diff --git a/tests/scripted/check-strings b/tests/scripted/check-strings
index 5504cc588..fe15d908d 100755
--- a/tests/scripted/check-strings
+++ b/tests/scripted/check-strings
@@ -71,19 +71,12 @@ for p in re.findall(r'\[submodule "([^"]+)"\]\s*$', Path('.gitmodules').read_tex
 
 caption('locale')
 
-filenames = set()
 classes_found = set()
 for cur_file in Path('data/locale').glob('*.ts'):
     tree = ElementTree.parse(str(cur_file))
     root = tree.getroot()
-    for location in root.findall('./context/message/location'):
-        filenames.add(location.attrib['filename'])
     for location in root.findall('./context/name'):
         classes_found.add(location.text)
-for f in sorted(filenames):
-    # The files sometimes are relative to data/local and sometimes to the git tree's root...
-    if not Path(f).is_file() and not Path(f'data/locale/{f}').is_file():
-        error('data/locale', f'Source file does not exist: {f}')
 for c in sorted(classes_found):
     if is_our_class(c) and '::' not in c and c not in classes:
         error('data/locale', f'Class does not exist in source code: {c}')
@@ -119,14 +112,14 @@ for theme in sorted([d for d in Path('data/themes').iterdir() if d.is_dir()]):
                         if str(c.value).startswith(GUI_NAMESPACE_PREFIX):
                             classes_in_sheet.add(unscope_classname(stylesheet, c.value))
                         else:
-                            error(str(stylesheet), f"Namespace prefix missing from class {c.value}")
+                            error(stylesheet.as_posix(), f"Namespace prefix missing from class {c.value}")
                     class_found = True
                 # After whitespace or comma comes a new class
                 elif c.type == 'whitespace' or (c.type == 'literal' and c.value == ','):
                     class_found = False
     missing_classes = classes_in_sheet - classes
     for class_in_sheet in sorted(missing_classes):
-        error(str(stylesheet), f'Class does not exist in source code: {class_in_sheet}')
+        error(stylesheet.as_posix(), f'Class does not exist in source code: {class_in_sheet}')
 
 
 caption('patches (checks only plugins/)')
@@ -145,7 +138,7 @@ for cur_file in sorted(Path('.').glob('*/patches/*.patch')):
             if mpath.parent == Path('plugins/LadspaEffect/swh/ladspa/'):
                 mpath = mpath.with_suffix('.xml')
             if not mpath.is_file():
-                error(str(cur_file), f'Source file does not exist: {str(mpath)}')
+                error(cur_file.as_posix(), f'Source file does not exist: {mpath.as_posix()}')
 
 
 caption('debian docs (only one string)')
diff --git a/tests/scripted/verify b/tests/scripted/verify
index 3f6d60103..57c33dc8e 100755
--- a/tests/scripted/verify
+++ b/tests/scripted/verify
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
 import tempfile
 import os
+import sys
 
 
 def set_git_config():
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ def set_git_config():
 def create_file(filename: str, file_content: str):
 	"""Create a file in the current directory and adds it to git"""
 	Path(filename).parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-	with open(filename, "w") as textfile:
+	with open(filename, "w", encoding='utf-8') as textfile:
 		print(file_content, file=textfile)
 	subprocess.run(['git', 'add', filename], check=True)
 
@@ -64,7 +65,10 @@ class ScriptTest():
 
 	def run(self, expected_returncode: int = 1):  # default: something goes wrong ("to the safe side")
 		"""Run the script, check the exit code and store the result"""
-		self.result = subprocess.run([str(self.scriptpath)], capture_output=True, text=True)
+		command = [str(self.scriptpath)]
+		if os.name == 'nt':
+			command.insert(0, sys.executable)
+		self.result = subprocess.run(command, capture_output=True, text=True)
 		print('--->8--- Script output BEGIN --->8---')
 		print(self.result.stdout)
 		print('--->8--- Script output END   --->8---')
@@ -102,22 +106,6 @@ with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
 		test.run(0)  # exitcode 0 - no errors expected
 		test.expect('0 errors')
 
-	with ScriptTest(check_strings) as test:
-		create_file('data/locale/fr.ts',
-					'<?xml version="1.0" ?><!DOCTYPE TS><TS language="de" version="2.1">\n'
-					'    <context>\n'
-					'    <name>TestClass</name>\n'
-					'     <message>\n'
-					'        <location filename="../../src/core/non-existent.cpp" line="20"/>\n'
-					'        <source>About LMMS</source>\n'
-					'        <translation>À propos de LMMS</translation>\n'
-					'    </message>\n'
-					'</context>\n'
-					'</TS>\n')
-		test.run()
-		test.expect('Error: data/locale: Source file does not exist: ../../src/core/non-existent.cpp')
-		test.expect('1 errors')
-
 	with ScriptTest(check_strings) as test:
 		create_file('data/locale/fr.ts',
 					'<?xml version="1.0" ?><!DOCTYPE TS><TS language="de" version="2.1">\n'