) {
-    command.push('--config-dir', options.configDir);
+    command.push('--config-dir', `"${options.configDir}"`);
   }
 
   await $`${command.join(' ')}`;
diff --git a/code/addons/vitest/src/postinstall.ts b/code/addons/vitest/src/postinstall.ts
index c327a3375881..2cce5d01bbfe 100644
--- a/code/addons/vitest/src/postinstall.ts
+++ b/code/addons/vitest/src/postinstall.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
 import * as fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { isAbsolute, posix, sep } from 'node:path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 
 import { babelParse, generate, traverse } from 'storybook/internal/babel';
 import {
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ export default async function postInstall(options: PostinstallOptions) {
       }
 
       if (options.configDir !== '.storybook') {
-        command.push('--config-dir', options.configDir);
+        command.push('--config-dir', `"${options.configDir}"`);
       }
 
       await execa('storybook', command, {
@@ -579,7 +579,9 @@ async function getPackageNameFromPath(input: string): Promise<string> {
     throw new Error(`Could not find package.json in path: ${path}`);
   }
 
-  const { default: packageJson } = await import(packageJsonPath, { with: { type: 'json' } });
+  const { default: packageJson } = await import(pathToFileURL(packageJsonPath).href, {
+    with: { type: 'json' },
+  });
   return packageJson.name;
 }
 
diff --git a/code/core/scripts/generate-source-files.ts b/code/core/scripts/generate-source-files.ts
index 5cd6f7668fa5..0e8c6fe0e92e 100644
--- a/code/core/scripts/generate-source-files.ts
+++ b/code/core/scripts/generate-source-files.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { mkdirSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { readdir, realpath, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import os from 'node:os';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 
 import { GlobalRegistrator } from '@happy-dom/global-registrator';
 import { isNotNil } from 'es-toolkit';
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ async function generateExportsFile(prettierConfig: prettier.Options | null): Pro
     supported: SUPPORTED_FEATURES,
   });
 
-  const { globalsNameValueMap: data } = await import(outFile);
+  const { globalsNameValueMap: data } = await import(pathToFileURL(outFile).href);
 
   // loop over all values of the keys of the data object and remove the default key
   for (const key in data) {
diff --git a/code/core/src/bin/dispatcher.ts b/code/core/src/bin/dispatcher.ts
index 6e2b2e2abf1a..71cc19f5e076 100644
--- a/code/core/src/bin/dispatcher.ts
+++ b/code/core/src/bin/dispatcher.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 
 import { logger } from 'storybook/internal/node-logger';
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ async function run() {
   const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 
   if (['dev', 'build', 'index'].includes(args[0])) {
-    const coreBin = join(resolvePackageDir('storybook'), 'dist/bin/core.js');
+    const coreBin = pathToFileURL(join(resolvePackageDir('storybook'), 'dist/bin/core.js')).href;
     await import(coreBin);
     return;
   }
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ async function run() {
     if (targetCliPackageJson.version === versions[targetCli.pkg]) {
       command = [
         'node',
-        join(resolvePackageDir(targetCli.pkg), 'dist/bin/index.js'),
+        `"${join(resolvePackageDir(targetCli.pkg), 'dist/bin/index.js')}"`,
         ...targetCli.args,
       ];
     }
diff --git a/code/core/src/builder-manager/utils/files.ts b/code/core/src/builder-manager/utils/files.ts
index 352d558dd981..f4d405319fe6 100644
--- a/code/core/src/builder-manager/utils/files.ts
+++ b/code/core/src/builder-manager/utils/files.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { mkdir, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
-import { dirname, join, normalize } from 'node:path';
+import { dirname, join, normalize, relative } from 'node:path';
 
 import type { OutputFile } from 'esbuild';
 import slash from 'slash';
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ export async function readOrderedFiles(
 }
 
 export function sanitizePath(file: OutputFile, addonsDir: string) {
-  const filePath = file.path.replace(addonsDir, '');
+  const filePath = relative(addonsDir, file.path);
   const location = normalize(join(addonsDir, filePath));
-  const url = `./sb-addons${slash(filePath).split('/').map(encodeURIComponent).join('/')}`;
+  const url = `./sb-addons/${slash(filePath).split('/').map(encodeURIComponent).join('/')}`;
 
   return { location, url };
 }
diff --git a/code/core/src/common/js-package-manager/PNPMProxy.ts b/code/core/src/common/js-package-manager/PNPMProxy.ts
index 329507195084..c5fddbdf6e50 100644
--- a/code/core/src/common/js-package-manager/PNPMProxy.ts
+++ b/code/core/src/common/js-package-manager/PNPMProxy.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 
 import { prompt } from 'storybook/internal/node-logger';
 import { FindPackageVersionsError } from 'storybook/internal/server-errors';
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ export class PNPMProxy extends JsPackageManager {
 
     if (pnpapiPath) {
       try {
-        const pnpApi = await import(pnpapiPath);
+        const pnpApi = await import(pathToFileURL(pnpapiPath).href);
 
         const resolvedPath = pnpApi.resolveToUnqualified(packageName, this.cwd, {
           considerBuiltins: false,
diff --git a/code/core/src/common/js-package-manager/Yarn2Proxy.ts b/code/core/src/common/js-package-manager/Yarn2Proxy.ts
index 287eb6304af4..9ea3c474b885 100644
--- a/code/core/src/common/js-package-manager/Yarn2Proxy.ts
+++ b/code/core/src/common/js-package-manager/Yarn2Proxy.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 
 import { prompt } from 'storybook/internal/node-logger';
 import { FindPackageVersionsError } from 'storybook/internal/server-errors';
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ export class Yarn2Proxy extends JsPackageManager {
           which is not always the case for us, because we spawn child processes directly with Node,
           eg. when running automigrations.
         */
-        const { default: pnpApi } = await import(pnpapiPath);
+        const { default: pnpApi } = await import(pathToFileURL(pnpapiPath).href);
 
         const resolvedPath = pnpApi.resolveToUnqualified(
           packageName,
diff --git a/code/core/src/telemetry/package-json.ts b/code/core/src/telemetry/package-json.ts
index b6bc40130b91..5c668e75af4c 100644
--- a/code/core/src/telemetry/package-json.ts
+++ b/code/core/src/telemetry/package-json.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 
 import { findUp } from 'find-up';
 import { join } from 'pathe';
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export const getActualPackageJson = async (
       );
     }
 
-    const { default: packageJson } = await import(resolvedPackageJsonPath, {
+    const { default: packageJson } = await import(pathToFileURL(resolvedPackageJsonPath).href, {
       with: { type: 'json' },
     });
     return packageJson;
diff --git a/code/frameworks/angular/src/server/angular-cli-webpack.js b/code/frameworks/angular/src/server/angular-cli-webpack.js
index 58a91fe62603..07c4cefe0b50 100644
--- a/code/frameworks/angular/src/server/angular-cli-webpack.js
+++ b/code/frameworks/angular/src/server/angular-cli-webpack.js
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export const getWebpackConfig = async (baseConfig, { builderOptions, builderCont
        * Angular's automatic Tailwind detection, we need to manually add the correct Tailwind 4
        * plugin to all PostCSS loader configurations.
        */
-      const tailwindPackagePath = fileURLToPath(import.meta.resolve('@tailwindcss/postcss', root));
+      const tailwindPackagePath = import.meta.resolve('@tailwindcss/postcss', root);
       const tailwindPackage = await import(tailwindPackagePath);
       const extraPostcssPlugins = [
         typeof tailwindPackage === 'function' ? tailwindPackage() : tailwindPackage.default(),
diff --git a/code/lib/cli-storybook/src/link.ts b/code/lib/cli-storybook/src/link.ts
index 078c78f94115..99fbbaea0df4 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli-storybook/src/link.ts
+++ b/code/lib/cli-storybook/src/link.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export const link = async ({ target, local, start }: LinkOptions) => {
   }
 
   logger.info(`Linking ${reproDir}`);
-  await exec(`yarn link --all --relative ${storybookDir}`, { cwd: reproDir });
+  await exec(`yarn link --all --relative "${storybookDir}"`, { cwd: reproDir });
 
   logger.info(`Installing ${reproName}`);
 
