diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPLocalSearchBox.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPLocalSearchBox.vue
index e04d129f..811f8f7b 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPLocalSearchBox.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPLocalSearchBox.vue
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
 } from 'vue'
 import type { ModalTranslations } from '../../../../types/local-search'
 import { pathToFile } from '../../app/utils'
+import { slash } from '../../shared'
 import { useData } from '../composables/data'
 import { createTranslate } from '../support/translation'
 
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ debouncedWatch(
 )
 
 async function fetchExcerpt(id: string) {
-  const file = pathToFile(id.slice(0, id.indexOf('#')))
+  const file = slash(pathToFile(id.slice(0, id.indexOf('#'))))
   try {
     return { id, mod: await import(/*@vite-ignore*/ file) }
   } catch (e) {
diff --git a/src/node/build/bundle.ts b/src/node/build/bundle.ts
index 7a87a501..654f8b8d 100644
--- a/src/node/build/bundle.ts
+++ b/src/node/build/bundle.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ import {
   type UserConfig as ViteUserConfig
 } from 'vite'
 import type { GetModuleInfo, RollupOutput } from 'rollup'
-import { slash } from '../utils/slash'
 import type { SiteConfig } from '../config'
 import { APP_PATH } from '../alias'
 import { createVitePressPlugin } from '../plugin'
-import { sanitizeFileName } from '../shared'
+import { sanitizeFileName, slash } from '../shared'
 import { buildMPAClient } from './buildMPAClient'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 import { normalizePath } from 'vite'
diff --git a/src/node/build/render.ts b/src/node/build/render.ts
index 4b63535e..b3be8cc9 100644
--- a/src/node/build/render.ts
+++ b/src/node/build/render.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ import {
   notFoundPageData,
   resolveSiteDataByRoute,
   sanitizeFileName,
+  slash,
   type HeadConfig,
   type PageData,
   type SSGContext
 } from '../shared'
-import { slash } from '../utils/slash'
 import { deserializeFunctions } from '../utils/fnSerialize'
 
 export async function renderPage(
diff --git a/src/node/markdownToVue.ts b/src/node/markdownToVue.ts
index 0a67a6c6..056ae1b5 100644
--- a/src/node/markdownToVue.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdownToVue.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,13 @@ import {
   type MarkdownOptions,
   type MarkdownRenderer
 } from './markdown'
-import { EXTERNAL_URL_RE, type HeadConfig, type PageData } from './shared'
+import {
+  EXTERNAL_URL_RE,
+  slash,
+  type HeadConfig,
+  type PageData
+} from './shared'
 import { getGitTimestamp } from './utils/getGitTimestamp'
-import { slash } from './utils/slash'
 
 const debug = _debug('vitepress:md')
 const cache = new LRUCache<string, MarkdownCompileResult>({ max: 1024 })
diff --git a/src/node/plugin.ts b/src/node/plugin.ts
index 86f95293..c6ab131f 100644
--- a/src/node/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/node/plugin.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import path from 'path'
 import c from 'picocolors'
-import { slash } from './utils/slash'
 import type { OutputAsset, OutputChunk } from 'rollup'
 import {
   mergeConfig,
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ import {
 } from './alias'
 import { resolveUserConfig, resolvePages, type SiteConfig } from './config'
 import { clearCache, createMarkdownToVueRenderFn } from './markdownToVue'
-import type { PageDataPayload } from './shared'
+import { slash, type PageDataPayload } from './shared'
 import { staticDataPlugin } from './plugins/staticDataPlugin'
 import { webFontsPlugin } from './plugins/webFontsPlugin'
 import { dynamicRoutesPlugin } from './plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin'
diff --git a/src/node/utils/slash.ts b/src/node/utils/slash.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f06ed939..00000000
--- a/src/node/utils/slash.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-export function slash(p: string): string {
-  return p.replace(/\\/g, '/')
-}
diff --git a/src/shared/shared.ts b/src/shared/shared.ts
index f4fc101c..ceab8587 100644
--- a/src/shared/shared.ts
+++ b/src/shared/shared.ts
@@ -165,3 +165,7 @@ export function sanitizeFileName(name: string): string {
       .replace(/(^|\/)_+(?=[^/]*$)/, '$1')
   )
 }
+
+export function slash(p: string): string {
+  return p.replace(/\\/g, '/')
+}