diff --git a/extensions/typescript/src/features/taskProvider.ts b/extensions/typescript/src/features/taskProvider.ts
index aea776a38fc..4eb9a3e4e43 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/src/features/taskProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript/src/features/taskProvider.ts
@@ -103,10 +103,11 @@ class TscTaskProvider implements vscode.TaskProvider {
 
 			const { configFileName } = res.body;
 			if (configFileName && !isImplicitProjectConfigFile(configFileName)) {
-				const uri = vscode.Uri.file(path.normalize(configFileName));
+				const normalizedConfigPath = path.normalize(configFileName);
+				const uri = vscode.Uri.file(normalizedConfigPath);
 				const folder = vscode.workspace.getWorkspaceFolder(uri);
 				return [{
-					path: configFileName,
+					path: normalizedConfigPath,
 					workspaceFolder: folder
 				}];
 			}