diff --git a/apps/launcher/datafilespage.cpp b/apps/launcher/datafilespage.cpp
index 356a15de81..9e812138c8 100644
--- a/apps/launcher/datafilespage.cpp
+++ b/apps/launcher/datafilespage.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <components/navmeshtool/protocol.hpp>
 #include <components/settings/values.hpp>
 #include <components/vfs/bsaarchive.hpp>
+#include <components/vfs/qtconversion.hpp>
 
 #include "utils/profilescombobox.hpp"
 #include "utils/textinputdialog.hpp"
@@ -393,7 +394,7 @@ void Launcher::DataFilesPage::populateFileViews(const QString& contentModelName)
     int row = 0;
     for (const auto& archive : selectedArchives)
     {
-        const auto match = ui.archiveListWidget->findItems(archive.value, Qt::MatchExactly);
+        const auto match = ui.archiveListWidget->findItems(archive.value, Qt::MatchFixedString);
         if (match.isEmpty())
             continue;
         const auto name = match[0]->text();
@@ -889,9 +890,9 @@ void Launcher::DataFilesPage::addArchivesFromDir(const QString& path)
     QStringList archiveFilter{ "*.bsa", "*.ba2" };
     QDir dir(path);
 
-    std::unordered_set<QString> archives;
+    std::unordered_set<VFS::Path::Normalized, VFS::Path::Hash> archives;
     for (int i = 0; i < ui.archiveListWidget->count(); ++i)
-        archives.insert(ui.archiveListWidget->item(i)->text());
+        archives.insert(VFS::Path::normalizedFromQString(ui.archiveListWidget->item(i)->text()));
 
     for (const auto& fileinfo : dir.entryInfoList(archiveFilter))
     {
@@ -901,7 +902,7 @@ void Launcher::DataFilesPage::addArchivesFromDir(const QString& path)
 
         const auto fileName = fileinfo.fileName();
 
-        if (archives.insert(fileName).second)
+        if (archives.insert(VFS::Path::normalizedFromQString(fileName)).second)
             addArchive(fileName, Qt::Unchecked);
     }
 }
diff --git a/components/CMakeLists.txt b/components/CMakeLists.txt
index a326836050..3a0acdae22 100644
--- a/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -554,6 +554,10 @@ if (USE_QT)
         application
         )
 
+    add_component_qt_dir (vfs
+        qtconversion
+        )
+
     QT_WRAP_UI(ESM_UI_HDR ${ESM_UI})
 endif()
 
diff --git a/components/vfs/qtconversion.cpp b/components/vfs/qtconversion.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..472e3dd0b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/vfs/qtconversion.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+#include "qtconversion.hpp"
+
+#include <components/misc/strings/conversion.hpp>
+
+QString VFS::Path::normalizedToQString(NormalizedView path)
+{
+    return QString::fromUtf8(path.value().data(), path.value().size());
+}
+
+QString VFS::Path::normalizedToQString(Normalized&& path)
+{
+    return QString::fromUtf8(path.value().data(), path.value().size());
+}
+
+VFS::Path::Normalized VFS::Path::normalizedFromQString(QStringView path)
+{
+    const auto tmp = path.toUtf8();
+    return Normalized{ tmp };
+}
+
+VFS::Path::Normalized VFS::Path::normalizedFromQString(QString&& path)
+{
+    const auto tmp = path.toUtf8();
+    return Normalized{ tmp };
+}
diff --git a/components/vfs/qtconversion.hpp b/components/vfs/qtconversion.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4ec7ab1a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/vfs/qtconversion.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef COMPONENTS_VFS_QTCONVERSION_HPP
+#define COMPONENTS_VFS_QTCONVERSION_HPP
+
+#include <QString>
+
+#include "pathutil.hpp"
+
+namespace VFS::Path
+{
+    QString normalizedToQString(NormalizedView path);
+
+    QString normalizedToQString(Normalized&& path);
+
+    Normalized normalizedFromQString(QStringView path);
+
+    Normalized normalizedFromQString(QString&& path);
+}
+
+#endif // COMPONENTS_VFS_QTCONVERSION_HPP