diff --git a/plugin/commands/auto_set_syntax_download_guesslang_server.py b/plugin/commands/auto_set_syntax_download_guesslang_server.py
index 6823dd08..1fc2c8ff 100644
--- a/plugin/commands/auto_set_syntax_download_guesslang_server.py
+++ b/plugin/commands/auto_set_syntax_download_guesslang_server.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from ..guesslang.server import GuesslangServer
 from ..settings import get_merged_plugin_setting
 from ..shared import G
-from ..utils import first_true
+from ..utils import first_true, rmtree_ex
 
 PathLike = Union[Path, str]
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def _worker(cls) -> None:
             server.stop()
             time.sleep(1)  # wait for stopping the server
 
-        shutil.rmtree(GuesslangServer.SERVER_DIR, ignore_errors=True)
+        rmtree_ex(GuesslangServer.SERVER_DIR, ignore_errors=True)
 
         try:
             cls._prepare_bin()
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ def _prepare_bin() -> None:
         # move the decompressed folder one level up
         guesslang_server_dir = folder.parent
         tmp_dir = guesslang_server_dir.parent / ".tmp"
-        shutil.rmtree(tmp_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+        rmtree_ex(tmp_dir, ignore_errors=True)
         folder.replace(tmp_dir)
-        shutil.rmtree(guesslang_server_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+        rmtree_ex(guesslang_server_dir, ignore_errors=True)
         tmp_dir.replace(guesslang_server_dir)
         # cleanup
         zip_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
diff --git a/plugin/guesslang/server.py b/plugin/guesslang/server.py
index 729a7c9c..7925cd03 100644
--- a/plugin/guesslang/server.py
+++ b/plugin/guesslang/server.py
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ def __init__(self, host: str, port: int) -> None:
 
     def start(self) -> bool:
         """Starts the guesslang server and return whether it starts."""
-        node_path, node_args = parse_node_path_args()
-        if not node_path:
+        if not (node_info := parse_node_path_args()):
             Logger.log("❌ Node.js binary is not found or not executable")
             return False
+        node_path, node_args = node_info
         Logger.log(f"✔ Use Node.js binary ({node_path}) and args ({node_args})")
 
         try:
@@ -98,13 +98,13 @@ def _start_process(
         )
 
 
-def parse_node_path_args() -> tuple[str | None, list[str]]:
+def parse_node_path_args() -> tuple[str, list[str]] | None:
     for node, args in (
         (
             get_merged_plugin_setting("guesslang.node_bin"),
             get_merged_plugin_setting("guesslang.node_bin_args"),
         ),
-        (R"${lsp_utils_node_bin}", []),
+        ("${lsp_utils_node_bin}", []),
         (shutil.which("electron"), []),
         (shutil.which("node"), []),
         (shutil.which("code"), ["--ms-enable-electron-run-as-node"]),  # VSCode
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def parse_node_path_args() -> tuple[str | None, list[str]]:
     ):
         if (node := expand_variables(node)) and is_executable(node):
             return (node, args)
-    return (None, [])
+    return None
 
 
 def is_executable(path: str | Path) -> bool:
diff --git a/plugin/utils.py b/plugin/utils.py
index b6473820..21c6f25c 100644
--- a/plugin/utils.py
+++ b/plugin/utils.py
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 
 import inspect
 import operator
+import os
 import re
+import shutil
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import threading
@@ -456,6 +458,18 @@ def str_finditer(content: str, substr: str) -> Generator[int, None, None]:
         idx += len(substr)
 
 
+def rmtree_ex(path: str | Path, ignore_errors: bool = False, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+    """
+    Same with `shutil.rmtree` but with a workaround for long path on Windows.
+
+    @see https://stackoverflow.com/a/14076169/4643765
+    @see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/maximum-file-path-limitation
+    """
+    if os.name == "nt" and (path := Path(path)).is_absolute():
+        path = R"\\?\{}".format(path)
+    shutil.rmtree(path, ignore_errors, **kwargs)
+
+
 def stringify(obj: Any) -> str:
     """Custom object-to-string converter. Just used for debug messages."""
     if isinstance(obj, sublime.View):