diff --git a/src-tauri/src/vault/file.rs b/src-tauri/src/vault/file.rs
index 6862c864..93af5aba 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/vault/file.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/vault/file.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind, Write};
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -39,6 +40,24 @@ fn read_existing_note_bytes(path: &Path) -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
     fs::read(path).map_err(|e| format!("Failed to read {}: {}", path.display(), e))
 }
 
+struct RawNotePath<'a>(&'a str);
+
+impl<'a> RawNotePath<'a> {
+    fn is_windows_verbatim(&self) -> bool {
+        self.0.starts_with(r"\\?\") || self.0.starts_with(r"\??\")
+    }
+
+    fn normalized_for_file_io(&self) -> Cow<'a, str> {
+        if !self.is_windows_verbatim() {
+            return Cow::Borrowed(self.0);
+        }
+        if !self.0.contains('/') {
+            return Cow::Borrowed(self.0);
+        }
+        Cow::Owned(self.0.replace('/', r"\"))
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 enum NoteIoOperation {
     Save,
@@ -112,7 +131,8 @@ fn validate_save_path(file_path: &Path, display_path: &str) -> Result<(), String
 /// Write content to a note file. Creates parent directory if needed, validates path,
 /// then writes content to disk.
 pub fn save_note_content(path: &str, content: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
-    let file_path = Path::new(path);
+    let normalized_path = RawNotePath(path).normalized_for_file_io();
+    let file_path = Path::new(normalized_path.as_ref());
     if let Some(parent) = file_path.parent() {
         if !parent.exists() {
             fs::create_dir_all(parent).map_err(|e| {
@@ -127,7 +147,8 @@ pub fn save_note_content(path: &str, content: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
 
 /// Create a new note file without overwriting any existing file.
 pub fn create_note_content(path: &str, content: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
-    let file_path = Path::new(path);
+    let normalized_path = RawNotePath(path).normalized_for_file_io();
+    let file_path = Path::new(normalized_path.as_ref());
     if let Some(parent) = file_path.parent() {
         if !parent.exists() {
             fs::create_dir_all(parent).map_err(|e| {
@@ -166,6 +187,16 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!message.contains("os error 123"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn normalizes_extended_windows_paths_before_file_io() {
+        let path = r"\\?\C:\Users\alex\Documents\Tolaria/Getting Started/untitled-project.md";
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            RawNotePath(path).normalized_for_file_io(),
+            r"\\?\C:\Users\alex\Documents\Tolaria\Getting Started\untitled-project.md"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn note_content_matches_detects_external_edits() {
         let dir = tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap();