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Current Behavior

npm query .workspace -C "C:\project\path"

npm query .workspace -C "c:\project\path" # Notice the lowercase "c"

The first one works but the second one fails with this unhelpful error.

npm error Cannot destructure property 'location' of 'node.target' as it is null.

Expected Behavior

All npm utilities behave in a case-insentitive way on Windows. Here both examples should work.

Steps To Reproduce

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Environment

• npm: 11.5.2
• Node.js: 22.18.0
• OS Name: Windows