diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9a6f1fbe..e9c891ac 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -325,6 +325,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cmdexpand"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ndtoan96/cmdexpand.git?tag=v0.1.0#be905e223c7ed5f52655fb4096c842f2f587f0d7"
+dependencies = [
+ "nom",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "color_quant"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -374,6 +383,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel",
  "clipboard-win",
+ "cmdexpand",
  "config",
  "crossterm",
  "futures",
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index b9c0d862..3a472123 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ yazi-prebuild = "^0"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
 clipboard-win = "^4"
+cmdexpand     = {git = "https://github.com/ndtoan96/cmdexpand.git", tag = "v0.1.0"}
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "netbsd"))'.dependencies]
 trash = "^3"
diff --git a/core/src/external/shell.rs b/core/src/external/shell.rs
index 4285c7a7..10c5709f 100644
--- a/core/src/external/shell.rs
+++ b/core/src/external/shell.rs
@@ -43,16 +43,22 @@ pub fn shell(opt: ShellOpt) -> Result<Child> {
 			.spawn()?,
 	);
 
-	#[cfg(windows)]
-	return Ok(
-		Command::new("cmd")
-			.stdin(opt.stdio())
-			.stdout(opt.stdio())
-			.stderr(opt.stdio())
-			.arg("/C")
-			.arg(opt.cmd)
-			.args(opt.args)
-			.kill_on_drop(true)
-			.spawn()?,
-	);
+	#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+	{
+		let args: Vec<String> = opt.args.iter().map(|s| s.to_string_lossy().to_string()).collect();
+		let cmd = cmdexpand::Expander::new(&opt.cmd.to_string_lossy().to_string())
+			.disable_context(true)
+			.add_args(&args)
+			.expand()?;
+		Ok(
+			Command::new("cmd")
+				.arg("/C")
+				.arg(cmd)
+				.stdin(if opt.piped { Stdio::piped() } else { Stdio::inherit() })
+				.stdout(if opt.piped { Stdio::piped() } else { Stdio::inherit() })
+				.stderr(if opt.piped { Stdio::piped() } else { Stdio::inherit() })
+				.kill_on_drop(true)
+				.spawn()?,
+		)
+	}
 }