diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cf5edc2d044f..cc928d9e0bb3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - [Vis Builder] Change classname prefix wiz to vb ([#2581](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2581/files))
 - [Vis Builder] Change wizard to vis_builder in file names and paths ([#2587](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2587))
 - [Windows] Facilitate building and running OSD and plugins on Windows platforms ([#2601](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2601))
+- [Windows] Add helper functions to work around the differences of platforms ([#2681](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2681))
 - [Multi DataSource] Address UX comments on Data source list and create page ([#2625](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2625))
 - [Vis Builder] Rename wizard to visBuilder in i18n id and formatted message id ([#2635](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2635))
 - [Vis Builder] Rename wizard to visBuilder in class name, type name and function name ([#2639](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/2639))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 980306b04b61..d848df7545fd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
     "@osd/apm-config-loader": "1.0.0",
     "@osd/config": "1.0.0",
     "@osd/config-schema": "1.0.0",
+    "@osd/cross-platform": "1.0.0",
     "@osd/i18n": "1.0.0",
     "@osd/interpreter": "1.0.0",
     "@osd/logging": "1.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/osd-config-schema/package.json b/packages/osd-config-schema/package.json
index 1e07c42cba5a..52471e29527c 100644
--- a/packages/osd-config-schema/package.json
+++ b/packages/osd-config-schema/package.json
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
     "osd:bootstrap": "yarn build"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "typescript": "4.0.2",
-    "tsd": "^0.21.0"
+    "@osd/cross-platform": "1.0.0",
+    "tsd": "^0.21.0",
+    "typescript": "4.0.2"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
diff --git a/packages/osd-config-schema/src/errors/__snapshots__/schema_error.test.ts.snap b/packages/osd-config-schema/src/errors/__snapshots__/schema_error.test.ts.snap
index 38f81a0cc62b..2acd5f14fb55 100644
--- a/packages/osd-config-schema/src/errors/__snapshots__/schema_error.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/osd-config-schema/src/errors/__snapshots__/schema_error.test.ts.snap
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 exports[`includes stack 1`] = `
 "Error: test
     at new SchemaError (packages/osd-config-schema/src/errors/schema_error.ts:35:5)
-    at Object.<anonymous> (packages/osd-config-schema/src/errors/schema_error.test.ts:59:11)
+    at Object.<anonymous> (packages/osd-config-schema/src/errors/schema_error.test.ts:61:11)
     at new Promise (<anonymous>)"
 `;
diff --git a/packages/osd-config-schema/src/errors/schema_error.test.ts b/packages/osd-config-schema/src/errors/schema_error.test.ts
index 9e7b5a897081..345304c955e5 100644
--- a/packages/osd-config-schema/src/errors/schema_error.test.ts
+++ b/packages/osd-config-schema/src/errors/schema_error.test.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 import { relative, sep } from 'path';
 import { SchemaError } from '.';
 
+import { standardize, PROCESS_WORKING_DIR } from '@osd/cross-platform';
+
 /**
  * Make all paths in stacktrace relative.
  */
@@ -46,9 +48,7 @@ export const cleanStack = (stack: string) =>
       }
 
       const path = parts[1];
-      // Cannot use `standardize` from `@osd/utils
-      let relativePath = relative(process.cwd(), path);
-      if (process.platform === 'win32') relativePath = relativePath.replace(/\\/g, '/');
+      const relativePath = standardize(relative(PROCESS_WORKING_DIR, path));
 