diff --git a/code/presets/react-webpack/src/cra-config.ts b/code/presets/react-webpack/src/cra-config.ts
index fe89dcda4e2a..4a06c99fb1d4 100644
--- a/code/presets/react-webpack/src/cra-config.ts
+++ b/code/presets/react-webpack/src/cra-config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { existsSync, readFileSync, realpathSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 
 import { logger } from 'storybook/internal/node-logger';
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ export function getReactScriptsPath({ noCache }: { noCache?: boolean } = {}) {
 export async function isReactScriptsInstalled(minimumVersion = '2.0.0') {
   try {
     const { default: reactScriptsJson } = await import(
-      join(getReactScriptsPath(), 'package.json'),
+      pathToFileURL(join(getReactScriptsPath(), 'package.json')).href,
       {
         with: { type: 'json' },
       }
diff --git a/scripts/build/build-package.ts b/scripts/build/build-package.ts
index c42fc11547b4..8255e5c32230 100644
--- a/scripts/build/build-package.ts
+++ b/scripts/build/build-package.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 /* eslint-disable local-rules/no-uncategorized-errors */
 import { mkdir, rm } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 
 import { join, relative } from 'pathe';
 import picocolors from 'picocolors';
@@ -39,7 +40,9 @@ async function run() {
     throw new Error('Cannot watch and build for production at the same time');
   }
 
-  const { default: pkg } = await import(join(DIR_CWD, 'package.json'), { with: { type: 'json' } });
+  const { default: pkg } = await import(pathToFileURL(join(DIR_CWD, 'package.json')).href, {
+    with: { type: 'json' },
+  });
 
   await rm(DIR_DIST, { recursive: true }).catch(() => {});
   await mkdir(DIR_DIST);
diff --git a/scripts/build/utils/entry-utils.ts b/scripts/build/utils/entry-utils.ts
index 33bd87ffcf3b..33c19946b3cb 100644
--- a/scripts/build/utils/entry-utils.ts
+++ b/scripts/build/utils/entry-utils.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { builtinModules } from 'node:module';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
 
 import * as esbuild from 'esbuild';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 
 export type BuildEntry = {
   exportEntries?: ('.' | `./${string}`)[]; // the keys in the package.json's export map, e.g. ["./internal/manager-api", "./manager-api"]
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ export const measure = async (fn: () => Promise<void>) => {
 };
 
 export const getExternal = async (cwd: string) => {
-  const { default: packageJson } = await import(join(cwd, 'package.json'), {
+  const { default: packageJson } = await import(pathToFileURL(join(cwd, 'package.json')).href, {
     with: { type: 'json' },
   });
 
diff --git a/scripts/build/utils/generate-types.ts b/scripts/build/utils/generate-types.ts
index 3aaf19d2dd9f..099bc30233e8 100644
--- a/scripts/build/utils/generate-types.ts
+++ b/scripts/build/utils/generate-types.ts
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ export async function generateTypesFiles(cwd: string, data: BuildEntries) {
       return limited(async () => {
         let timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined;
         const dtsProcess = spawn(
-          join(import.meta.dirname, '..', '..', 'node_modules', '.bin', 'jiti'),
-          [join(import.meta.dirname, 'dts-process.ts'), entryPoint],
+          `"${join(import.meta.dirname, '..', '..', 'node_modules', '.bin', 'jiti')}"`,
+          [`"${join(import.meta.dirname, 'dts-process.ts')}"`, `"${entryPoint}"`],
           {
+            shell: true,
             cwd: DIR_CWD,
             stdio: ['ignore', 'inherit', 'pipe'],
           }
diff --git a/scripts/knip.config.ts b/scripts/knip.config.ts
index d6369f900323..b48c00647484 100644
--- a/scripts/knip.config.ts
+++ b/scripts/knip.config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { join, relative } from 'node:path';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line depend/ban-dependencies
 import fg from 'fast-glob';
@@ -81,7 +82,9 @@ const baseConfig = {
 // Knip maps package.json#export to source files but the entries are incomplete
 export const addBundlerEntries = async (config: KnipConfig) => {
   const baseDir = join(__dirname, '../code');
-  const rootManifest = await import(join(baseDir, 'package.json'));
+  const rootManifest = await import(pathToFileURL(join(baseDir, 'package.json')).href, {
+    with: { type: 'json' },
+  });
   const workspaceDirs = await fg(rootManifest.workspaces.packages, {
     cwd: baseDir,
     onlyDirectories: true,
@@ -90,7 +93,9 @@ export const addBundlerEntries = async (config: KnipConfig) => {
   for (const wsDir of workspaceDirectories) {
     for (const configKey of Object.keys(baseConfig.workspaces)) {
       if (match([wsDir], configKey)) {
-        const manifest = await import(join(baseDir, wsDir, 'package.json'));
+        const manifest = await import(pathToFileURL(join(baseDir, wsDir, 'package.json')).href, {
+          with: { type: 'json' },
+        });
         const configEntries = (config.workspaces[configKey].entry as string[]) ?? [];
         const bundler = manifest?.bundler;
         for (const value of Object.values(bundler ?? {})) {
diff --git a/scripts/run-registry.ts b/scripts/run-registry.ts
index d8c1a0268657..64002e327909 100755
--- a/scripts/run-registry.ts
+++ b/scripts/run-registry.ts
@@ -129,23 +129,21 @@ const publish = async (packages: { name: string; location: string }[], url: stri
     packages.map(({ name, location }) =>
       limit(
         () =>
-          new Promise((res, rej) => {
-            logger.log(
-              `🛫 publishing ${name} (${location.replace(resolvePath(join(__dirname, '..')), '.')})`
-            );
+          new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+            const loggedLocation = location.replace(resolvePath(join(__dirname, '..')), '.');
+            const resolvedLocation = resolvePath('../code', location);
+
+            logger.log(`🛫 publishing ${name} (${loggedLocation})`);
 
