diff --git a/browse/src/find-browse.ts b/browse/src/find-browse.ts
index ab9f6a54d..5b0c1742e 100644
--- a/browse/src/find-browse.ts
+++ b/browse/src/find-browse.ts
@@ -8,17 +8,31 @@
 import { accessSync, constants } from 'fs';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { homedir } from 'os';
+import { spawnSync as nodeSpawnSync } from 'child_process';
+
+const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform === 'win32';
 
 // ─── Binary Discovery ───────────────────────────────────────────
 
 function getGitRoot(): string | null {
   try {
+    if (IS_WINDOWS) {
+      const proc = nodeSpawnSync('git', ['rev-parse', '--show-toplevel'], {
+        stdout: 'pipe',
+        stderr: 'pipe',
+        timeout: 2_000,
+        windowsHide: true,
+      });
+      if (proc.error || proc.status !== 0) return null;
+      return proc.stdout.toString().trim() || null;
+    }
     const proc = Bun.spawnSync(['git', 'rev-parse', '--show-toplevel'], {
       stdout: 'pipe',
       stderr: 'pipe',
+      timeout: 2_000,
     });
     if (proc.exitCode !== 0) return null;
-    return proc.stdout.toString().trim();
+    return proc.stdout.toString().trim() || null;
   } catch {
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/browse/test/cli-windows-hide.test.ts b/browse/test/cli-windows-hide.test.ts
index 73e377ec4..3f450bd34 100644
--- a/browse/test/cli-windows-hide.test.ts
+++ b/browse/test/cli-windows-hide.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import * as path from 'node:path';
 const ROOT = path.resolve(import.meta.dir, '..', '..');
 const CLI = path.join(ROOT, 'browse', 'src', 'cli.ts');
 const CONFIG = path.join(ROOT, 'browse', 'src', 'config.ts');
+const FIND_BROWSE = path.join(ROOT, 'browse', 'src', 'find-browse.ts');
 const FILE_PERMISSIONS = path.join(ROOT, 'browse', 'src', 'file-permissions.ts');
 
 function read(filePath: string): string {
@@ -53,6 +54,18 @@ describe('#1784 Windows console flash suppression', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  test('find-browse git probe uses hidden Node spawnSync on Windows and keeps Bun on POSIX', () => {
+    const body = read(FIND_BROWSE);
+    const hiddenGitSpawns = body.match(
+      /nodeSpawnSync\(\s*['"]git['"][\s\S]{0,250}windowsHide:\s*true/g,
+    ) || [];
+    expect(body).toContain("process.platform === 'win32'");
+    expect(hiddenGitSpawns).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(body).toMatch(
+      /Bun\.spawnSync\(\s*\[\s*['"]git['"],\s*['"]rev-parse['"],\s*['"]--show-toplevel['"]/,
+    );
+  });
+
   test('icacls ACL helpers pass windowsHide to execFileSync', () => {
     const body = read(FILE_PERMISSIONS);
     const hiddenIcaclsCalls = body.match(