       return line.replace(path, relativePath);
     })
diff --git a/packages/osd-cross-platform/README.md b/packages/osd-cross-platform/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a61a2f184f02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/osd-cross-platform/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# `@osd/cross-platform` — OpenSearch Dashboards cross-platform helpers
+
+This package contains the helper functions to work around the differences of platforms
diff --git a/packages/osd-cross-platform/package.json b/packages/osd-cross-platform/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1af90b00a98f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/osd-cross-platform/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "name": "@osd/cross-platform",
+  "main": "./target/index.js",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc",
+    "osd:bootstrap": "yarn build"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "typescript": "4.0.2",
+    "tsd": "^0.21.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/osd-cross-platform/src/index.ts b/packages/osd-cross-platform/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..343d7e9257a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/osd-cross-platform/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+export * from './path';
+export * from './process';
diff --git a/packages/osd-cross-platform/src/path.ts b/packages/osd-cross-platform/src/path.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e37443f1bca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/osd-cross-platform/src/path.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import { normalize } from 'path';
+
+/**
+ * Get a standardized reference to a path
+ * @param {string} path - the path to standardize
+ * @param {boolean} [usePosix=true] - produce a posix reference
+ * @param {boolean} [escapedBackslashes=true] - on Windows, double-backslash the reference
+ * @internal
+ */
+export const standardize = (
+  path: string,
+  usePosix: boolean = true,
+  escapedBackslashes: boolean = true
+) => {
+  /* Force os-dependant separators
+   * path.posix.normalize doesn't convert backslashes to slashes on Windows so we manually force it afterwards
+   */
+  const normal = normalize(path);
+
+  // Filter out in-browser executions as well as non-windows ones
+  if (process?.platform !== 'win32') return normal;
+
+  if (usePosix) return normal.replace(/\\/g, '/');
+  return escapedBackslashes ? normal.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\') : normal;
+};
diff --git a/packages/osd-cross-platform/src/process.ts b/packages/osd-cross-platform/src/process.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fa593c943687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/osd-cross-platform/src/process.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import { execSync } from 'child_process';
+
+let workingDir = process.cwd();
+
+if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+  try {
+    const pathFullName = execSync('powershell "(Get-Item -LiteralPath $pwd).FullName"', {
+      cwd: workingDir,
+      encoding: 'utf8',
+    })?.trim?.();
+    if (pathFullName?.length > 2) workingDir = pathFullName;
+  } catch (ex) {
+    // Do nothing
+  }
+}
+
+export const PROCESS_WORKING_DIR = workingDir;
diff --git a/packages/osd-cross-platform/tsconfig.json b/packages/osd-cross-platform/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e9dd6313e6f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/osd-cross-platform/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "target",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "src/**/*"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/osd-optimizer/package.json b/packages/osd-optimizer/package.json
index dabefa799556..5f4d6b02c41b 100644
--- a/packages/osd-optimizer/package.json
+++ b/packages/osd-optimizer/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "@babel/cli": "^7.16.0",
     "@babel/core": "^7.16.5",
     "@osd/babel-preset": "1.0.0",
+    "@osd/cross-platform": "1.0.0",
     "@osd/dev-utils": "1.0.0",
     "@osd/std": "1.0.0",
     "@osd/ui-shared-deps": "1.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/osd-optimizer/src/optimizer/get_changes.test.ts b/packages/osd-optimizer/src/optimizer/get_changes.test.ts
index 44e1637d5437..6ccf686e43af 100644
--- a/packages/osd-optimizer/src/optimizer/get_changes.test.ts
+++ b/packages/osd-optimizer/src/optimizer/get_changes.test.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 jest.mock('execa');
 
 import { getChanges } from './get_changes';
-import { standardize } from '@osd/dev-utils';
+import { standardize } from '@osd/cross-platform';
 
 const execa: jest.Mock = jest.requireMock('execa');
 
diff --git a/packages/osd-plugin-generator/package.json b/packages/osd-plugin-generator/package.json
index 73aaeba4cb13..66028c53875f 100644
--- a/packages/osd-plugin-generator/package.json
+++ b/packages/osd-plugin-generator/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     "osd:watch": "node scripts/build --watch"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@osd/cross-platform": "1.0.0",
     "@osd/dev-utils": "1.0.0",
     "ejs": "^3.1.7",
     "execa": "^4.0.2",
diff --git a/packages/osd-plugin-generator/src/integration_tests/generate_plugin.test.ts b/packages/osd-plugin-generator/src/integration_tests/generate_plugin.test.ts
index 45ec5a6986a1..c81f248369e8 100644
--- a/packages/osd-plugin-generator/src/integration_tests/generate_plugin.test.ts
+++ b/packages/osd-plugin-generator/src/integration_tests/generate_plugin.test.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ import Path from 'path';
 
 import del from 'del';
 import execa from 'execa';
-import { REPO_ROOT, standardize, createAbsolutePathSerializer } from '@osd/dev-utils';
+import { standardize } from '@osd/cross-platform';
+import { REPO_ROOT, createAbsolutePathSerializer } from '@osd/dev-utils';
 import globby from 'globby';
 
 // Has to be a posix reference because it is used to generate glob patterns
diff --git a/packages/osd-plugin-helpers/package.json b/packages/osd-plugin-helpers/package.json
index 3738aae36b1a..55e5e803fe47 100644
--- a/packages/osd-plugin-helpers/package.json
+++ b/packages/osd-plugin-helpers/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "osd:watch": "tsc --watch"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@osd/cross-platform": "1.0.0",
     "@osd/dev-utils": "1.0.0",
     "@osd/optimizer": "1.0.0",
     "del": "^5.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/osd-plugin-helpers/src/cli.ts b/packages/osd-plugin-helpers/src/cli.ts
index 82bd9f5adbe4..f108f9a2f6ca 100644
--- a/packages/osd-plugin-helpers/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/osd-plugin-helpers/src/cli.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 import Path from 'path';
 
+import { PROCESS_WORKING_DIR } from '@osd/cross-platform';
 import { RunWithCommands, createFlagError, createFailError } from '@osd/dev-utils';
 
 import { findOpenSearchDashboardsJson } from './find_opensearch_dashboards_json';
@@ -79,10 +80,10 @@ export function runCli() {
           throw createFlagError('expected a single --skip-archive flag');
         }
 
-        const pluginDir = await findOpenSearchDashboardsJson(process.cwd());
+        const pluginDir = await findOpenSearchDashboardsJson(PROCESS_WORKING_DIR);
         if (!pluginDir) {
           throw createFailError(
-            `Unable to find OpenSearch Dashboards Platform plugin in [${process.cwd()}] or any of its parent directories. Has it been migrated properly? Does it have a opensearch_dashboards.json file?`
+            `Unable to find OpenSearch Dashboards Platform plugin in [${PROCESS_WORKING_DIR}] or any of its parent directories. Has it been migrated properly? Does it have a opensearch_dashboards.json file?`
           );
         }
 
@@ -148,30 +149,30 @@ export function runCli() {
         allowUnexpected: true,
       },
       async run({ log, flags }) {
-        const pluginDir = await findOpenSearchDashboardsJson(process.cwd());
+        const pluginDir = await findOpenSearchDashboardsJson(PROCESS_WORKING_DIR);
         if (!pluginDir) {
           throw createFailError(
-            `Unable to find OpenSearch Dashboards Platform plugin in [${process.cwd()}] or any of its parent directories. Has it been migrated properly? Does it have a opensearch_dashboards.json file?`
+            `Unable to find OpenSearch Dashboards Platform plugin in [${PROCESS_WORKING_DIR}] or any of its parent directories. Has it been migrated properly? Does it have a opensearch_dashboards.json file?`
           );
         }
 
         let dashboardsPackage;
         try {
-          dashboardsPackage = await import(Path.join(process.cwd(), '../../package.json'));
+          dashboardsPackage = await import(Path.join(PROCESS_WORKING_DIR, '../../package.json'));
         } catch (ex) {
           throw createFailError(`Unable to parse the OpenSearch Dashboards' package.json file`);
         }
 
         let pluginPackage;
         try {
-          pluginPackage = await import(Path.join(process.cwd(), 'package.json'));
+          pluginPackage = await import(Path.join(PROCESS_WORKING_DIR, 'package.json'));
         } catch (ex) {
           throw createFailError(`Unable to parse the plugin's package.json file`);
         }
 
         let manifestFile;
         try {
-          manifestFile = await import(Path.join(process.cwd(), 'opensearch_dashboards.json'));
+          manifestFile = await import(Path.join(PROCESS_WORKING_DIR, 'opensearch_dashboards.json'));
         } catch (ex) {
           throw createFailError(`Unable to parse the plugin's opensearch_dashboards.json file`);
         }
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ export function runCli() {
 