             const tarballFilename = `${name.replace('@', '').replace('/', '-')}.tgz`;
-            const command = `cd ${resolvePath(
-              '../code',
-              location
-            )} && yarn pack --out=${PACKS_DIRECTORY}/${tarballFilename} && cd ${PACKS_DIRECTORY} && npm publish ./${tarballFilename} --registry ${url} --force --tag="xyz" --ignore-scripts`;
+            const command = `cd "${resolvedLocation}" && yarn pack --out="${PACKS_DIRECTORY}/${tarballFilename}" && cd "${PACKS_DIRECTORY}" && npm publish "./${tarballFilename}" --registry ${url} --force --tag="xyz" --ignore-scripts`;
             exec(command, (e) => {
               if (e) {
-                rej(e);
+                reject(e);
               } else {
                 i += 1;
                 logger.log(`${i}/${packages.length} 🛬 successful publish of ${name}!`);
-                res(undefined);
+                resolve(undefined);
               }
             });
           })
diff --git a/scripts/tasks/sandbox-parts.ts b/scripts/tasks/sandbox-parts.ts
index 08fdced3bf5f..4309b57ab0b3 100644
--- a/scripts/tasks/sandbox-parts.ts
+++ b/scripts/tasks/sandbox-parts.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import JSON5 from 'json5';
 import { createRequire } from 'module';
 import { join, relative, resolve, sep } from 'path';
 import slash from 'slash';
-import dedent from 'ts-dedent';
+import { dedent } from 'ts-dedent';
 
 import { babelParse, types as t } from '../../code/core/src/babel';
 import { detectLanguage } from '../../code/core/src/cli/detect';
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export const install: Task['run'] = async ({ sandboxDir, key }, { link, dryRun,
 
   if (link) {
     await executeCLIStep(steps.link, {
-      argument: sandboxDir,
+      argument: `"${sandboxDir}"`,
       cwd: CODE_DIRECTORY,
       optionValues: { local: true, start: false },
       dryRun,
diff --git a/scripts/utils/cli-step.ts b/scripts/utils/cli-step.ts
index 35405be4c338..836865954ba2 100644
--- a/scripts/utils/cli-step.ts
+++ b/scripts/utils/cli-step.ts
@@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ export async function executeCLIStep<TOptions extends OptionSpecifier>(
   const cliCommand = cliStep.command;
 
   const prefix = ['dev', 'build'].includes(cliCommand)
-    ? `node ${cliExecutable} ${cliCommand}`
+    ? `node "${cliExecutable}" ${cliCommand}`
     : cliCommand === 'init'
-      ? `node ${createStorybookExecutable} ${cliCommand}`
-      : `node ${toolboxExecutable} ${cliCommand}`;
+      ? `node "${createStorybookExecutable}" ${cliCommand}`
+      : `node "${toolboxExecutable}" ${cliCommand}`;
   const command = getCommand(
     cliStep.hasArgument ? `${prefix} ${options.argument}` : prefix,
     cliStep.options,