diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f73dd6b8c59af6..8db4b8424d7930 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4030,6 +4030,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "settings",
  "smol",
+ "util",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4115,6 +4116,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "toml 0.8.19",
+ "util",
  "wasm-encoder 0.215.0",
  "wasmparser 0.215.0",
  "wit-component",
@@ -4936,7 +4938,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unindent",
  "url",
  "util",
- "windows 0.58.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6951,7 +6952,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "smol",
  "util",
- "windows 0.58.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7490,7 +7490,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "util",
  "walkdir",
  "which 6.0.3",
- "windows 0.58.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -9179,7 +9178,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "url",
  "util",
  "which 6.0.3",
- "windows 0.58.0",
  "worktree",
 ]
 
@@ -9941,7 +9939,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "ui",
  "util",
  "uuid",
- "windows 0.58.0",
  "workspace",
 ]
 
@@ -11829,7 +11826,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "ui",
  "unicode-segmentation",
  "util",
- "windows 0.58.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -13548,6 +13544,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rust-embed",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "smol",
  "take-until",
  "tempfile",
  "tendril",
diff --git a/crates/context_servers/src/client.rs b/crates/context_servers/src/client.rs
index 8202e950d64155..64aabb00e836cd 100644
--- a/crates/context_servers/src/client.rs
+++ b/crates/context_servers/src/client.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use serde_json::{value::RawValue, Value};
 use smol::{
     channel,
     io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufReader},
-    process::{self, Child},
+    process::Child,
 };
 use std::{
     fmt,
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ impl Client {
             &binary.args
         );
 
-        let mut command = process::Command::new(&binary.executable);
+        let mut command = util::command::new_smol_command(&binary.executable);
         command
             .args(&binary.args)
             .envs(binary.env.unwrap_or_default())
diff --git a/crates/evals/Cargo.toml b/crates/evals/Cargo.toml
index 3057edcd1a2588..744094aeafc904 100644
--- a/crates/evals/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/evals/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ languages.workspace = true
 node_runtime.workspace = true
 open_ai.workspace = true
 project.workspace = true
+reqwest_client.workspace = true
 semantic_index.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 settings.workspace = true
 smol.workspace = true
-reqwest_client.workspace = true
+util.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/evals/src/eval.rs b/crates/evals/src/eval.rs
index 2db13ff392a267..67b73a835b5489 100644
--- a/crates/evals/src/eval.rs
+++ b/crates/evals/src/eval.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use std::{
     fs,
     path::Path,
-    process::{exit, Command, Stdio},
+    process::{exit, Stdio},
     sync::{
         atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering::SeqCst},
         Arc,
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ async fn fetch_eval_repo(
         return;
     }
     if !repo_dir.join(".git").exists() {
-        let init_output = Command::new("git")
+        let init_output = util::command::new_std_command("git")
             .current_dir(&repo_dir)
             .args(&["init"])
             .output()
@@ -682,13 +682,13 @@ async fn fetch_eval_repo(
         }
     }
     let url = format!("https://github.com/{}.git", repo);
-    Command::new("git")
+    util::command::new_std_command("git")
         .current_dir(&repo_dir)
         .args(&["remote", "add", "-f", "origin", &url])
         .stdin(Stdio::null())
         .output()
         .unwrap();
-    let fetch_output = Command::new("git")
+    let fetch_output = util::command::new_std_command("git")
         .current_dir(&repo_dir)
         .args(&["fetch", "--depth", "1", "origin", &sha])
         .stdin(Stdio::null())
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ async fn fetch_eval_repo(
         );
         return;
     }
-    let checkout_output = Command::new("git")
+    let checkout_output = util::command::new_std_command("git")
         .current_dir(&repo_dir)
         .args(&["checkout", &sha])
         .output()
diff --git a/crates/extension/Cargo.toml b/crates/extension/Cargo.toml
index b4d23fd7090fc7..a96cf7155a9ad5 100644
--- a/crates/extension/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/extension/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ semantic_version.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 toml.workspace = true
+util.workspace = true
 wasm-encoder.workspace = true
 wasmparser.workspace = true
 wit-component.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/extension/src/extension_builder.rs b/crates/extension/src/extension_builder.rs
index 25e6a1a48501dd..a2d7ae573f84f9 100644
--- a/crates/extension/src/extension_builder.rs
+++ b/crates/extension/src/extension_builder.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::{
     env, fs, mem,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
-    process::{Command, Stdio},
+    process::Stdio,
     sync::Arc,
 };
 use wasm_encoder::{ComponentSectionId, Encode as _, RawSection, Section as _};
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ impl ExtensionBuilder {
             "compiling Rust crate for extension {}",
             extension_dir.display()
         );
-        let output = Command::new("cargo")
+        let output = util::command::new_std_command("cargo")
             .args(["build", "--target", RUST_TARGET])
             .args(options.release.then_some("--release"))
             .arg("--target-dir")
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ impl ExtensionBuilder {
         let scanner_path = src_path.join("scanner.c");
 
         log::info!("compiling {grammar_name} parser");
-        let clang_output = Command::new(&clang_path)
+        let clang_output = util::command::new_std_command(&clang_path)
             .args(["-fPIC", "-shared", "-Os"])
             .arg(format!("-Wl,--export=tree_sitter_{grammar_name}"))
             .arg("-o")
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ impl ExtensionBuilder {
         let git_dir = directory.join(".git");
 
         if directory.exists() {
-            let remotes_output = Command::new("git")
+            let remotes_output = util::command::new_std_command("git")
                 .arg("--git-dir")
                 .arg(&git_dir)
                 .args(["remote", "-v"])
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ impl ExtensionBuilder {
             fs::create_dir_all(directory).with_context(|| {
                 format!("failed to create grammar directory {}", directory.display(),)
             })?;
-            let init_output = Command::new("git")
+            let init_output = util::command::new_std_command("git")
                 .arg("init")
                 .current_dir(directory)
                 .output()?;
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ impl ExtensionBuilder {
                 );
             }
 
-            let remote_add_output = Command::new("git")
+            let remote_add_output = util::command::new_std_command("git")
                 .arg("--git-dir")
                 .arg(&git_dir)
                 .args(["remote", "add", "origin", url])
@@ -312,14 +312,14 @@ impl ExtensionBuilder {
             }
         }
 
-        let fetch_output = Command::new("git")
+        let fetch_output = util::command::new_std_command("git")
             .arg("--git-dir")
             .arg(&git_dir)
             .args(["fetch", "--depth", "1", "origin", rev])
             .output()
             .context("failed to execute `git fetch`")?;
 
-        let checkout_output = Command::new("git")
+        let checkout_output = util::command::new_std_command("git")
             .arg("--git-dir")
             .arg(&git_dir)
             .args(["checkout", rev])
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ impl ExtensionBuilder {
     }
 
     fn install_rust_wasm_target_if_needed(&self) -> Result<()> {
-        let rustc_output = Command::new("rustc")
+        let rustc_output = util::command::new_std_command("rustc")
             .arg("--print")
             .arg("sysroot")
             .output()
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ impl ExtensionBuilder {
             return Ok(());
         }
 
-        let output = Command::new("rustup")
+        let output = util::command::new_std_command("rustup")
             .args(["target", "add", RUST_TARGET])
             .stderr(Stdio::piped())
             .stdout(Stdio::inherit())
diff --git a/crates/git/Cargo.toml b/crates/git/Cargo.toml
index 06a46b3b76d313..8723e41ce427ee 100644
--- a/crates/git/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/git/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ time.workspace = true
 url.workspace = true
 util.workspace = true
 
-[target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
-windows.workspace = true
-
-
 [dev-dependencies]
 unindent.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/git/src/blame.rs b/crates/git/src/blame.rs
index 030309df96b5c4..8f87a8ca546ee8 100644
--- a/crates/git/src/blame.rs
+++ b/crates/git/src/blame.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 use collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::io::Write;
-use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+use std::process::Stdio;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::{ops::Range, path::Path};
 use text::Rope;
@@ -80,9 +80,7 @@ fn run_git_blame(
     path: &Path,
     contents: &Rope,
 ) -> Result<String> {
-    let mut child = Command::new(git_binary);
-
-    child
+    let child = util::command::new_std_command(git_binary)
         .current_dir(working_directory)
         .arg("blame")
         .arg("--incremental")
@@ -91,15 +89,7 @@ fn run_git_blame(
         .arg(path.as_os_str())
         .stdin(Stdio::piped())
         .stdout(Stdio::piped())
-        .stderr(Stdio::piped());
-
-    #[cfg(windows)]
-    {
-        use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;
-        child.creation_flags(windows::Win32::System::Threading::CREATE_NO_WINDOW.0);
-    }
-
-    let child = child
+        .stderr(Stdio::piped())
         .spawn()
         .map_err(|e| anyhow!("Failed to start git blame process: {}", e))?;
 
