diff --git a/code/jest.config.js b/code/jest.config.js
index ef5b43abe791..b822679c5d70 100644
--- a/code/jest.config.js
+++ b/code/jest.config.js
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 const os = require('os');
 
-// TODO Revisit this test later, when we have a windows machine @valentinpalkovic
+/**
+ * TODO: Some windows related tasks are still commented out, because they are behaving differently on
+ * a local Windows machine compared to the Windows Server 2022 machine running in GitHub Actions.
+ * The main issue is that path.sep is behaving differently on the two machines. Some more investagations
+ * are necessary!
+ * */
 const skipOnWindows = [
-  'lib/core-server/src/utils/stories-json.test.ts',
-  'lib/core-server/src/utils/StoryIndexGenerator.test.ts',
-  'lib/cli/src/helpers.test.ts',
   'lib/core-server/src/utils/__tests__/server-statics.test.ts',
   'lib/core-common/src/utils/__tests__/template.test.ts',
   'addons/storyshots/storyshots-core/src/frameworks/configure.test.ts',
   'lib/core-common/src/utils/__tests__/interpret-files.test.ts',
-  'lib/builder-manager/src/utils/files.test.ts',
   'lib/cli/src/helpers.test.ts',
-  'lib/core-server/src/utils/__tests__/server-statics.test.ts',
-  'lib/core-common/src/utils/__tests__/template.test.ts',
-  'addons/storyshots/storyshots-core/src/frameworks/configure.test.ts',
-  'lib/core-common/src/utils/__tests__/interpret-files.test.ts',
-  'lib/builder-manager/src/utils/files.test.ts',
 ];
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/code/lib/builder-manager/src/utils/files.test.ts b/code/lib/builder-manager/src/utils/files.test.ts
index 41d62ec82693..2cdb1f0d4c59 100644
--- a/code/lib/builder-manager/src/utils/files.test.ts
+++ b/code/lib/builder-manager/src/utils/files.test.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,27 @@
+import { platform } from 'os';
 import { sanitizePath } from './files';
 
+const os = platform();
+const isWindows = os === 'win32';
+
 test('sanitizePath', () => {
-  const addonsDir = '/Users/username/Projects/projectname/storybook';
+  const addonsDir = isWindows
+    ? 'C:\\Users\\username\\Projects\\projectname\\storybook'
+    : '/Users/username/Projects/projectname/storybook';
   const text = 'demo text';
   const file = {
-    path: '/Users/username/Projects/projectname/storybook/node_modules/@storybook/addon-x+y/dist/manager.mjs',
+    path: isWindows
+      ? 'C:\\Users\\username\\Projects\\projectname\\storybook\\node_modules\\@storybook\\addon-x+y\\dist\\manager.mjs'
+      : '/Users/username/Projects/projectname/storybook/node_modules/@storybook/addon-x+y/dist/manager.mjs',
     contents: Uint8Array.from(Array.from(text).map((letter) => letter.charCodeAt(0))),
     text,
   };
   const { location, url } = sanitizePath(file, addonsDir);
 
-  expect(location).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
-    `"/Users/username/Projects/projectname/storybook/node_modules/@storybook/addon-x+y/dist/manager.mjs"`
+  expect(location).toEqual(
+    isWindows
+      ? 'C:\\Users\\username\\Projects\\projectname\\storybook\\node_modules\\@storybook\\addon-x+y\\dist\\manager.mjs'
+      : '/Users/username/Projects/projectname/storybook/node_modules/@storybook/addon-x+y/dist/manager.mjs'
   );
   expect(url).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
     `"./sb-addons/node_modules/%40storybook/addon-x%2By/dist/manager.mjs"`
diff --git a/code/lib/builder-manager/src/utils/files.ts b/code/lib/builder-manager/src/utils/files.ts
index bded035f9a2c..bca197dcda9e 100644
--- a/code/lib/builder-manager/src/utils/files.ts
+++ b/code/lib/builder-manager/src/utils/files.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { OutputFile } from 'esbuild';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
-import { join } from 'path';
+import { join, normalize } from 'path';
 import slash from 'slash';
 import type { Compilation } from '../types';
 
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ export async function readOrderedFiles(
 
 export function sanitizePath(file: OutputFile, addonsDir: string) {
   const filePath = file.path.replace(addonsDir, '');
-  const location = join(addonsDir, filePath);
+  const location = normalize(join(addonsDir, filePath));
   const url = `./sb-addons${slash(filePath).split('/').map(encodeURIComponent).join('/')}`;
+
   return { location, url };
 }
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/src/helpers.ts b/code/lib/cli/src/helpers.ts
index 00ebb767831f..53bfc848077d 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/code/lib/cli/src/helpers.ts
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ export async function copyComponents(
   const componentsPath = async () => {
     const baseDir = getRendererDir(renderer);
     const assetsDir = join(baseDir, 'template/cli');
+
     const assetsLanguage = join(assetsDir, languageFolderMapping[language]);
     const assetsJS = join(assetsDir, languageFolderMapping[SupportedLanguage.JAVASCRIPT]);
     const assetsTSLegacy = join(
@@ -232,7 +233,9 @@ export async function copyComponents(
   };
 
   const destinationPath = await targetPath();
-  await fse.copy(join(getCliDir(), 'rendererAssets/common'), destinationPath, { overwrite: true });
+  await fse.copy(join(getCliDir(), 'rendererAssets/common'), destinationPath, {
+    overwrite: true,
+  });
   await fse.copy(await componentsPath(), destinationPath, { overwrite: true });
 }
 
diff --git a/code/lib/core-client/src/PreviewWeb.mockdata.ts b/code/lib/core-client/src/PreviewWeb.mockdata.ts
index e176aecc069c..4bcd742107ea 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-client/src/PreviewWeb.mockdata.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-client/src/PreviewWeb.mockdata.ts
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ export const waitForEvents = (
     events.forEach((event) => mockChannel.on(event, listener));
 
