diff --git a/CMakePresets.json b/CMakePresets.json
index 7207774d3..3856a0150 100644
--- a/CMakePresets.json
+++ b/CMakePresets.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
   "version": 3,
   "configurePresets": [
-    { "name": "windows-base",
+    { 
+      "name": "windows-base",
       "condition": {
         "type": "equals",
         "lhs": "${hostSystemName}",
diff --git a/include/xstudio/utility/helpers.hpp b/include/xstudio/utility/helpers.hpp
index 952298eae..7b6aa1736 100644
--- a/include/xstudio/utility/helpers.hpp
+++ b/include/xstudio/utility/helpers.hpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <windows.h>
+#include <fmt/format.h>
 #endif
 
 namespace xstudio {
@@ -378,14 +379,32 @@ inline std::string snippets_path(const std::string &append_path = "") {
         return get_file_mtime(uri_to_posix_path(path));
     }
 
-
-    inline bool is_file_supported(const caf::uri &uri) {
-        fs::path p(uri_to_posix_path(uri));
+    inline std::string get_path_extension(const fs::path p)
+    {
+        const std::string sp = p.string();
 #ifdef _WIN32
-        std::string ext = to_upper(p.extension().string()); // Convert path extension to string
+        std::string sanitized;
+
+        try {
+            sanitized = fmt::format(sp, 0);
+
+        } catch (...) {
+            // If we are here, the path likely doesn't have a format string.
+            sanitized = sp;
+        }
+        fs::path pth(sanitized);
+        std::string ext = pth.extension().string(); // Convert path extension to string
+        return ext;
 #else
-        std::string ext = to_upper(p.extension());
+        return sp.extension().string();
 #endif
+    }
+
+
+    inline bool is_file_supported(const caf::uri &uri) {
+        const std::string sp = uri_to_posix_path(uri);
+        std::string ext      = to_upper(get_path_extension(fs::path(sp)));
+
         for (const auto &i : supported_extensions)
             if (i == ext)
                 return true;
@@ -394,7 +413,7 @@ inline std::string snippets_path(const std::string &append_path = "") {
 
     inline bool is_session(const std::string &path) {
         fs::path p(path);
-        std::string ext = to_upper(path_to_string(p.extension()));
+        std::string ext = to_upper(path_to_string(get_path_extension(p)));
         for (const auto &i : session_extensions)
             if (i == ext)
                 return true;
@@ -405,11 +424,9 @@ inline std::string snippets_path(const std::string &append_path = "") {
 
     inline bool is_timeline_supported(const caf::uri &uri) {
         fs::path p(uri_to_posix_path(uri));
-#ifdef _WIN32
-        std::string ext = to_upper_path(p.extension());
-#else
-        std::string ext = to_upper(p.extension());
-#endif
+        spdlog::error(p.string());
+        std::string ext = to_upper(get_path_extension(p));
+
         for (const auto &i : supported_timeline_extensions)
             if (i == ext)
                 return true;
diff --git a/src/global_store/src/global_store.cpp b/src/global_store/src/global_store.cpp
index e7ebc3bb7..247ff8d1a 100644
--- a/src/global_store/src/global_store.cpp
+++ b/src/global_store/src/global_store.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ bool xstudio::global_store::preference_load_defaults(
     try {
         for (const auto &entry : fs::directory_iterator(path)) {
             if (not fs::is_regular_file(entry.status()) or
-                not(entry.path().extension() == ".json")) {
+                not(get_path_extension(entry.path()) == ".json")) {
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ void load_from_list(const std::string &path, std::vector<fs::path> &overrides) {
                         tmp = fs::canonical(rpath / tmp);
                     }
 