diff --git a/crates/git/src/commit.rs b/crates/git/src/commit.rs
index bdac6ff2877fa4..f32ad226af3879 100644
--- a/crates/git/src/commit.rs
+++ b/crates/git/src/commit.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ use crate::Oid;
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::Path;
-use std::process::Command;
-
-#[cfg(windows)]
-use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;
 
 pub fn get_messages(working_directory: &Path, shas: &[Oid]) -> Result<HashMap<Oid, String>> {
     if shas.is_empty() {
@@ -14,19 +10,12 @@ pub fn get_messages(working_directory: &Path, shas: &[Oid]) -> Result<HashMap<Oi
 
     const MARKER: &str = "<MARKER>";
 
-    let mut command = Command::new("git");
-
-    command
+    let output = util::command::new_std_command("git")
         .current_dir(working_directory)
         .arg("show")
         .arg("-s")
         .arg(format!("--format=%B{}", MARKER))
-        .args(shas.iter().map(ToString::to_string));
-
-    #[cfg(windows)]
-    command.creation_flags(windows::Win32::System::Threading::CREATE_NO_WINDOW.0);
-
-    let output = command
+        .args(shas.iter().map(ToString::to_string))
         .output()
         .map_err(|e| anyhow!("Failed to start git blame process: {}", e))?;
 
diff --git a/crates/git/src/status.rs b/crates/git/src/status.rs
index 6eb98ecefe70d2..f8ffdc6714b5b4 100644
--- a/crates/git/src/status.rs
+++ b/crates/git/src/status.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::repository::{GitFileStatus, RepoPath};
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use std::{
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
-    process::{Command, Stdio},
+    process::Stdio,
     sync::Arc,
 };
 
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ impl GitStatus {
         working_directory: &Path,
         path_prefixes: &[PathBuf],
     ) -> Result<Self> {
-        let mut child = Command::new(git_binary);
-
-        child
+        let child = util::command::new_std_command(git_binary)
             .current_dir(working_directory)
             .args([
                 "--no-optional-locks",
@@ -37,15 +35,7 @@ impl GitStatus {
             }))
             .stdin(Stdio::null())
             .stdout(Stdio::piped())
-            .stderr(Stdio::piped());
-
-        #[cfg(windows)]
-        {
-            use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;
-            child.creation_flags(windows::Win32::System::Threading::CREATE_NO_WINDOW.0);
-        }
-
-        let child = child
+            .stderr(Stdio::piped())
             .spawn()
             .map_err(|e| anyhow!("Failed to start git status process: {}", e))?;
 
diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/platform/windows/platform.rs b/crates/gpui/src/platform/windows/platform.rs
index 29443afabbbd64..91e9816106fc7e 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/platform/windows/platform.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/platform/windows/platform.rs
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ impl Platform for WindowsPlatform {
             pid,
             app_path.display(),
         );
-        let restart_process = std::process::Command::new("powershell.exe")
+        let restart_process = util::command::new_std_command("powershell.exe")
             .arg("-command")
             .arg(script)
             .spawn();
diff --git a/crates/languages/Cargo.toml b/crates/languages/Cargo.toml
index 96a44403bcbef8..951423056e6415 100644
--- a/crates/languages/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/languages/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ load-grammars = [
     "tree-sitter-rust",
     "tree-sitter-typescript",
     "tree-sitter-yaml",
-    "tree-sitter"
+    "tree-sitter",
 ]
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/c.rs b/crates/languages/src/c.rs
index a0e0f6dadba41b..5bfb7f0bc2670b 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/c.rs
+++ b/crates/languages/src/c.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ impl super::LspAdapter for CLspAdapter {
             }
             futures::io::copy(response.body_mut(), &mut file).await?;
 