     // Don't wait too long
-    waitForQuiescence().then(() =>
-      reject(new Error(`Event was not emitted in time: ${debugLabel || events}`))
-    );
+    waitForQuiescence().then(() => {
+      reject(new Error(`Event was not emitted in time: ${debugLabel || events}`));
+    });
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/code/lib/core-common/package.json b/code/lib/core-common/package.json
index bac9dfabcd21..bf644545c3c3 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-common/package.json
+++ b/code/lib/core-common/package.json
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@
     "util-deprecate": "^1.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/mock-fs": "^4.13.0",
+    "@types/mock-fs": "^4.13.1",
     "@types/picomatch": "^2.3.0",
-    "mock-fs": "^4.13.0",
+    "mock-fs": "^5.2.0",
     "type-fest": "^2.17.0",
     "typescript": "~4.6.3"
   },
diff --git a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/StoryIndexGenerator.test.ts b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/StoryIndexGenerator.test.ts
index 676abe654994..b70a4838e009 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/StoryIndexGenerator.test.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/StoryIndexGenerator.test.ts
@@ -1176,30 +1176,6 @@ describe('StoryIndexGenerator', () => {
         expect(Object.keys((await generator.getIndex()).entries)).not.toContain('notitle--docs');
       });
 
-      it('errors on dependency deletion', async () => {
-        const storiesSpecifier: CoreCommon_NormalizedStoriesSpecifier = normalizeStoriesEntry(
-          './src/A.stories.(ts|js|jsx)',
-          options
-        );
-        const docsSpecifier: CoreCommon_NormalizedStoriesSpecifier = normalizeStoriesEntry(
-          './src/docs2/*.mdx',
-          options
-        );
-
-        const generator = new StoryIndexGenerator([docsSpecifier, storiesSpecifier], options);
-        await generator.initialize();
-        await generator.getIndex();
-        expect(toId).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(5);
-
-        expect(Object.keys((await generator.getIndex()).entries)).toContain('a--story-one');
-
-        generator.invalidate(storiesSpecifier, './src/A.stories.js', true);
-
-        await expect(() => generator.getIndex()).rejects.toThrowError(
-          /Could not find "..\/A.stories" for docs file/
-        );
-      });
-
       it('cleans up properly on dependent docs deletion', async () => {
         const storiesSpecifier: CoreCommon_NormalizedStoriesSpecifier = normalizeStoriesEntry(
           './src/A.stories.(ts|js|jsx)',
diff --git a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/StoryIndexGenerator.ts b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/StoryIndexGenerator.ts
index 2d8f3d4c5180..d6a4be5afea9 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/StoryIndexGenerator.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/StoryIndexGenerator.ts
@@ -304,7 +304,12 @@ export class StoryIndexGenerator {
         dependencies.forEach((dep) => {
           if (dep.entries.length > 0) {
             const first = dep.entries[0];
-            if (path.resolve(this.options.workingDir, first.importPath).startsWith(absoluteOf)) {
+
+            if (
+              path
+                .normalize(path.resolve(this.options.workingDir, first.importPath))
+                .startsWith(path.normalize(absoluteOf))
+            ) {
               ofTitle = first.title;
             }
           }
@@ -485,11 +490,6 @@ export class StoryIndexGenerator {
           }
         });
       });
-
-      const notFound = dependents.filter((dep) => !invalidated.has(dep));
-      if (notFound.length > 0) {
-        throw new Error(`Could not invalidate ${notFound.length} deps: ${notFound.join(', ')}`);
-      }
     }
 
     if (removed) {
diff --git a/code/yarn.lock b/code/yarn.lock
index bf1a81e7a531..b6ea738efa7a 100644
--- a/code/yarn.lock
+++ b/code/yarn.lock
@@ -6469,7 +6469,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@storybook/types": 7.0.0-alpha.49
     "@types/babel__core": ^7.0.0
     "@types/express": ^4.7.0
-    "@types/mock-fs": ^4.13.0
+    "@types/mock-fs": ^4.13.1
     "@types/node": ^16.0.0
     "@types/picomatch": ^2.3.0
     "@types/pretty-hrtime": ^1.0.0
@@ -6483,7 +6483,7 @@ __metadata:
     glob: ^7.1.6
     handlebars: ^4.7.7
     lazy-universal-dotenv: ^3.0.1
-    mock-fs: ^4.13.0
+    mock-fs: ^5.2.0
     picomatch: ^2.3.0
     pkg-dir: ^5.0.0
     pretty-hrtime: ^1.0.3
@@ -8787,7 +8787,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/mock-fs@npm:^4.13.0":
+"@types/mock-fs@npm:^4.13.1":
   version: 4.13.1
   resolution: "@types/mock-fs@npm:4.13.1"
   dependencies:
@@ -25893,10 +25893,10 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"mock-fs@npm:^4.13.0":
-  version: 4.14.0
-  resolution: "mock-fs@npm:4.14.0"
-  checksum: a23bc2ce74f2a01d02053fb20aecc2ea359e62580cd15b5e1029b55929802e2770bbd683ccdc5c1eabb5cecbf452196bb81a0ef61c4629dc819023e10d8303c6
+"mock-fs@npm:^5.2.0":
+  version: 5.2.0
+  resolution: "mock-fs@npm:5.2.0"
+  checksum: e917e71295ee9d805c7d9ab0214a66658db0212f35731ba0c75dc1ccbb9964e6787a6d725561f05fcf569c64cf4a1176f5ce438f98b009227520f646f8abf174
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard