diff --git a/packages/embark/.babelrc.js b/packages/embark/.babelrc.js
index 2b0ab4172..c4f988159 100644
--- a/packages/embark/.babelrc.js
+++ b/packages/embark/.babelrc.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const cloneDeep = require('lodash.clonedeep');
 const {copySync, ensureDirSync} = require('fs-extra');
 const glob = require('glob');
-const {dirname, join, relative} = require('path');
+const {dirname, join, normalize, relative, sep} = require('path');
 
 // @babel/cli v7's --copy-files option does not work well together with
 // config-specified ignore paths, and that's a problem for embark-collective
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ function copyFiles (ignored) {
     ]}
   ).map(path => relative(__dirname, path));
 
-  ignored = ignored.concat(others);
+  ignored = ignored.concat(others).map(normalize);
   ignored
-    .map(path => path.replace('src/', 'dist/'))
+    .map(path => path.replace(`src${sep}`, `dist${sep}`))
     .forEach((dest, index) => {
       ensureDirSync(dirname(join(__dirname, dest)));
       const source = ignored[index];
diff --git a/packages/plugins/scaffolding/.babelrc.js b/packages/plugins/scaffolding/.babelrc.js
index f85097a2e..3d8dcd225 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/scaffolding/.babelrc.js
+++ b/packages/plugins/scaffolding/.babelrc.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const cloneDeep = require('lodash.clonedeep');
 const {copySync, ensureDirSync} = require('fs-extra');
 const glob = require('glob');
-const {dirname, join, relative} = require('path');
+const {dirname, join, normalize, relative, sep} = require('path');
 
 // @babel/cli v7's --copy-files option does not work well together with
 // config-specified ignore paths, and that's a problem for embark-collective
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ function copyFiles (ignored) {
     ]}
   ).map(path => relative(__dirname, path));
 
-  ignored = ignored.concat(others);
+  ignored = ignored.concat(others).map(normalize);
   ignored
-    .map(path => path.replace('src/', 'dist/'))
+    .map(path => path.replace(`src${sep}`, `dist${sep}`))
     .forEach((dest, index) => {
       ensureDirSync(dirname(join(__dirname, dest)));
       const source = ignored[index];
diff --git a/packages/plugins/web3/.babelrc.js b/packages/plugins/web3/.babelrc.js
index 71fe1c0f7..9b4db7c0f 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/web3/.babelrc.js
+++ b/packages/plugins/web3/.babelrc.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const cloneDeep = require('lodash.clonedeep');
 const {copySync, ensureDirSync} = require('fs-extra');
 const glob = require('glob');
-const {dirname, join, relative} = require('path');
+const {dirname, join, normalize, relative, sep} = require('path');
 
 // @babel/cli v7's --copy-files option does not work well together with
 // config-specified ignore paths, and that's a problem for embark-collective
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ function copyFiles (ignored) {
     ]}
   ).map(path => relative(__dirname, path));
 
-  ignored = ignored.concat(others);
+  ignored = ignored.concat(others).map(normalize);
   ignored
-    .map(path => path.replace('src/', 'dist/'))
+    .map(path => path.replace(`src${sep}`, `dist${sep}`))
     .forEach((dest, index) => {
       ensureDirSync(dirname(join(__dirname, dest)));
       const source = ignored[index];
diff --git a/packages/stack/webserver/.babelrc.js b/packages/stack/webserver/.babelrc.js
index 71fe1c0f7..9b4db7c0f 100644
--- a/packages/stack/webserver/.babelrc.js
+++ b/packages/stack/webserver/.babelrc.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const cloneDeep = require('lodash.clonedeep');
 const {copySync, ensureDirSync} = require('fs-extra');
 const glob = require('glob');
-const {dirname, join, relative} = require('path');
+const {dirname, join, normalize, relative, sep} = require('path');
 
 // @babel/cli v7's --copy-files option does not work well together with
 // config-specified ignore paths, and that's a problem for embark-collective
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ function copyFiles (ignored) {
     ]}
   ).map(path => relative(__dirname, path));
 
-  ignored = ignored.concat(others);
+  ignored = ignored.concat(others).map(normalize);
   ignored
-    .map(path => path.replace('src/', 'dist/'))
+    .map(path => path.replace(`src${sep}`, `dist${sep}`))
     .forEach((dest, index) => {
       ensureDirSync(dirname(join(__dirname, dest)));
       const source = ignored[index];
diff --git a/packages/utils/solo/index.js b/packages/utils/solo/index.js
index ed95f48f7..75954f822 100644
--- a/packages/utils/solo/index.js
+++ b/packages/utils/solo/index.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ module.exports = function (cliArgs) {
     join(embarkCollectivePath, 'package.json')
   );
 
+  const npxCmd = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'npx.cmd': 'npx';
   process.chdir(embarkCollectivePath);
-  spawn('npm', ['run', '--', ...cliArgs], {stdio: 'inherit'});
+  spawn(npxCmd, ['run', '--', ...cliArgs], {stdio: 'inherit'});
 };