-            let unzip_status = smol::process::Command::new("unzip")
+            let unzip_status = util::command::new_smol_command("unzip")
                 .current_dir(&container_dir)
                 .arg(&zip_path)
                 .output()
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/go.rs b/crates/languages/src/go.rs
index 669f6918a9541f..64583ad61f324a 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/go.rs
+++ b/crates/languages/src/go.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pub use language::*;
 use lsp::{LanguageServerBinary, LanguageServerName};
 use regex::Regex;
 use serde_json::json;
-use smol::{fs, process};
+use smol::fs;
 use std::{
     any::Any,
     borrow::Cow,
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ impl super::LspAdapter for GoLspAdapter {
 
         let gobin_dir = container_dir.join("gobin");
         fs::create_dir_all(&gobin_dir).await?;
-        let go = delegate.which("go".as_ref()).await.unwrap_or("go".into());
-        let install_output = process::Command::new(go)
+
+        let install_output = util::command::new_smol_command("go")
             .env("GO111MODULE", "on")
             .env("GOBIN", &gobin_dir)
             .args(["install", "golang.org/x/tools/gopls@latest"])
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ impl super::LspAdapter for GoLspAdapter {
         }
 
         let installed_binary_path = gobin_dir.join("gopls");
-        let version_output = process::Command::new(&installed_binary_path)
+        let version_output = util::command::new_smol_command(&installed_binary_path)
             .arg("version")
             .output()
             .await
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/python.rs b/crates/languages/src/python.rs
index a29eb1c679c1a3..a5fe479627b658 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/python.rs
+++ b/crates/languages/src/python.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use pet_core::python_environment::PythonEnvironmentKind;
 use pet_core::Configuration;
 use project::lsp_store::language_server_settings;
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
-use smol::{lock::OnceCell, process::Command};
+use smol::lock::OnceCell;
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
 
 use std::str::FromStr;
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ impl PyLspAdapter {
         let mut path = PathBuf::from(work_dir.as_ref());
         path.push("pylsp-venv");
         if !path.exists() {
-            Command::new(python_path)
+            util::command::new_smol_command(python_path)
                 .arg("-m")
                 .arg("venv")
                 .arg("pylsp-venv")
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ impl LspAdapter for PyLspAdapter {
         let venv = self.base_venv(delegate).await.map_err(|e| anyhow!(e))?;
         let pip_path = venv.join("bin").join("pip3");
         ensure!(
-            Command::new(pip_path.as_path())
+            util::command::new_smol_command(pip_path.as_path())
                 .arg("install")
                 .arg("python-lsp-server")
                 .output()
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ impl LspAdapter for PyLspAdapter {
             "python-lsp-server installation failed"
         );
         ensure!(
-            Command::new(pip_path.as_path())
+            util::command::new_smol_command(pip_path.as_path())
                 .arg("install")
                 .arg("python-lsp-server[all]")
                 .output()
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ impl LspAdapter for PyLspAdapter {
             "python-lsp-server[all] installation failed"
         );
         ensure!(
-            Command::new(pip_path)
+            util::command::new_smol_command(pip_path)
                 .arg("install")
                 .arg("pylsp-mypy")
                 .output()
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/rust.rs b/crates/languages/src/rust.rs
index 730f20b134f73f..7f5912d73e74fc 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/rust.rs
+++ b/crates/languages/src/rust.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ use std::{
     any::Any,
     borrow::Cow,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
-    sync::Arc,
-    sync::LazyLock,
+    sync::{Arc, LazyLock},
 };
 use task::{TaskTemplate, TaskTemplates, TaskVariables, VariableName};
 use util::{fs::remove_matching, maybe, ResultExt};
@@ -639,7 +638,7 @@ fn package_name_and_bin_name_from_abs_path(
     abs_path: &Path,
     project_env: Option<&HashMap<String, String>>,
 ) -> Option<(String, String)> {
-    let mut command = std::process::Command::new("cargo");
+    let mut command = util::command::new_std_command("cargo");
     if let Some(envs) = project_env {
         command.envs(envs);
     }
@@ -685,11 +684,10 @@ fn human_readable_package_name(
     package_directory: &Path,
     project_env: Option<&HashMap<String, String>>,
 ) -> Option<String> {
-    let mut command = std::process::Command::new("cargo");
+    let mut command = util::command::new_std_command("cargo");
     if let Some(envs) = project_env {
         command.envs(envs);
     }
-
     let pkgid = String::from_utf8(
         command
             .current_dir(package_directory)
diff --git a/crates/lsp/Cargo.toml b/crates/lsp/Cargo.toml
index 3460bf34dd20fc..f06173ac1b2431 100644
--- a/crates/lsp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/lsp/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ smol.workspace = true
 util.workspace = true
 release_channel.workspace = true
 
