diff --git a/src/features/settings/__tests__/languages.test.ts b/src/features/settings/__tests__/languages.test.ts
index 9bacf231..b2b9e079 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/__tests__/languages.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/settings/__tests__/languages.test.ts
@@ -63,5 +63,7 @@ describe("language pages", () => {
     expect(filterPackages(pkgs, "dj").map((p) => p.name)).toEqual(["Django"]);
     expect(filterPackages(pkgs, "")).toHaveLength(2);
     expect(tildify("/Users/me/p/.venv/bin/python")).toBe("~/p/.venv/bin/python");
+    expect(tildify("C:/Users/me/.m2/wrapper/dists/apache-maven-3.9.16")).toBe("~/.m2/wrapper/dists/apache-maven-3.9.16");
+    expect(tildify("C:/Program Files/Java/jdk-21")).toBe("C:/Program Files/Java/jdk-21");
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/features/settings/languages/components.tsx b/src/features/settings/languages/components.tsx
index a0a715c5..f70383e6 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/languages/components.tsx
+++ b/src/features/settings/languages/components.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export function useProjectSetting<T>(key: string): [T, (v: T) => void] {
   return useSetting<T>(key, hasProject ? "project" : "global");
 }
 
-const HOME = /^\/(?:Users|home)\/[^/]+/;
+const HOME = /^(?:\/(?:Users|home)|[A-Za-z]:[\\/]Users)[\\/][^\\/]+/;
 
 /** `~/…` for paths in the home directory. */
 export function tildify(path: string): string {
diff --git a/src/ui/Select.module.css b/src/ui/Select.module.css
index af3badc5..6aafcfa0 100644
--- a/src/ui/Select.module.css
+++ b/src/ui/Select.module.css
@@ -72,13 +72,20 @@
   flex: none;
   color: var(--fg-muted);
 }
+/* The label keeps its width (up to most of the row); a long detail (a path) is cut instead. */
 .optionLabel {
-  flex: 1;
+  flex: 1 0 auto;
+  max-width: 70%;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+.detail {
+  flex: 0 1 auto;
   min-width: 0;
   overflow: hidden;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
-}
-.detail {
+  white-space: nowrap;
   color: var(--fg-muted);
 }
 .disabled {
diff --git a/src/ui/Select.tsx b/src/ui/Select.tsx
index 6eb2738c..963dd036 100644
--- a/src/ui/Select.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/Select.tsx
@@ -145,7 +145,11 @@ export function Select<V extends string = string>({
                 <span className={styles.check}>{o.value === value && <Icon name="check" size={12} />}</span>
                 {o.icon && <Icon name={o.icon} size={14} />}
                 <span className={styles.optionLabel}>{tx(o.label)}</span>
-                {o.detail && <span className={styles.detail}>{o.detail}</span>}
+                {o.detail && (
+                  <span className={styles.detail} title={o.detail}>
+                    {tx(o.detail)}
+                  </span>
+                )}
               </>
             )}
           />