diff --git a/open-sse/rtk/autodetect.js b/open-sse/rtk/autodetect.js
index 8bc4356c..81992034 100644
--- a/open-sse/rtk/autodetect.js
+++ b/open-sse/rtk/autodetect.js
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ function isGrepLine(line) {
 function isPathLike(line) {
   const t = line.trim();
   if (t.length === 0) return false;
+  // A drive-letter prefix (e.g. "C:\Users\me" or "C:/Users/me") marks a
+  // Windows absolute path, so treat the whole line as path-like. Trailing
+  // colons (e.g. "C:\path\file.js:10") are tolerated, matching grep-style
+  // suffixes on Windows dumps.
+  if (/^[A-Za-z]:[\\/]/.test(t)) return true;
   if (t.includes(":")) return false;
   return t.startsWith(".") || t.startsWith("/") || t.includes("/");
 }
diff --git a/open-sse/rtk/filters/find.js b/open-sse/rtk/filters/find.js
index 5770a99b..4b64169b 100644
--- a/open-sse/rtk/filters/find.js
+++ b/open-sse/rtk/filters/find.js
@@ -9,16 +9,17 @@ export function find(input) {
   const byDir = new Map();
 
   for (const path of lines) {
-    const lastSlash = path.lastIndexOf("/");
+    // Accept both Unix ("/a/b") and Windows ("C:\a\b") separators
+    const lastSep = Math.max(path.lastIndexOf("/"), path.lastIndexOf("\\"));
     let dir;
     let basename;
-    if (lastSlash === -1) {
+    if (lastSep === -1) {
       dir = ".";
       basename = path;
     } else {
       // Rust: PathBuf::from(path).parent().display() + file_name().display()
-      dir = path.slice(0, lastSlash) || "/";
-      basename = path.slice(lastSlash + 1);
+      dir = path.slice(0, lastSep) || "/";
+      basename = path.slice(lastSep + 1);
     }
     if (!byDir.has(dir)) byDir.set(dir, []);
     byDir.get(dir).push(basename);
@@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ export function find(input) {
   const showDirs = dirs.slice(0, FIND_TOTAL_DIR_MAX);
   for (const dir of showDirs) {
     const files = byDir.get(dir);
-    out += `${dir}/  (${files.length})\n`;
+    const dirLabel = dir.replace(/\\/g, "/");
+    out += `${dirLabel}/  (${files.length})\n`;
     const showFiles = files.slice(0, FIND_PER_DIR_MAX);
     for (const f of showFiles) out += `  ${f}\n`;
     if (files.length > FIND_PER_DIR_MAX) {
diff --git a/tests/unit/rtkFindWindows.test.js b/tests/unit/rtkFindWindows.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..05b7b58e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/rtkFindWindows.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// Tests for Windows path support in the `find` filter + autodetect
+// Windows absolute paths ("C:\Users\me\src\a.js") carry a drive-letter
+// separator that the Unix-only colon check used to reject, so no compaction
+// happened for Windows `find`-style dumps. See fix(rtk/find).
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { autoDetectFilter } from "../../open-sse/rtk/autodetect.js";
+import { find } from "../../open-sse/rtk/filters/find.js";
+import { grep } from "../../open-sse/rtk/filters/grep.js";
+
+const WIN_PATHS = [
+  "C:\\Users\\me\\project\\src\\a.js",
+  "C:\\Users\\me\\project\\src\\b.js",
+  "C:\\Users\\me\\project\\src\\c.js"
+].join("\n");
+
+const UNIX_PATHS = [
+  "./src/a.js",
+  "./src/b.js",
+  "./src/c.js"
+].join("\n");
+
+describe("Windows find-path detection", () => {
+  it("detects Windows drive-letter paths as `find`", () => {
+    expect(autoDetectFilter(WIN_PATHS)).toBe(find);
+  });
+
+  it("still detects Unix paths as `find` (no regression)", () => {
+    expect(autoDetectFilter(UNIX_PATHS)).toBe(find);
+  });
+
+  it("still routes a Windows file:line dump to a compacting filter", () => {
+    const input = [
+      "C:\\Users\\me\\project\\src\\a.js:10:const x = 1",
+      "C:\\Users\\me\\project\\src\\b.js:20:const y = 2",
+      "C:\\Users\\me\\project\\src\\c.js:30:const z = 3"
+    ].join("\n");
+    // Each line is grep-shaped (file:line:content), so it routes to `grep`
+    // — but a drive-letter-only dump would route to `find`. Both are
+    // compaction-positive, so either is acceptable here.
+    const f = autoDetectFilter(input);
+    expect(f).not.toBeNull();
+    expect([find, grep]).toContain(f);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("Windows find-path grouping", () => {
+  it("groups Windows backslash paths and normalizes to forward slashes", () => {
+    const out = find(WIN_PATHS);
+    expect(out).toContain("3 files in 1 dirs");
+    expect(out).toContain("C:/Users/me/project/src/");
+    expect(out).toContain("a.js");
+    expect(out).toContain("b.js");
+    expect(out).toContain("c.js");
+    // backslashes must not leak into output
+    expect(out).not.toContain("\\");
+  });
+
+  it("compresses the dump (output shorter than input)", () => {
+    const out = find(WIN_PATHS);
+    expect(out.length).toBeLessThan(WIN_PATHS.length);
+  });
+});