-[target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-windows.workspace = true
-
 [dev-dependencies]
 async-pipe.workspace = true
 ctor.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/lsp/src/lsp.rs b/crates/lsp/src/lsp.rs
index 5f0186e61e87f4..87c04030bd5e14 100644
--- a/crates/lsp/src/lsp.rs
+++ b/crates/lsp/src/lsp.rs
@@ -19,12 +19,9 @@ use serde_json::{json, value::RawValue, Value};
 use smol::{
     channel,
     io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufReader},
-    process::{self, Child},
+    process::Child,
 };
 
-#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-use smol::process::windows::CommandExt;
-
 use std::{
     ffi::{OsStr, OsString},
     fmt,
@@ -346,23 +343,21 @@ impl LanguageServer {
             &binary.arguments
         );
 
-        let mut command = process::Command::new(&binary.path);
-        command
+        let mut server = util::command::new_smol_command(&binary.path)
             .current_dir(working_dir)
             .args(&binary.arguments)
             .envs(binary.env.unwrap_or_default())
             .stdin(Stdio::piped())
             .stdout(Stdio::piped())
             .stderr(Stdio::piped())
-            .kill_on_drop(true);
-        #[cfg(windows)]
-        command.creation_flags(windows::Win32::System::Threading::CREATE_NO_WINDOW.0);
-        let mut server = command.spawn().with_context(|| {
-            format!(
-                "failed to spawn command. path: {:?}, working directory: {:?}, args: {:?}",
-                binary.path, working_dir, &binary.arguments
-            )
-        })?;
+            .kill_on_drop(true)
+            .spawn()
+            .with_context(|| {
+                format!(
+                    "failed to spawn command. path: {:?}, working directory: {:?}, args: {:?}",
+                    binary.path, working_dir, &binary.arguments
+                )
+            })?;
 
         let stdin = server.stdin.take().unwrap();
         let stdout = server.stdout.take().unwrap();
diff --git a/crates/node_runtime/Cargo.toml b/crates/node_runtime/Cargo.toml
index d852b7ebdf9aac..20b6be407f7a22 100644
--- a/crates/node_runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/node_runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ which.workspace = true
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 async-std = { version = "1.12.0", features = ["unstable"] }
-windows.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/node_runtime/src/node_runtime.rs b/crates/node_runtime/src/node_runtime.rs
index 9ad14bddc4ffb4..33df4f7d15277b 100644
--- a/crates/node_runtime/src/node_runtime.rs
+++ b/crates/node_runtime/src/node_runtime.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use http_client::{HttpClient, Uri};
 use semver::Version;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use smol::io::BufReader;
-use smol::{fs, lock::Mutex, process::Command};
+use smol::{fs, lock::Mutex};
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::io;
 use std::process::{Output, Stdio};
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ use std::{
 };
 use util::ResultExt;
 
-#[cfg(windows)]
-use smol::process::windows::CommandExt;
-
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct NodeBinaryOptions {
     pub allow_path_lookup: bool,
@@ -315,9 +312,7 @@ impl ManagedNodeRuntime {
         let node_binary = node_dir.join(Self::NODE_PATH);
         let npm_file = node_dir.join(Self::NPM_PATH);
 
