diff --git a/src/ui/code_editor.rs b/src/ui/code_editor.rs
index de1ab950..6ba95063 100644
--- a/src/ui/code_editor.rs
+++ b/src/ui/code_editor.rs
@@ -3757,6 +3757,18 @@ impl Tty7App {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    /// A temp dir as the editor will see paths under it: resolved through
+    /// symlinks where the OS puts one in the way (`/var` is `/private/var` on
+    /// macOS). Not on Windows, where `canonicalize` answers in the `\\?\` form
+    /// no path the editor holds is ever in.
+    pub(crate) fn test_real_dir(dir: &Path) -> PathBuf {
+        if cfg!(windows) {
+            dir.to_path_buf()
+        } else {
+            dir.canonicalize().unwrap()
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Handing a file the editor cannot read to the desktop is how a click
     /// opens a PNG. It must not be how a click runs a build's output.
     #[cfg(unix)]
diff --git a/src/ui/code_editor/gutter.rs b/src/ui/code_editor/gutter.rs
index 759803b1..623c665a 100644
--- a/src/ui/code_editor/gutter.rs
+++ b/src/ui/code_editor/gutter.rs
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ mod tests {
         let root = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("tty7-gutter-base-{}", std::process::id()));
         let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&root);
         std::fs::create_dir_all(root.join("sub")).unwrap();
-        let root = std::fs::canonicalize(&root).unwrap();
+        let root = crate::ui::code_editor::tests::test_real_dir(&root);
         git(&root, &["init", "--quiet"]);
         let file = root.join("sub").join("a b.txt");
         std::fs::write(&file, "one\n").unwrap();
diff --git a/src/ui/code_editor/split.rs b/src/ui/code_editor/split.rs
index f7ec6efe..1c983393 100644
--- a/src/ui/code_editor/split.rs
+++ b/src/ui/code_editor/split.rs
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ mod gpui_tests {
     fn a_split_is_recorded_and_comes_back(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
         let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
         // Canonical, as a loaded file's path is: /var is /private/var here.
-        let root = dir.path().canonicalize().unwrap();
+        let root = crate::ui::code_editor::tests::test_real_dir(dir.path());
         let (a, b, c) = (root.join("a.rs"), root.join("b.rs"), root.join("c.rs"));
         for p in [&a, &b, &c] {
             std::fs::write(p, "fn main() {}\n").unwrap();
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ mod gpui_tests {
         // The left group held only untitled or remote buffers, which are
         // not recorded: only the right group's files were written down.
         let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
-        let root = dir.path().canonicalize().unwrap();
+        let root = crate::ui::code_editor::tests::test_real_dir(dir.path());
         let c = root.join("c.rs");
         std::fs::write(&c, "fn main() {}\n").unwrap();
         let (app, mut vcx, _streams) = harness_with_tabs(cx, 1);
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ mod gpui_tests {
     #[gpui::test]
     fn what_is_opened_while_a_restore_loads_survives_it(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
         let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
-        let root = dir.path().canonicalize().unwrap();
+        let root = crate::ui::code_editor::tests::test_real_dir(dir.path());
         let (a, b, c) = (root.join("a.rs"), root.join("b.rs"), root.join("c.rs"));
         for p in [&a, &b, &c] {
             std::fs::write(p, "fn main() {}\n").unwrap();
diff --git a/src/ui/lsp/locations.rs b/src/ui/lsp/locations.rs
index 8f426f6f..4d8a49f0 100644
--- a/src/ui/lsp/locations.rs
+++ b/src/ui/lsp/locations.rs
@@ -461,7 +461,8 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     #[allow(deprecated)]
     fn workspace_symbols_become_rows_naming_where_they_live() {
-        let uri = super::super::path_to_uri(Path::new("/p/src/net.rs")).unwrap();
+        let root = super::super::test_path("/p");
+        let uri = super::super::path_to_uri(&root.join("src").join("net.rs")).unwrap();
         let hits = workspace_symbols(lsp_types::WorkspaceSymbolResponse::Flat(vec![
             lsp_types::SymbolInformation {
                 name: "Server".into(),
@@ -482,9 +483,13 @@ mod tests {
             column: 11,
             text: String::new(),
         };
-        let row = symbol_item(&found, &hits[0], Path::new("/p"));
+        let row = symbol_item(&found, &hits[0], &root);
         assert_eq!(row.title, "Server");
-        assert_eq!(row.subtitle.as_deref(), Some("net · src/net.rs:4"));
+        let rel = Path::new("src").join("net.rs");
+        assert_eq!(
+            row.subtitle.as_deref(),
+            Some(format!("net · {}:4", rel.display()).as_str())
+        );
         assert_eq!(row.note.as_deref(), Some("struct"));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/ui/lsp/mod.rs b/src/ui/lsp/mod.rs
index f848647b..699a1b9b 100644
--- a/src/ui/lsp/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ui/lsp/mod.rs
@@ -191,6 +191,18 @@ pub(crate) fn path_to_uri(path: &Path) -> Option<Uri> {
     url::Url::from_file_path(path).ok()?.as_str().parse().ok()
 }
 
+/// An absolute path for a test, spelled for this platform: `/p/a.rs` as
+/// given, `C:\p\a.rs` on Windows, where a leading slash alone is not
+/// absolute and so has no `file://` URI.
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub(crate) fn test_path(unix: &str) -> PathBuf {
+    if cfg!(windows) {
+        PathBuf::from(format!("C:{}", unix.replace('/', "\\")))
+    } else {
+        PathBuf::from(unix)
+    }
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn uri_to_path(uri: &Uri) -> Option<PathBuf> {
     let url = url::Url::parse(uri.as_str()).ok()?;
     if url.scheme() != "file" {
diff --git a/src/ui/lsp/symbols.rs b/src/ui/lsp/symbols.rs
index f11523e6..09a2dd5d 100644
--- a/src/ui/lsp/symbols.rs
+++ b/src/ui/lsp/symbols.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[allow(deprecated)]
     fn a_flat_answer_is_nested_by_range() {
         let text = Rope::from("struct A {\n  f: u8,\n}\nfn g() {}\n");
-        let uri = super::super::path_to_uri(std::path::Path::new("/a.rs")).unwrap();
+        let uri: lsp_types::Uri = "file:///a.rs".parse().unwrap();
         let info = |name: &str, kind, r| SymbolInformation {
             name: name.into(),
             kind,
diff --git a/src/ui/lsp/tests.rs b/src/ui/lsp/tests.rs
index 4e5ac966..4f976c6e 100644
--- a/src/ui/lsp/tests.rs
+++ b/src/ui/lsp/tests.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ use lsp_types::{
 
 use super::*;
 
+/// A `file://` URI spelled out, not built from a path: these tests are
+/// about grouping URIs, and `/a.rs` is not an absolute path on Windows.
 fn uri(path: &str) -> Uri {
-    path_to_uri(Path::new(path)).unwrap()
+    format!("file://{path}").parse().unwrap()
 }
 
 fn edit(line: u32, text: &str) -> TextEdit {
@@ -322,7 +324,7 @@ mod harness {
                 })
             })
             .unwrap();
-        let path = PathBuf::from("/tmp/tty7-lsp-test/src/lib.rs");
+        let path = test_path("/tmp/tty7-lsp-test/src/lib.rs");
         let (client_reads, server_writes) = std::io::pipe().unwrap();
         let (server_reads, client_writes) = std::io::pipe().unwrap();
         let (client, _events) =
@@ -330,7 +332,7 @@ mod harness {
         client.open_gate();
         let key = ServerKey {
             name: "rust-analyzer",
-            root: PathBuf::from("/tmp/tty7-lsp-test"),
+            root: test_path("/tmp/tty7-lsp-test"),
         };
         cx.update(|cx| {
             LspStore::ensure(cx);