diff --git a/config/patches/@vscode__windows-process-tree@0.8.0.patch b/config/patches/@vscode__windows-process-tree@0.8.0.patch
index c0e002c44fe..95e3519fe21 100644
--- a/config/patches/@vscode__windows-process-tree@0.8.0.patch
+++ b/config/patches/@vscode__windows-process-tree@0.8.0.patch
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ index 855bd4b86f0a3c18c7594212c0e42b6e35bc4001..5f15551cb1520af996f216500a83ac68
        "target_name": "windows_process_tree",
        "dependencies": [
 -        "<!(node -p \"require('node-addon-api').targets\"):node_addon_api_except",
-+        "<!(node -p \"require.resolve('node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp')\"):node_addon_api_except",
++        "node_modules/node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp:node_addon_api_except",
        ],
        "conditions": [
          ['OS==\"win\"', {
diff --git a/config/scripts/build-windows-process-tree-relay-addon.mjs b/config/scripts/build-windows-process-tree-relay-addon.mjs
index ad5530911a9..769460e8c7d 100644
--- a/config/scripts/build-windows-process-tree-relay-addon.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/build-windows-process-tree-relay-addon.mjs
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ function assertPatchApplied() {
         'config/patches/@vscode__windows-process-tree@0.8.0.patch; run pnpm install.'
     )
   }
-  if (!bindingGyp.includes("require.resolve('node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp')")) {
+  if (!bindingGyp.includes('node_modules/node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp')) {
     throw new Error(
-      'binding.gyp still uses require("node-addon-api").targets. That path is ' +
-        'cwd-relative and misses node_addon_api.gyp under pnpm on Windows. ' +
+      'binding.gyp still uses a dynamic node-addon-api path. The local package path avoids ' +
+        'pnpm store and Windows drive-letter normalization issues. ' +
         'pnpm did not apply config/patches/@vscode__windows-process-tree@0.8.0.patch; run pnpm install.'
     )
   }
@@ -94,10 +94,13 @@ function applyWindowsProcessTreeBuildFixes() {
   const originalBinding = bindingGyp
   const originalProcess = processCc
 
-  bindingGyp = bindingGyp.replace(
-    "require('node-addon-api').targets",
-    "require.resolve('node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp')"
-  )
+  const localDependency = 'node_modules/node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp:node_addon_api_except'
+  for (const dynamicDependency of [
+    String.raw`<!(node -p \"require('node-addon-api').targets\"):node_addon_api_except`,
+    String.raw`<!(node -p \"require.resolve('node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp')\"):node_addon_api_except`
+  ]) {
+    bindingGyp = bindingGyp.replace(dynamicDependency, localDependency)
+  }
   bindingGyp = bindingGyp.replace(
     /\r?\n\s*"msvs_configuration_attributes": \{\s*"SpectreMitigation": "Spectre"\s*\},?/s,
     ''
diff --git a/config/scripts/windows-process-tree-gyp-path.test.mjs b/config/scripts/windows-process-tree-gyp-path.test.mjs
index 301925c915e..735e03df0ba 100644
--- a/config/scripts/windows-process-tree-gyp-path.test.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/windows-process-tree-gyp-path.test.mjs
@@ -9,23 +9,24 @@ const PATCH = readFileSync(
   'utf8'
 )
 const PACKAGE_DIR = join(projectDir, 'node_modules', '@vscode', 'windows-process-tree')
-const ABSOLUTE_GYP = "require.resolve('node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp')"
+const LOCAL_GYP = 'node_modules/node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp'
+const RESOLVED_GYP = "require.resolve('node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp')"
 
 describe('windows-process-tree node-addon-api gyp path', () => {
-  it('keeps the gyp project path absolute so pnpm Windows source builds find it', () => {
+  it('keeps the gyp project path local so pnpm Windows source builds find it', () => {
     expect(PATCH).toContain(
-      String.raw`+        "<!(node -p \"require.resolve('node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp')\"):node_addon_api_except"`
+      '+        "node_modules/node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp:node_addon_api_except",'
     )
     const buildScript = readFileSync(
       join(projectDir, 'config/scripts/build-windows-process-tree-relay-addon.mjs'),
       'utf8'
     )
-    expect(buildScript).toContain(ABSOLUTE_GYP)
+    expect(buildScript).toContain(LOCAL_GYP)
     expect(buildScript).toContain('Repaired un-applied pnpm patch hunks before build.')
   })
 
   it('resolves node_addon_api.gyp to a real file from the package directory', () => {
-    const resolved = execFileSync(process.execPath, ['-p', ABSOLUTE_GYP], {
+    const resolved = execFileSync(process.execPath, ['-p', RESOLVED_GYP], {
       cwd: PACKAGE_DIR,
       encoding: 'utf8'
     }).trim()
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 060daf376f3..8a07ec53f93 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ overrides:
 
 patchedDependencies:
   '@vscode/windows-process-tree@0.8.0':
-    hash: 679908cbad6a7791d2fdf4aeececfc717879e04c0b8ed240a016d3dc02d5f2a6
+    hash: 78f9cd88b7e14e56dbe43312011d21084dd05f314171ca21a24d58d1d1ab26b7
     path: config/patches/@vscode__windows-process-tree@0.8.0.patch
   '@xterm/addon-ligatures@0.11.0-beta.287':
     hash: 47405b9994b5acf1b4e90b49250358c1ca03649854d59560e7732b72fe336920
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ importers:
     optionalDependencies:
       '@vscode/windows-process-tree':
         specifier: 0.8.0
-        version: 0.8.0(patch_hash=679908cbad6a7791d2fdf4aeececfc717879e04c0b8ed240a016d3dc02d5f2a6)
+        version: 0.8.0(patch_hash=78f9cd88b7e14e56dbe43312011d21084dd05f314171ca21a24d58d1d1ab26b7)
       sherpa-onnx-darwin-arm64:
         specifier: 1.12.37
         version: 1.12.37
@@ -9606,7 +9606,7 @@ snapshots:
       convert-source-map: 2.0.0
       tinyrainbow: 3.1.0
 
-  '@vscode/windows-process-tree@0.8.0(patch_hash=679908cbad6a7791d2fdf4aeececfc717879e04c0b8ed240a016d3dc02d5f2a6)':
+  '@vscode/windows-process-tree@0.8.0(patch_hash=78f9cd88b7e14e56dbe43312011d21084dd05f314171ca21a24d58d1d1ab26b7)':
     dependencies:
       node-addon-api: 7.1.0
     optional: true