diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 69ca1f63de..9a094ad281 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -844,15 +844,15 @@ jobs:
               # has no stable disk location, its an MS-DOS batch file setting env,
               # and makes it problematic to use from this script.
               [[ "$(uname -s)" = *'ARM64'* ]] && MSVC_HOST='arm64' || MSVC_HOST='x64'  # x86
-              MSVC_ROOTD="$(cygpath --dos "$PROGRAMFILES/Microsoft Visual Studio")"  # to avoid spaces in directory names
+              MSVC_ROOTD="$(cygpath --mixed --short-name "$PROGRAMFILES/Microsoft Visual Studio")"  # to avoid spaces in directory names
               MSVC_ROOTU="$(/usr/bin/find "$(cygpath --unix "$MSVC_ROOTD/2022/Enterprise/vc/tools/msvc")" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*.*' | sort | tail -n 1)"
-              MSVC_ROOTW="$(cygpath --windows "$MSVC_ROOTU")"
+              MSVC_ROOTW="$(cygpath --mixed "$MSVC_ROOTU")"
               MSVC_ROOTU="$(cygpath --unix "$MSVC_ROOTW")"
               echo "MSVC_ROOTW:|$MSVC_ROOTW|"
               echo "MSVC_ROOTU:|$MSVC_ROOTU|"
               MSVC_BINU="$MSVC_ROOTU/bin/Host$MSVC_HOST/$MATRIX_ARCH"
               echo "MSVC_BINU:|$MSVC_BINU|"
-              MSDK_ROOTW="$(cygpath --dos "$(printenv 'ProgramFiles(x86)')/Windows Kits")/10"
+              MSDK_ROOTW="$(cygpath --mixed --short-name "$(printenv 'ProgramFiles(x86)')/Windows Kits")/10"
               MSDK_ROOTU="$(cygpath --unix "$MSDK_ROOTW")"
               MSDK_VER="$(basename "$(/usr/bin/find "$MSDK_ROOTU/lib" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '*.*' | sort | tail -n 1)")"
               echo "MSDK_VER:|$MSDK_VER|"