diff --git a/modules/lang/org/config.el b/modules/lang/org/config.el
index ac29e423a..28e8d9025 100644
--- a/modules/lang/org/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/org/config.el
@@ -1302,8 +1302,24 @@ between the two."
   (defadvice! +org--server-visit-files-a (fn files &rest args)
     "Advise `server-visit-files' to load `org-protocol' lazily."
     :around #'server-visit-files
-    (if (not (cl-loop for var in files
-                      if (string-match-p "://" (car var))
+    (if (not (cl-loop with protocol =
+                      (if IS-WINDOWS
+                          ;; On Windows, the file arguments for `emacsclient'
+                          ;; get funnelled through `expand-file-path' by
+                          ;; `server-process-filter'. This substitutes
+                          ;; backslashes with forward slashes and converts each
+                          ;; path to an absolute one. However, *all* absolute
+                          ;; paths on Windows will match the regexp ":/+", so we
+                          ;; need a more discerning regexp.
+                          (regexp-quote
+                           (or (bound-and-true-p org-protocol-the-protocol)
+                               "org-protocol"))
+                        ;; ...but since there is a miniscule possibility users
+                        ;; have changed `org-protocol-the-protocol' I don't want
+                        ;; this behavior for macOS/Linux users.
+                        "")
+                      for var in files
+                      if (string-match-p (format "%s:/+" protocol) (car var))
                       return t))
         (apply fn files args)
       (require 'org-protocol)