diff --git a/main/src/services/cliManagerFactory.ts b/main/src/services/cliManagerFactory.ts
index b747fead..2f22a367 100644
--- a/main/src/services/cliManagerFactory.ts
+++ b/main/src/services/cliManagerFactory.ts
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ export class CliManagerFactory {
       additionalOptions?: JsonObject
     ) => {
       let permissionIpcPath: string | null = null;
-      if (additionalOptions?.permissionIpcPath !== undefined) {
+      if (additionalOptions?.permissionIpcPath !== undefined && additionalOptions?.permissionIpcPath !== null) {
         permissionIpcPath = decodeBoundary(additionalOptions.permissionIpcPath, boundary.string);
       }
 
diff --git a/main/src/services/permissionIpcServer.ts b/main/src/services/permissionIpcServer.ts
index b42e4ad2..fc76d94e 100644
--- a/main/src/services/permissionIpcServer.ts
+++ b/main/src/services/permissionIpcServer.ts
@@ -31,13 +31,15 @@ export class PermissionIpcServer {
       socketDir = os.tmpdir();
     }
     
-    this.socketPath = path.join(socketDir, `pane-permissions-${process.pid}.sock`);
+    this.socketPath = process.platform === 'win32'
+      ? `\\\\.\\pipe\\pane-permissions-${process.pid}`
+      : path.join(socketDir, `pane-permissions-${process.pid}.sock`);
   }
 
   start(): Promise<void> {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      // Clean up any existing socket file
-      if (fs.existsSync(this.socketPath)) {
+      // Clean up any existing socket file (skip on Windows: named pipes are not filesystem entries)
+      if (process.platform !== 'win32' && fs.existsSync(this.socketPath)) {
         fs.unlinkSync(this.socketPath);
       }
 
@@ -116,8 +118,8 @@ export class PermissionIpcServer {
 
       if (this.server) {
         this.server.close(() => {
-          // Clean up socket file
-          if (fs.existsSync(this.socketPath)) {
+          // Clean up socket file (skip on Windows: named pipes are not filesystem entries)
+          if (process.platform !== 'win32' && fs.existsSync(this.socketPath)) {
             fs.unlinkSync(this.socketPath);
           }
           resolve();