diff --git a/src/common/utils/string.hpp b/src/common/utils/string.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a03d7b45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/utils/string.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <string>
+#include <ranges>
+#include <cwctype>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+namespace utils::string
+{
+	inline char char_to_lower(const char val)
+	{
+		return static_cast<char>(std::tolower(static_cast<unsigned char>(val)));
+	}
+
+	inline wchar_t char_to_lower(const wchar_t val)
+	{
+		return std::towlower(val);
+	}
+
+	template <class Elem, class Traits, class Alloc>
+	void to_lower_inplace(std::basic_string<Elem, Traits, Alloc>& str)
+	{
+		std::ranges::transform(str, str.begin(), [](const Elem e)
+		{
+			return char_to_lower(e);
+		});
+	}
+
+	template <class Elem, class Traits, class Alloc>
+	std::basic_string<Elem, Traits, Alloc> to_lower(std::basic_string<Elem, Traits, Alloc> str)
+	{
+		to_lower_inplace(str);
+		return str;
+	}
+
+	template <class Elem, class Traits, class Alloc>
+	std::basic_string<Elem, Traits, Alloc> to_lower_consume(std::basic_string<Elem, Traits, Alloc>& str)
+	{
+		return to_lower(std::move(str));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/windows-emulator/module/module_manager.cpp b/src/windows-emulator/module/module_manager.cpp
index ca5f4412..42e367f8 100644
--- a/src/windows-emulator/module/module_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/windows-emulator/module/module_manager.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,22 @@
 #include "module_mapping.hpp"
 #include "windows-emulator/logger.hpp"
 
+namespace
+{
+	std::filesystem::path canonicalize_module_path(const std::filesystem::path& file)
+	{
+		constexpr std::u16string_view nt_prefix = u"\\??\\";
+		const auto wide_file = file.u16string();
+
+		if (!wide_file.starts_with(nt_prefix))
+		{
+			return canonical(absolute(file));
+		}
+
+		return canonicalize_module_path(wide_file.substr(nt_prefix.size()));
+	}
+}
+
 static void serialize(utils::buffer_serializer& buffer, const exported_symbol& sym)
 {
 	buffer.write(sym.name);
@@ -52,7 +68,7 @@ module_manager::module_manager(emulator& emu)
 
 mapped_module* module_manager::map_module(const std::filesystem::path& file, logger& logger)
 {
-	const auto canonical_file = canonical(absolute(file));
+	const auto canonical_file = canonicalize_module_path(file);
 
 	for (auto& mod : this->modules_)
 	{
diff --git a/src/windows-emulator/registry/hive_parser.cpp b/src/windows-emulator/registry/hive_parser.cpp
index e9825f3e..a71f7b2f 100644
--- a/src/windows-emulator/registry/hive_parser.cpp
+++ b/src/windows-emulator/registry/hive_parser.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "hive_parser.hpp"
+#include <utils/string.hpp>
 
 // Based on this implementation: https://github.com/reahly/windows-hive-parser
 
@@ -130,11 +131,6 @@ namespace
 			throw std::runtime_error("Bad hive file '" + file_path.string() + "': " + e.what());
 		}
 	}
-
-	char char_to_lower(const char val)
-	{
-		return static_cast<char>(std::tolower(static_cast<unsigned char>(val)));
-	}
 }
 
 const hive_value* hive_key::get_value(std::ifstream& file, const std::string_view name)
@@ -188,7 +184,7 @@ void hive_key::parse(std::ifstream& file)
 			raw_value.data_offset = offset + static_cast<int>(offsetof(value_block_t, offset));
 		}
 
-		std::ranges::transform(value_name, value_name.begin(), char_to_lower);
+		utils::string::to_lower_inplace(value_name);
 		this->values_[std::move(value_name)] = std::move(raw_value);
 	}
 
@@ -211,7 +207,7 @@ void hive_key::parse(std::ifstream& file)
 		const auto subkey = read_file_object<key_block_t>(file, subkey_block_offset);
 
 		std::string subkey_name(subkey.name, std::min(subkey.len, static_cast<short>(sizeof(subkey.name))));
-		std::ranges::transform(subkey_name, subkey_name.begin(), char_to_lower);
+		utils::string::to_lower_inplace(subkey_name);
 
 		this->sub_keys_.emplace(std::move(subkey_name), hive_key{subkey.subkeys, subkey.value_count, subkey.offsets});
 	}
diff --git a/src/windows-emulator/registry/registry_manager.cpp b/src/windows-emulator/registry/registry_manager.cpp
index 193bf65a..9947035e 100644
--- a/src/windows-emulator/registry/registry_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/windows-emulator/registry/registry_manager.cpp
@@ -1,25 +1,16 @@
 #include "registry_manager.hpp"
 
-#include <cwctype>
 #include <serialization_helper.hpp>
 
 #include "hive_parser.hpp"
+#include <utils/string.hpp>
 
 namespace
 {
-	void string_to_lower(std::string& str)
-	{
-		std::ranges::transform(str, str.begin(), [](const char val)
-		{
-			return static_cast<char>(std::tolower(static_cast<unsigned char>(val)));
-		});
-	}
-
 	std::filesystem::path canonicalize_path(const std::filesystem::path& key)
 	{
 		auto path = key.lexically_normal().wstring();
-		std::ranges::transform(path, path.begin(), std::towlower);
-		return {std::move(path)};
+		return utils::string::to_lower_consume(path);
 	}
 
 	bool is_subpath(const std::filesystem::path& root, const std::filesystem::path& p)
@@ -144,7 +135,7 @@ std::optional<registry_key> registry_manager::get_key(const std::filesystem::pat
 
 std::optional<registry_value> registry_manager::get_value(const registry_key& key, std::string name)
 {
-	string_to_lower(name);
+	utils::string::to_lower_inplace(name);
 
 	const auto iterator = this->hives_.find(key.hive);
 	if (iterator == this->hives_.end())