Windows backslash paths break tool titles and glob patterns

Problem

On Windows, file paths contain backslashes (C:\Users...). Several tool titles and glob patterns use these raw paths, which breaks:

Tool titles — backslashes are interpreted as escape characters
Glob patterns — backslash-prefixed paths don't match on POSIX-based pattern matching
Display — inconsistent path representation across the UI

Expected Behavior

All internal path handling should normalize backslashes to forward slashes, consistent with how Node.js and most tooling handle cross-platform paths.

Environment

OS: Windows 10/11
Shell: PowerShell / WSL

This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:

[Windows] Web UI not showing sessions - path separator mismatch (backslash vs forward slash) #21340: Windows path separator mismatch (backslash vs forward slash) causing session display issues
[Bug] Windows paths with different separators (backslash vs forward slash) treated as different directories in Web UI #12940: Windows paths with different separators treated as different directories in Web UI
[BUG][Windows][Web/Desktop] Session sidebar uses path-sensitive exact matching (slash + drive-case), causing hidden sessions and duplicate workspaces #14570: Windows session sidebar uses path-sensitive exact matching causing hidden sessions and duplicate workspaces
[BUG][Windows] Same workspace appears twice in sidebar (one empty, one populated) due to path variant mismatch #14571: Same workspace appears twice in sidebar due to path variant mismatch on Windows

If your issue is specifically about tool titles and glob patterns (rather than session/sidebar display), it may still be a distinct bug — but please review the above to avoid duplicate effort.

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