diff --git a/packages/sandcastle/scripts/buildGallery.js b/packages/sandcastle/scripts/buildGallery.js
index eaa1dceeafb..16d5e0cca41 100644
--- a/packages/sandcastle/scripts/buildGallery.js
+++ b/packages/sandcastle/scripts/buildGallery.js
@@ -118,8 +118,17 @@ export async function buildGalleryList(options = {}) {
   };
 
   const galleryFiles = await globby(
-    galleryFilesPattern.map((pattern) => join(rootDirectory, pattern, "**/*")),
+    galleryFilesPattern.map((pattern) =>
+      // globby can only work with paths using '/' but node on windows uses '\'
+      // convert them right before passing to globby to ensure all joins work as expected
+      join(rootDirectory, pattern, "**/*").replaceAll("\\", "/"),
+    ),
   );
+  if (galleryFiles.length === 0) {
+    console.warn(
+      "Did not find any gallery files. Please check the configuration is correct",
+    );
+  }
   const yamlFiles = galleryFiles.filter((path) =>
     basename(path).match(galleryItemConfig),
   );
diff --git a/packages/sandcastle/scripts/typescriptCompile.js b/packages/sandcastle/scripts/typescriptCompile.js
index 22d667f485e..7c6a8a5c5a5 100644
--- a/packages/sandcastle/scripts/typescriptCompile.js
+++ b/packages/sandcastle/scripts/typescriptCompile.js
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
  * @returns {number} exit code from the tsc command
  */
 export default async function typescriptCompile(configPath) {
-  const tsPath = import.meta.resolve("typescript");
-  const binPath = fileURLToPath(join(tsPath, "../../bin/tsc"));
+  const tsPath = fileURLToPath(import.meta.resolve("typescript"));
+  const binPath = join(tsPath, "../../bin/tsc");
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const ls = spawn(binPath, ["-p", configPath]);
 
diff --git a/scripts/buildSandcastle.js b/scripts/buildSandcastle.js
index f8a917b7b3e..fff83105220 100644
--- a/scripts/buildSandcastle.js
+++ b/scripts/buildSandcastle.js
@@ -10,15 +10,6 @@ import { buildGalleryList } from "../packages/sandcastle/scripts/buildGallery.js
 const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const projectRoot = join(__dirname, "..");
 
-// async function importSandcastleBuildFunctions() {
-//   // Import asynchronously, for now, because this script is not included or run in the release zip;
-//   const buildGalleryScriptPath = join(
-//     __dirname,
-//     "../packages/sandcastle/index.js",
-//   );
-//   return await import(pathToFileURL(buildGalleryScriptPath).href);
-// }
-
 /**
  * Parses Sandcastle config file and returns its values.
  * @returns {Promise<Record<string,any>>} A promise that resolves to the config values.
@@ -52,10 +43,7 @@ export async function buildSandcastleApp({
   outputToBuildDir,
   includeDevelopment,
 }) {
-  // const { join, dirname } = path;
   const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
-  // const { createSandcastleConfig, buildStatic } =
-  //   await importSandcastleBuildFunctions();
   const version = await getVersion();
   let config;
   if (outputToBuildDir) {
@@ -168,8 +156,6 @@ export async function buildSandcastleGallery({
     metadata,
   } = gallery ?? {};
 
-  // const { buildGalleryList } = await importSandcastleBuildFunctions();
-
   await buildGalleryList({
     rootDirectory,
     publicDirectory: outputDir,