diff --git a/crates/util/src/shell.rs b/crates/util/src/shell.rs
index 27ab18b58ce14cc59d57e563103fc9135f93d060..87872856d916ae39809debaeb6c151705367246b 100644
--- a/crates/util/src/shell.rs
+++ b/crates/util/src/shell.rs
@@ -1012,4 +1012,40 @@ mod tests {
             "uname".to_string()
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_try_quote_single_quote_paths() {
+        let path_with_quote = r"C:\Temp\O'Brien\repo";
+        let shlex_shells = [
+            ShellKind::Posix,
+            ShellKind::Fish,
+            ShellKind::Csh,
+            ShellKind::Tcsh,
+            ShellKind::Rc,
+            ShellKind::Xonsh,
+            ShellKind::Elvish,
+            ShellKind::Nushell,
+        ];
+
+        for shell_kind in shlex_shells {
+            let quoted = shell_kind.try_quote(path_with_quote).unwrap().into_owned();
+            assert_ne!(quoted, path_with_quote);
+            assert_eq!(
+                shlex::split(&quoted),
+                Some(vec![path_with_quote.to_string()])
+            );
+
+            if shell_kind == ShellKind::Nushell {
+                let prefixed = shell_kind.prepend_command_prefix(&quoted);
+                assert!(prefixed.starts_with('^'));
+            }
+        }
+
+        for shell_kind in [ShellKind::PowerShell, ShellKind::Pwsh] {
+            let quoted = shell_kind.try_quote(path_with_quote).unwrap().into_owned();
+            assert!(quoted.starts_with('\''));
+            assert!(quoted.ends_with('\''));
+            assert!(quoted.contains("O''Brien"));
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/util/src/shell_env.rs b/crates/util/src/shell_env.rs
index 4fc9fd2d69b608c1215495d84c340f11e5be8179..ba9e77cb81086e810af8d17c7f17f2b77f5392d9 100644
--- a/crates/util/src/shell_env.rs
+++ b/crates/util/src/shell_env.rs
@@ -141,6 +141,14 @@ async fn capture_windows(
         std::env::current_exe().context("Failed to determine current zed executable path.")?;
 
     let shell_kind = ShellKind::new(shell_path, true);
+    let directory_string = directory.display().to_string();
+    let zed_path_string = zed_path.display().to_string();
+    let quote_for_shell = |value: &str| {
+        shell_kind
+            .try_quote(value)
+            .map(|quoted| quoted.into_owned())
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| value.to_owned())
+    };
     let mut cmd = crate::command::new_command(shell_path);
     cmd.args(args);
     let cmd = match shell_kind {
@@ -149,52 +157,54 @@ async fn capture_windows(
         | ShellKind::Rc
         | ShellKind::Fish
         | ShellKind::Xonsh
-        | ShellKind::Posix => cmd.args([
-            "-l",
-            "-i",
-            "-c",
-            &format!(
-                "cd '{}'; '{}' --printenv",
-                directory.display(),
-                zed_path.display()
-            ),
-        ]),
-        ShellKind::PowerShell | ShellKind::Pwsh => cmd.args([
-            "-NonInteractive",
-            "-NoProfile",
-            "-Command",
-            &format!(
-                "Set-Location '{}'; & '{}' --printenv",
-                directory.display(),
-                zed_path.display()
-            ),
-        ]),
-        ShellKind::Elvish => cmd.args([
-            "-c",
-            &format!(
-                "cd '{}'; '{}' --printenv",
-                directory.display(),
-                zed_path.display()
-            ),
-        ]),
-        ShellKind::Nushell => cmd.args([
-            "-c",
-            &format!(
-                "cd '{}'; {}'{}' --printenv",
-                directory.display(),
-                shell_kind
-                    .command_prefix()
-                    .map(|prefix| prefix.to_string())
-                    .unwrap_or_default(),
-                zed_path.display()
-            ),
-        ]),
+        | ShellKind::Posix => {
+            let quoted_directory = quote_for_shell(&directory_string);
+            let quoted_zed_path = quote_for_shell(&zed_path_string);
+            cmd.args([
+                "-l",
+                "-i",
+                "-c",
+                &format!("cd {}; {} --printenv", quoted_directory, quoted_zed_path),
+            ])
+        }
+        ShellKind::PowerShell | ShellKind::Pwsh => {
+            let quoted_directory = ShellKind::quote_pwsh(&directory_string);
+            let quoted_zed_path = ShellKind::quote_pwsh(&zed_path_string);
+            cmd.args([
+                "-NonInteractive",
+                "-NoProfile",
+                "-Command",
+                &format!(
+                    "Set-Location {}; & {} --printenv",
+                    quoted_directory, quoted_zed_path
+                ),
+            ])
+        }
+        ShellKind::Elvish => {
+            let quoted_directory = quote_for_shell(&directory_string);
+            let quoted_zed_path = quote_for_shell(&zed_path_string);
+            cmd.args([
+                "-c",
+                &format!("cd {}; {} --printenv", quoted_directory, quoted_zed_path),
+            ])
+        }
+        ShellKind::Nushell => {
+            let quoted_directory = quote_for_shell(&directory_string);
+            let quoted_zed_path = quote_for_shell(&zed_path_string);
+            let zed_command = shell_kind
+                .prepend_command_prefix(&quoted_zed_path)
+                .into_owned();
+            cmd.args([
+                "-c",
+                &format!("cd {}; {} --printenv", quoted_directory, zed_command),
+            ])
+        }
         ShellKind::Cmd => cmd.args([
             "/c",
             "cd",
-            &directory.display().to_string(),
+            &directory_string,
             "&&",
-            &zed_path.display().to_string(),
+            &zed_path_string,
             "--printenv",
         ]),
     }