         const context: VersionContext = {
           log,
-          sourceDir: process.cwd(),
+          sourceDir: PROCESS_WORKING_DIR,
           pluginVersion: updatedPluginVersion,
           compatibilityVersion: updatedCompatibilityVersion,
         };
diff --git a/packages/osd-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts b/packages/osd-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts
index 35195f9bc163..12a0b52ace24 100644
--- a/packages/osd-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts
+++ b/packages/osd-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts
@@ -32,12 +32,8 @@ import Path from 'path';
 import Fs from 'fs';
 
 import execa from 'execa';
-import {
-  REPO_ROOT,
-  standardize,
-  createStripAnsiSerializer,
-  createReplaceSerializer,
-} from '@osd/dev-utils';
+import { standardize } from '@osd/cross-platform';
+import { REPO_ROOT, createStripAnsiSerializer, createReplaceSerializer } from '@osd/dev-utils';
 import extract from 'extract-zip';
 import del from 'del';
 import globby from 'globby';
diff --git a/packages/osd-pm/package.json b/packages/osd-pm/package.json
index 3af720ce1691..cda579e14fef 100644
--- a/packages/osd-pm/package.json
+++ b/packages/osd-pm/package.json
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     "write-pkg": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@osd/cross-platform": "1.0.0",
     "@osd/utils": "1.0.0",
     "tslib": "^2.0.0"
   }
diff --git a/packages/osd-pm/src/utils/projects_tree.ts b/packages/osd-pm/src/utils/projects_tree.ts
index 41f9e4331098..3c14be94ca0f 100644
--- a/packages/osd-pm/src/utils/projects_tree.ts
+++ b/packages/osd-pm/src/utils/projects_tree.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import path from 'path';
 
-import { standardize } from '@osd/utils';
+import { standardize } from '@osd/cross-platform';
 import { Project } from './project';
 
 const projectKey = Symbol('__project');
diff --git a/packages/osd-utils/package.json b/packages/osd-utils/package.json
index 802b03a0adb0..1d632cffbf69 100644
--- a/packages/osd-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/osd-utils/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@osd/config-schema": "1.0.0",
+    "@osd/cross-platform": "1.0.0",
     "load-json-file": "^6.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/osd-utils/src/path/index.ts b/packages/osd-utils/src/path/index.ts
index 263d2d39ac36..c661b04fb6ad 100644
--- a/packages/osd-utils/src/path/index.ts
+++ b/packages/osd-utils/src/path/index.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { join, normalize } from 'path';
+import { join } from 'path';
 import { accessSync, constants } from 'fs';
 import { TypeOf, schema } from '@osd/config-schema';
 import { REPO_ROOT } from '../repo_root';
@@ -94,27 +94,3 @@ export const config = {
     data: schema.string({ defaultValue: () => getDataPath() }),
   }),
 };
-
-/**
- * Get a standardized reference to a path
- * @param {string} path - the path to standardize
- * @param {boolean} [usePosix=true] - produce a posix reference
- * @param {boolean} [escapedBackslashes=true] - on Windows, double-backslash the reference
- * @internal
- */
-export const standardize = (
-  path: string,
-  usePosix: boolean = true,
-  escapedBackslashes: boolean = true
-) => {
-  /* Force os-dependant separators
-   * path.posix.normalize doesn't convert backslashes to slashes on Windows so we manually force it afterwards
-   */
-  const normal = normalize(path);
-
-  // Filter out in-browser executions as well as non-windows ones
-  if (process?.platform !== 'win32') return normal;
-
-  if (usePosix) return normal.replace(/\\/g, '/');
-  return escapedBackslashes ? normal.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\') : normal;
-};
diff --git a/src/dev/build/lib/config.test.ts b/src/dev/build/lib/config.test.ts
index db96a8c18dd0..8005f2d952aa 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/lib/config.test.ts
+++ b/src/dev/build/lib/config.test.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 
 import { resolve } from 'path';
 
-import { REPO_ROOT, standardize } from '@osd/utils';
+import { standardize } from '@osd/cross-platform';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@osd/utils';
 import { createAbsolutePathSerializer } from '@osd/dev-utils';
 
 import pkg from '../../../../package.json';