diff --git a/yazi-core/src/tab/commands/copy.rs b/yazi-core/src/tab/commands/copy.rs
index af797ce5..6f9b032e 100644
--- a/yazi-core/src/tab/commands/copy.rs
+++ b/yazi-core/src/tab/commands/copy.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
+#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+use std::path::Component;
+use std::path::Path;
 
 use yazi_plugin::CLIPBOARD;
 use yazi_shared::event::Cmd;
@@ -7,10 +10,13 @@ use crate::tab::Tab;
 
 struct Opt {
 	type_: String,
+	separator: PathSeparator,
 }
 
 impl From<Cmd> for Opt {
-	fn from(mut c: Cmd) -> Self { Self { type_: c.take_first_str().unwrap_or_default() } }
+	fn from(mut c: Cmd) -> Self {
+		Self { type_: c.take_first_str().unwrap_or_default(), separator: PathSeparator::from(&c) }
+	}
 }
 
 impl Tab {
@@ -24,8 +30,8 @@ impl Tab {
 		let mut it = self.selected_or_hovered(true).peekable();
 		while let Some(u) = it.next() {
 			s.push(match opt.type_.as_str() {
-				"path" => u.as_os_str(),
-				"dirname" => u.parent().map_or(OsStr::new(""), |p| p.as_os_str()),
+				"path" => path_to_os_str(u, opt.separator),
+				"dirname" => u.parent().map_or(OsStr::new(""), |p| path_to_os_str(p, opt.separator)),
 				"filename" => u.name(),
 				"name_without_ext" => u.file_stem().unwrap_or(OsStr::new("")),
 				_ => return,
@@ -43,3 +49,103 @@ impl Tab {
 		futures::executor::block_on(CLIPBOARD.set(s));
 	}
 }
+
+#[derive(Default, Clone, Copy)]
+enum PathSeparator {
+	Unix,
+	#[default]
+	Auto,
+}
+
+impl From<&Cmd> for PathSeparator {
+	fn from(c: &Cmd) -> Self {
+		match c.str("separator") {
+			Some("unix") => PathSeparator::Unix,
+			Some("auto") => PathSeparator::Auto,
+			_ => Default::default(),
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+fn path_to_os_str(path: &Path, _separator: PathSeparator) -> &OsStr {
+	return path.as_os_str();
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+fn path_to_os_str(path: &Path, separator: PathSeparator) -> &OsStr {
+	if let PathSeparator::Auto = separator {
+		return path.as_os_str();
+	};
+
+	let mut s = OsString::new();
+	for component in path.components() {
+		match component {
+			Component::RootDir => {}
+			Component::CurDir => s.push("."),
+			Component::ParentDir => s.push(".."),
+			Component::Normal(path) => s.push(path),
+			Component::Prefix(prefix) => {
+				// "C:\foo" => [Prefix("C:"), RootDir, Normal(foo)]
+				s.push(prefix.as_os_str());
+				// If we push a "/" below, we will met a RootDir and push a "/"
+				// again resulting in "C://". So we need to skip that.
+				continue;
+			}
+		};
+		s.push("/");
+	}
+
+	return s.as_os_str();
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+	use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+	use super::*;
+
+	#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+	#[test]
+	fn test_path_to_os_str_windows_auto() {
+		let path = PathBuf::from("C:\\Users\\JohnDoe\\Downloads\\image.png");
+		assert_eq!(
+			path_to_os_str(&path, PathSeparator::Auto),
+			"C:\\Users\\JohnDoe\\Downloads\\image.png",
+			"windows-auto",
+		);
+	}
+
+	#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+	#[test]
+	fn test_path_to_os_str_windows_unix() {
+		let path = PathBuf::from("C:\\Users\\JohnDoe\\Downloads\\image.png");
+		assert_eq!(
+			path_to_os_str(&path, PathSeparator::Unix),
+			"C:/Users/JohnDow/Downloads/image.png",
+			"windows-unix",
+		);
+	}
+
+	#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+	#[test]
+	fn test_path_to_os_str_unix_auto() {
+		let path = PathBuf::from("/home/johndoe/Downloads/image.png");
+		assert_eq!(
+			path_to_os_str(&path, PathSeparator::Auto),
+			"/home/johndoe/Downloads/image.png",
+			"unix-auto"
+		);
+	}
+
+	#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+	#[test]
+	fn test_path_to_os_str_unix_unix() {
+		let path = PathBuf::from("/home/johndoe/Downloads/image.png");
+		assert_eq!(
+			path_to_os_str(&path, PathSeparator::Unix),
+			"/home/johndoe/Downloads/image.png",
+			"unix-unix"
+		);
+	}
+}