-        let mut command = Command::new(&node_binary);
-
-        command
+        let result = util::command::new_smol_command(&node_binary)
             .env_clear()
             .arg(npm_file)
             .arg("--version")
@@ -326,12 +321,9 @@ impl ManagedNodeRuntime {
             .stderr(Stdio::null())
             .args(["--cache".into(), node_dir.join("cache")])
             .args(["--userconfig".into(), node_dir.join("blank_user_npmrc")])
-            .args(["--globalconfig".into(), node_dir.join("blank_global_npmrc")]);
-
-        #[cfg(windows)]
-        command.creation_flags(windows::Win32::System::Threading::CREATE_NO_WINDOW.0);
-
-        let result = command.status().await;
+            .args(["--globalconfig".into(), node_dir.join("blank_global_npmrc")])
+            .status()
+            .await;
         let valid = matches!(result, Ok(status) if status.success());
 
         if !valid {
@@ -412,7 +404,7 @@ impl NodeRuntimeTrait for ManagedNodeRuntime {
                 return Err(anyhow!("missing npm file"));
             }
 
-            let mut command = Command::new(node_binary);
+            let mut command = util::command::new_smol_command(node_binary);
             command.env_clear();
             command.env("PATH", env_path);
             command.arg(npm_file).arg(subcommand);
@@ -473,7 +465,7 @@ pub struct SystemNodeRuntime {
 impl SystemNodeRuntime {
     const MIN_VERSION: semver::Version = Version::new(18, 0, 0);
     async fn new(node: PathBuf, npm: PathBuf) -> Result<Box<dyn NodeRuntimeTrait>> {
-        let output = Command::new(&node)
+        let output = util::command::new_smol_command(&node)
             .arg("--version")
             .output()
             .await
@@ -543,7 +535,7 @@ impl NodeRuntimeTrait for SystemNodeRuntime {
         subcommand: &str,
         args: &[&str],
     ) -> anyhow::Result<Output> {
-        let mut command = Command::new(self.npm.clone());
+        let mut command = util::command::new_smol_command(self.npm.clone());
         command
             .env_clear()
             .env("PATH", std::env::var_os("PATH").unwrap_or_default())
@@ -639,7 +631,11 @@ impl NodeRuntimeTrait for UnavailableNodeRuntime {
     }
 }
 
-fn configure_npm_command(command: &mut Command, directory: Option<&Path>, proxy: Option<&Uri>) {
+fn configure_npm_command(
+    command: &mut smol::process::Command,
+    directory: Option<&Path>,
+    proxy: Option<&Uri>,
+) {
     if let Some(directory) = directory {
         command.current_dir(directory);
         command.args(["--prefix".into(), directory.to_path_buf()]);
@@ -674,6 +670,5 @@ fn configure_npm_command(command: &mut Command, directory: Option<&Path>, proxy:
         {
             command.env("ComSpec", val);
         }
-        command.creation_flags(windows::Win32::System::Threading::CREATE_NO_WINDOW.0);
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/project/Cargo.toml b/crates/project/Cargo.toml
index b9fdd04be65ff4..68fdb375f43eb4 100644
--- a/crates/project/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/project/Cargo.toml
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ url.workspace = true
 which.workspace = true
 fancy-regex.workspace = true
 
-[target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
-windows.workspace = true
-
 [dev-dependencies]
 client = { workspace = true, features = ["test-support"] }
 collections = { workspace = true, features = ["test-support"] }
diff --git a/crates/project/src/lsp_store.rs b/crates/project/src/lsp_store.rs
index 0723ba689bbfab..3ed311a51dd66f 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/lsp_store.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/lsp_store.rs
@@ -611,12 +611,7 @@ impl LocalLspStore {
             Some(worktree_path)
         })?;
 
-        let mut child = smol::process::Command::new(command);
-        #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-        {
-            use smol::process::windows::CommandExt;
-            child.creation_flags(windows::Win32::System::Threading::CREATE_NO_WINDOW.0);
-        }
+        let mut child = util::command::new_smol_command(command);
 
         if let Some(buffer_env) = buffer.env.as_ref() {
             child.envs(buffer_env);
@@ -7935,7 +7930,7 @@ impl LspAdapterDelegate for LocalLspAdapterDelegate {
         };
 
         let env = self.shell_env().await;
-        let output = smol::process::Command::new(&npm)
+        let output = util::command::new_smol_command(&npm)
             .args(["root", "-g"])
             .envs(env)
             .current_dir(local_package_directory)
@@ -7969,7 +7964,7 @@ impl LspAdapterDelegate for LocalLspAdapterDelegate {
 
