diff --git a/packages/theme/src/node/plugins.ts b/packages/theme/src/node/plugins.ts
index faff9e8a..428a6c2d 100644
--- a/packages/theme/src/node/plugins.ts
+++ b/packages/theme/src/node/plugins.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ export const setupPlugins = (
   const localeNotesDirs = Object.keys(locales)
     .map((locale) => {
       const dir = locales[locale].notes?.dir || ''
-      return dir ? path.join(locale, dir, '**').replace(/^\//, '') : ''
+      return dir
+        ? path.join(locale, dir, '**').replace(/\\+/g, '/').replace(/^\//, '')
+        : ''
     })
     .filter(Boolean)
 
diff --git a/packages/theme/src/node/setupPages.ts b/packages/theme/src/node/setupPages.ts
index 57c5d402..b1c67042 100644
--- a/packages/theme/src/node/setupPages.ts
+++ b/packages/theme/src/node/setupPages.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ export function autoCategory(
   const notesLinks: string[] = []
   for (const [, locale] of locales.entries()) {
     const notes = options.locales?.[locale]?.notes
-    if (notes && notes.link) notesLinks.push(path.join(locale, notes.link))
+    if (notes && notes.link)
+      notesLinks.push(path.join(locale, notes.link).replace(/\\+/g, '/'))
   }
   if (notesLinks.some((link) => page.path.startsWith(link))) return
   const RE_LOCALE = new RegExp(