diff --git a/v3/pkg/application/dialogs_windows_test.go b/v3/pkg/application/dialogs_windows_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af4dabf75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v3/pkg/application/dialogs_windows_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+//go:build windows
+
+package application_test
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/matryer/is"
+)
+
+func TestCleanPath(t *testing.T) {
+	i := is.New(t)
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		inputPath string
+		expected  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "path with double separators",
+			inputPath: `C:\\temp\\folder`,
+			expected:  `C:\temp\folder`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "path with forward slashes",
+			inputPath: `C://temp//folder`,
+			expected:  `C:\temp\folder`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "path with trailing separator",
+			inputPath: `C:\\temp\\folder\\`,
+			expected:  `C:\temp\folder`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "path with escaped tab character",
+			inputPath: `C:\\Users\\test\\tab.txt`,
+			expected:  `C:\Users\test\tab.txt`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "newline character",
+			inputPath: `C:\\Users\\test\\newline\\n.txt`,
+			expected:  `C:\Users\test\newline\n.txt`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "UNC path with multiple separators",
+			inputPath: `\\\\\\\\host\\share\\test.txt`,
+			expected:  `\\\\host\share\test.txt`,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cleaned := filepath.Clean(tt.inputPath)
+			i.Equal(cleaned, tt.expected)
+		})
+	}
+}