     async fn try_exec(&self, command: LanguageServerBinary) -> Result<()> {
         let working_dir = self.worktree_root_path();
-        let output = smol::process::Command::new(&command.path)
+        let output = util::command::new_smol_command(&command.path)
             .args(command.arguments)
             .envs(command.env.clone().unwrap_or_default())
             .current_dir(working_dir)
diff --git a/crates/remote/src/ssh_session.rs b/crates/remote/src/ssh_session.rs
index 1ea76a24c87526..87a58cb050531d 100644
--- a/crates/remote/src/ssh_session.rs
+++ b/crates/remote/src/ssh_session.rs
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ impl SshSocket {
     // and passes -l as an argument to sh, not to ls.
     // You need to do it like this: $ ssh host "sh -c 'ls -l /tmp'"
     fn ssh_command(&self, program: &str, args: &[&str]) -> process::Command {
-        let mut command = process::Command::new("ssh");
+        let mut command = util::command::new_smol_command("ssh");
         let to_run = iter::once(&program)
             .chain(args.iter())
             .map(|token| {
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ trait RemoteConnection: Send + Sync {
 
 struct SshRemoteConnection {
     socket: SshSocket,
-    master_process: Mutex<Option<process::Child>>,
+    master_process: Mutex<Option<Child>>,
     remote_binary_path: Option<PathBuf>,
     _temp_dir: TempDir,
 }
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ impl RemoteConnection for SshRemoteConnection {
         dest_path: PathBuf,
         cx: &AppContext,
     ) -> Task<Result<()>> {
-        let mut command = process::Command::new("scp");
+        let mut command = util::command::new_smol_command("scp");
         let output = self
             .socket
             .ssh_options(&mut command)
@@ -1910,7 +1910,7 @@ impl SshRemoteConnection {
 
     async fn upload_file(&self, src_path: &Path, dest_path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
         log::debug!("uploading file {:?} to {:?}", src_path, dest_path);
-        let mut command = process::Command::new("scp");
+        let mut command = util::command::new_smol_command("scp");
         let output = self
             .socket
             .ssh_options(&mut command)
diff --git a/crates/repl/Cargo.toml b/crates/repl/Cargo.toml
index 3f59ca325bc279..60e87347713e64 100644
--- a/crates/repl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/repl/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ uuid.workspace = true
 workspace.workspace = true
 picker.workspace = true
 
-[target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
-windows.workspace = true
-
 [dev-dependencies]
 editor = { workspace = true, features = ["test-support"] }
 env_logger.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/repl/src/kernels/mod.rs b/crates/repl/src/kernels/mod.rs
index cea5adb59e9077..3fe4c3c12d34f3 100644
--- a/crates/repl/src/kernels/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/repl/src/kernels/mod.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ pub use remote_kernels::*;
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 use runtimelib::{ExecutionState, JupyterKernelspec, JupyterMessage, KernelInfoReply};
-use smol::process::Command;
 use ui::SharedString;
 
 pub type JupyterMessageChannel = stream::SelectAll<Receiver<JupyterMessage>>;
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ pub fn python_env_kernel_specifications(
                 let python_path = toolchain.path.to_string();
 
                 // Check if ipykernel is installed
-                let ipykernel_check = Command::new(&python_path)
+                let ipykernel_check = util::command::new_smol_command(&python_path)
                     .args(&["-c", "import ipykernel"])
                     .output()
                     .await;
diff --git a/crates/repl/src/kernels/native_kernel.rs b/crates/repl/src/kernels/native_kernel.rs
index 8a232c3de9c514..03a57b34ef8352 100644
--- a/crates/repl/src/kernels/native_kernel.rs
+++ b/crates/repl/src/kernels/native_kernel.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ impl LocalKernelSpecification {
             self.name
         );
 
-        let mut cmd = Command::new(&argv[0]);
+        let mut cmd = util::command::new_smol_command(&argv[0]);
 
         for arg in &argv[1..] {
             if arg == "{connection_file}" {
@@ -62,12 +62,6 @@ impl LocalKernelSpecification {
             cmd.envs(env);
         }
 
-        #[cfg(windows)]
-        {
-            use smol::process::windows::CommandExt;
-            cmd.creation_flags(windows::Win32::System::Threading::CREATE_NO_WINDOW.0);
-        }
-
         Ok(cmd)
     }
 }
@@ -350,17 +344,11 @@ pub async fn local_kernel_specifications(fs: Arc<dyn Fs>) -> Result<Vec<LocalKer
     }
 
