`CreateDirectoryW()` chokes on absolute paths that contain `..` example: "C:\\workspace\\..\\games\\assets" Simplifying the path before creating the dir fixes this. (cherry picked from commit 0d3d5ac76983de35b8c1dddd65a4c2f8be74d555)
(cherry picked from commit 40325006b6c08c32b3db9dfd901e54d44b9d4dc3)
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