-                    if (fs::is_regular_file(tmp) and tmp.extension() == ".json") {
+                    if (fs::is_regular_file(tmp) and
+                        get_path_extension(tmp) == ".json") {
                         overrides.push_back(tmp);
                     } else {
                         spdlog::warn("Invalid pref entry {}", tmp.string());
@@ -213,9 +214,9 @@ void xstudio::global_store::preference_load_overrides(
         try {
             fs::path p(i);
             if (fs::is_regular_file(p)) {
-                if (p.extension() == ".json")
+                if (get_path_extension(p) == ".json")
                     overrides.push_back(p);
-                else if (p.extension() == ".lst")
+                else if (get_path_extension(p) == ".lst")
                     load_from_list(i, overrides);
                 else
                     throw std::runtime_error("Unrecognised extension");
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ void xstudio::global_store::preference_load_overrides(
                 std::set<fs::path> tmp;
                 for (const auto &entry : fs::directory_iterator(p)) {
                     if (not fs::is_regular_file(entry.status()) or
-                        not(entry.path().extension() == ".json")) {
+                        not(get_path_extension(entry.path()) == ".json")) {
                         continue;
                     }
                     tmp.insert(entry.path());
diff --git a/src/media/src/media_actor.cpp b/src/media/src/media_actor.cpp
index fbe8ff682..d3fb2f313 100644
--- a/src/media/src/media_actor.cpp
+++ b/src/media/src/media_actor.cpp
@@ -330,13 +330,9 @@ void MediaActor::init() {
             const FrameList &frame_list,
             const utility::FrameRate &rate) -> result<UuidActor> {
             auto rp = make_response_promise<UuidActor>();
-#ifdef _WIN32
-            std::string ext =
-                ltrim_char(to_upper_path(fs::path(uri_to_posix_path(uri)).extension()), '.');
-#else
-            std::string ext =
-                ltrim_char(to_upper(fs::path(uri_to_posix_path(uri)).extension()), '.');
-#endif
+
+            std::string ext = ltrim_char(
+                to_upper(get_path_extension(fs::path(uri_to_posix_path(uri)))), '.');
             const auto source_uuid = Uuid::generate();
 
             auto source =
diff --git a/src/playlist/src/playlist_actor.cpp b/src/playlist/src/playlist_actor.cpp
index 5274649ee..dce679634 100644
--- a/src/playlist/src/playlist_actor.cpp
+++ b/src/playlist/src/playlist_actor.cpp
@@ -76,9 +76,10 @@ void blocking_loader(
                 const FrameList &frame_list = i.second;
 
                 const auto uuid = Uuid::generate();
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
-                std::string ext =
-                    ltrim_char(to_upper_path(fs::path(uri_to_posix_path(uri)).extension()), '.');
+                std::string ext = ltrim_char(
+                    get_path_extension(to_upper_path(fs::path(uri_to_posix_path(uri)))), '.');
 #else
                 std::string ext =
                     ltrim_char(to_upper(fs::path(uri_to_posix_path(uri)).extension()), '.');
diff --git a/src/utility/src/helpers.cpp b/src/utility/src/helpers.cpp
index 41f401258..4f2cf3809 100644
--- a/src/utility/src/helpers.cpp
+++ b/src/utility/src/helpers.cpp
@@ -252,10 +252,6 @@ std::string xstudio::utility::uri_to_posix_path(const caf::uri &uri) {
         if (pos != std::string::npos) {
             path.erase(0, pos + 1); // +1 to erase the colon
         }
-        
-
-        // Now, replace forward slashes with backslashes
-        std::replace(path.begin(), path.end(), '/', '\\');
         */
 #endif
         return path;
@@ -507,7 +503,8 @@ xstudio::utility::scan_posix_path(const std::string &path, const int depth) {
                         items.insert(items.end(), more.begin(), more.end());
                     } else if (fs::is_regular_file(entry))
 #ifdef _WIN32
-                        files.push_back(entry.path().string());
+                        files.push_back(
+                            std::regex_replace(entry.path().string(), std::regex("[\]"), "/"));
 #else
                         files.push_back(entry.path());
 #endif