diff --git a/.run/jadx-gui.run.xml b/.run/jadx-gui.run.xml
index 303a3b49e..ee8eeb6a7 100644
--- a/.run/jadx-gui.run.xml
+++ b/.run/jadx-gui.run.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		<module name="jadx.jadx-gui.main"/>
 		<option name="PROGRAM_PARAMETERS" value="-v"/>
 		<option name="VM_PARAMETERS"
-				value="-Xms128M -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=70.0 -Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd -Dswing.aatext=true -Djava.util.Arrays.useLegacyMergeSort=true -Djdk.util.zip.disableZip64ExtraFieldValidation=true -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -Dsun.java2d.d3d=false -Dsun.java2d.ddforcevram=true -Dsun.java2d.ddblit=false -Dswing.useflipBufferStrategy=True"/>
+				value="-Xms128M -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=70.0 -Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd -Dswing.aatext=true -Djava.util.Arrays.useLegacyMergeSort=true -Djdk.util.zip.disableZip64ExtraFieldValidation=true -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -Dsun.java2d.d3d=false -Dsun.java2d.ddforcevram=true -Dsun.java2d.ddblit=false -Dswing.useflipBufferStrategy=True"/>
 		<method v="2">
 			<option name="Make" enabled="true"/>
 		</method>
diff --git a/jadx-cli/build.gradle.kts b/jadx-cli/build.gradle.kts
index 208ecdcb0..b5a4dc82a 100644
--- a/jadx-cli/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/jadx-cli/build.gradle.kts
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ application {
 			"-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=70.0",
 			// disable zip checks (#1962)
 			"-Djdk.util.zip.disableZip64ExtraFieldValidation=true",
+			// Foreign API access for 'directories' library (Windows only)
+			"--enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED",
 		)
 	applicationDistribution.from("$rootDir") {
 		include("README.md")
diff --git a/jadx-commons/jadx-app-commons/build.gradle.kts b/jadx-commons/jadx-app-commons/build.gradle.kts
index 5b27298ad..b697c5a7e 100644
--- a/jadx-commons/jadx-app-commons/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/jadx-commons/jadx-app-commons/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-	implementation("dev.dirs:directories:26")
+	implementation("io.get-coursier.util:directories-jni:0.1.3")
 }
diff --git a/jadx-commons/jadx-app-commons/src/main/java/jadx/commons/app/JadxCommonFiles.java b/jadx-commons/jadx-app-commons/src/main/java/jadx/commons/app/JadxCommonFiles.java
index f58e8d535..6ef21d44e 100644
--- a/jadx-commons/jadx-app-commons/src/main/java/jadx/commons/app/JadxCommonFiles.java
+++ b/jadx-commons/jadx-app-commons/src/main/java/jadx/commons/app/JadxCommonFiles.java
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import dev.dirs.ProjectDirectories;
+import dev.dirs.impl.Windows;
+import dev.dirs.impl.WindowsPowerShell;
+import dev.dirs.jni.WindowsJni;
 
 public class JadxCommonFiles {
 
@@ -58,11 +61,22 @@ public class JadxCommonFiles {
 
 		private synchronized ProjectDirectories loadDirs() {
 			if (dirs == null) {
-				dirs = ProjectDirectories.from("io.github", "skylot", "jadx");
+				dirs = ProjectDirectories.from("io.github", "skylot", "jadx", DirsLoader::getWinDirs);
 			}
 			return dirs;
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * Return JNI or Foreign implementation
+		 */
+		private static Windows getWinDirs() {
+			Windows defSup = Windows.getDefaultSupplier().get();
+			if (defSup instanceof WindowsPowerShell) {
+				return new WindowsJni();
+			}
+			return defSup;
+		}
+
 		public Path getCacheDir() {
 			return cacheDir;
 		}
diff --git a/jadx-gui/build.gradle.kts b/jadx-gui/build.gradle.kts
index b4612d031..658775881 100644
--- a/jadx-gui/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/jadx-gui/build.gradle.kts
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ application {
 			// needed for ktlint formatter
 			"-XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions",
 			"--add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED",
+			// Foreign API access for 'directories' library (Windows only)
+			"--enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED",
 			// flags to fix UI ghosting (#2225)
 			"-Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true",
 			"-Dsun.java2d.d3d=false",