diff --git a/apps/app-frontend/src/pages/Browse.vue b/apps/app-frontend/src/pages/Browse.vue
index e2a43c65e..ab6b796f4 100644
--- a/apps/app-frontend/src/pages/Browse.vue
+++ b/apps/app-frontend/src/pages/Browse.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script setup>
-import { computed, nextTick, ref, readonly, shallowRef, watch, onUnmounted } from 'vue'
+import { computed, nextTick, ref, readonly, shallowRef, watch } from 'vue'
 import { ClearIcon, SearchIcon, ClientIcon, ServerIcon, XIcon } from '@modrinth/assets'
 import {
   Pagination,
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import { useBreadcrumbs } from '@/store/breadcrumbs'
 import { get_categories, get_loaders, get_game_versions } from '@/helpers/tags'
 import { useRoute, useRouter } from 'vue-router'
 import SearchCard from '@/components/ui/SearchCard.vue'
-import SplashScreen from '@/components/ui/SplashScreen.vue'
 import { get as getInstance, get_projects as getInstanceProjects } from '@/helpers/profile.js'
 import { convertFileSrc } from '@tauri-apps/api/tauri'
 import { get_search_results } from '@/helpers/cache.js'
@@ -724,7 +723,7 @@ const isModProject = computed(() => ['modpack', 'mod'].includes(projectType.valu
         class="pagination-before"
         @switch-page="onSearchChange"
       />
-      <SplashScreen v-if="loading" />
+      <section v-if="loading" class="offline">Loading...</section>
       <section v-else-if="offline && results.total_hits === 0" class="offline">
         You are currently offline. Connect to the internet to browse Modrinth!
       </section>
diff --git a/packages/app-lib/src/state/dirs.rs b/packages/app-lib/src/state/dirs.rs
index e70e70b90..8ae5cc93c 100644
--- a/packages/app-lib/src/state/dirs.rs
+++ b/packages/app-lib/src/state/dirs.rs
@@ -221,9 +221,19 @@ impl DirectoryInfo {
 
                 #[cfg(windows)]
                 {
-                    use std::os::windows::fs::MetadataExt;
-                    Ok(old_dir.metadata()?.volume_serial_number()
-                        == new_dir.metadata()?.volume_serial_number())
+                    let old_dir = crate::util::io::canonicalize(old_dir)?;
+                    let new_dir = crate::util::io::canonicalize(new_dir)?;
+
+                    let old_component = old_dir.components().next();
+                    let new_component = new_dir.components().next();
+
+                    match (old_component, new_component) {
+                        (
+                            Some(std::path::Component::Prefix(old)),
+                            Some(std::path::Component::Prefix(new)),
+                        ) => Ok(old.as_os_str() == new.as_os_str()),
+                        _ => Ok(false),
+                    }
                 }
             }