     // Search for kernels inside the base python environment
-    let mut command = Command::new("python");
-    command.arg("-c");
-    command.arg("import sys; print(sys.prefix)");
-
-    #[cfg(windows)]
-    {
-        use smol::process::windows::CommandExt;
-        command.creation_flags(windows::Win32::System::Threading::CREATE_NO_WINDOW.0);
-    }
-
-    let command = command.output().await;
+    let command = util::command::new_smol_command("python")
+        .arg("-c")
+        .arg("import sys; print(sys.prefix)")
+        .output()
+        .await;
 
     if let Ok(command) = command {
         if command.status.success() {
diff --git a/crates/supermaven/Cargo.toml b/crates/supermaven/Cargo.toml
index fd0adb0d982998..5af03b1b1b47f4 100644
--- a/crates/supermaven/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/supermaven/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ ui.workspace = true
 unicode-segmentation.workspace = true
 util.workspace = true
 
-[target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
-windows.workspace = true
-
 [dev-dependencies]
 editor = { workspace = true, features = ["test-support"] }
 env_logger.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/supermaven/src/supermaven.rs b/crates/supermaven/src/supermaven.rs
index 152a41c3be2508..c39bef557e370c 100644
--- a/crates/supermaven/src/supermaven.rs
+++ b/crates/supermaven/src/supermaven.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use settings::SettingsStore;
 use smol::{
     io::AsyncWriteExt,
-    process::{Child, ChildStdin, ChildStdout, Command},
+    process::{Child, ChildStdin, ChildStdout},
 };
 use std::{path::PathBuf, process::Stdio, sync::Arc};
 use ui::prelude::*;
@@ -269,21 +269,14 @@ impl SupermavenAgent {
         client: Arc<Client>,
         cx: &mut ModelContext<Supermaven>,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
-        let mut process = Command::new(&binary_path);
-        process
+        let mut process = util::command::new_smol_command(&binary_path)
             .arg("stdio")
             .stdin(Stdio::piped())
             .stdout(Stdio::piped())
             .stderr(Stdio::piped())
-            .kill_on_drop(true);
-
-        #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-        {
-            use smol::process::windows::CommandExt;
-            process.creation_flags(windows::Win32::System::Threading::CREATE_NO_WINDOW.0);
-        }
-
-        let mut process = process.spawn().context("failed to start the binary")?;
+            .kill_on_drop(true)
+            .spawn()
+            .context("failed to start the binary")?;
 
         let stdin = process
             .stdin
diff --git a/crates/util/Cargo.toml b/crates/util/Cargo.toml
index 58c4686bf90522..94d580e6431d03 100644
--- a/crates/util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/util/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ regex.workspace = true
 rust-embed.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
+smol.workspace = true
 take-until = "0.2.0"
 tempfile = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 unicase.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/util/src/command.rs b/crates/util/src/command.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..85e22349912c5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/util/src/command.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+use std::ffi::OsStr;
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+const CREATE_NO_WINDOW: u32 = 0x0800_0000_u32;
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+pub fn new_std_command(program: impl AsRef<OsStr>) -> std::process::Command {
+    use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;
+
+    let mut command = std::process::Command::new(program);
+    command.creation_flags(CREATE_NO_WINDOW);
+    command
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+pub fn new_std_command(program: impl AsRef<OsStr>) -> std::process::Command {
+    std::process::Command::new(program)
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+pub fn new_smol_command(program: impl AsRef<OsStr>) -> smol::process::Command {
+    use smol::process::windows::CommandExt;
+
+    let mut command = smol::process::Command::new(program);
+    command.creation_flags(CREATE_NO_WINDOW);
+    command
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+pub fn new_smol_command(program: impl AsRef<OsStr>) -> smol::process::Command {
+    smol::process::Command::new(program)
+}
diff --git a/crates/util/src/util.rs b/crates/util/src/util.rs
index e27fd65ac7bb99..5141f857972568 100644
--- a/crates/util/src/util.rs
+++ b/crates/util/src/util.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod arc_cow;
+pub mod command;
 pub mod fs;
 pub mod paths;
 pub mod serde;