diff --git a/packages/env/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/env/CHANGELOG.md
index d69eea93d50ab..c97e2d48fb917 100644
--- a/packages/env/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/env/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 -   Support using double dashes in `wp-env run ...` to pass arguments that would otherwise be consumed by `wp-env`. For example, while normally `--help` would provide the `wp-env` help text, if you use `npx wp-env run cli php -- --help` you will see the PHP help text.
 -   Validate whether or not config options exist to prevent accidentally including ones that don't.
 
+### Bug fix
+
+-   Support Windows without requiring the use of WSL.
+
 ## 7.0.0 (2023-05-10)
 
 ### Breaking Change
diff --git a/packages/env/lib/commands/run.js b/packages/env/lib/commands/run.js
index 8feadfa98eda3..def29b6523139 100644
--- a/packages/env/lib/commands/run.js
+++ b/packages/env/lib/commands/run.js
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ function spawnCommandDirectly( config, container, command, envCwd, spinner ) {
 	// to interact with the files mounted from the host.
 	const hostUser = getHostUser();
 
-	// We need to pass absolute paths to the container.
-	envCwd = path.resolve(
+	// Since Docker requires absolute paths, we should resolve the input to a POSIX path.
+	// This is needed because Windows resolves relative paths from the C: drive.
+	envCwd = path.posix.resolve(
 		// Not all containers have the same starting working directory.
 		container === 'mysql' || container === 'tests-mysql'
 			? '/'
diff --git a/packages/env/lib/config/parse-config.js b/packages/env/lib/config/parse-config.js
index 064ec368c31c1..743db97896344 100644
--- a/packages/env/lib/config/parse-config.js
+++ b/packages/env/lib/config/parse-config.js
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ const DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_CONFIG = {
 	testsPort: 8889,
 	mappings: {},
 	config: {
+		FS_METHOD: 'direct',
 		WP_DEBUG: true,
 		SCRIPT_DEBUG: true,
 		WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE: 'local',
@@ -233,7 +234,10 @@ async function getDefaultConfig(
 		env: {
 			development: {},
 			tests: {
-				config: { WP_DEBUG: false, SCRIPT_DEBUG: false },
+				config: {
+					WP_DEBUG: false,
+					SCRIPT_DEBUG: false,
+				},
 			},
 		},
 	};
diff --git a/packages/env/lib/config/test/__snapshots__/config-integration.js.snap b/packages/env/lib/config/test/__snapshots__/config-integration.js.snap
index d9d0883589aff..53a2d652c740f 100644
--- a/packages/env/lib/config/test/__snapshots__/config-integration.js.snap
+++ b/packages/env/lib/config/test/__snapshots__/config-integration.js.snap
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ exports[`Config Integration should load local and override configuration files 1
   "env": {
     "development": {
       "config": {
+        "FS_METHOD": "direct",
         "SCRIPT_DEBUG": true,
         "WP_DEBUG": true,
         "WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE": "local",
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ exports[`Config Integration should load local and override configuration files 1
     },
     "tests": {
       "config": {
+        "FS_METHOD": "direct",
         "SCRIPT_DEBUG": false,
         "WP_DEBUG": false,
         "WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE": "local",
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ exports[`Config Integration should load local configuration file 1`] = `
   "env": {
     "development": {
       "config": {
+        "FS_METHOD": "direct",
         "SCRIPT_DEBUG": true,
         "WP_DEBUG": true,
         "WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE": "local",
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ exports[`Config Integration should load local configuration file 1`] = `
     },
     "tests": {
       "config": {
+        "FS_METHOD": "direct",
         "SCRIPT_DEBUG": false,
         "WP_DEBUG": false,
         "WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE": "local",
@@ -150,6 +154,7 @@ exports[`Config Integration should use default configuration 1`] = `
   "env": {
     "development": {
       "config": {
+        "FS_METHOD": "direct",
         "SCRIPT_DEBUG": true,
         "WP_DEBUG": true,
         "WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE": "local",
@@ -177,6 +182,7 @@ exports[`Config Integration should use default configuration 1`] = `
     },
     "tests": {
       "config": {
+        "FS_METHOD": "direct",
         "SCRIPT_DEBUG": false,
         "WP_DEBUG": false,
         "WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE": "local",
@@ -221,6 +227,7 @@ exports[`Config Integration should use environment variables over local and over
   "env": {
     "development": {
       "config": {
+        "FS_METHOD": "direct",
         "SCRIPT_DEBUG": true,
         "WP_DEBUG": true,
         "WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE": "local",
@@ -249,6 +256,7 @@ exports[`Config Integration should use environment variables over local and over
     },
     "tests": {
       "config": {
+        "FS_METHOD": "direct",
         "SCRIPT_DEBUG": false,
         "WP_DEBUG": false,
         "WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE": "local",
diff --git a/packages/env/lib/config/test/parse-config.js b/packages/env/lib/config/test/parse-config.js
index 5052199a983d5..0e71f57f56fc2 100644
--- a/packages/env/lib/config/test/parse-config.js
+++ b/packages/env/lib/config/test/parse-config.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
 	pluginSources: [],
 	themeSources: [],
 	config: {
+		FS_METHOD: 'direct',
 		WP_DEBUG: true,
 		SCRIPT_DEBUG: true,
 		WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE: 'local',
diff --git a/packages/env/lib/get-host-user.js b/packages/env/lib/get-host-user.js
index 7c7f095de1715..79104fa2e9838 100644
--- a/packages/env/lib/get-host-user.js
+++ b/packages/env/lib/get-host-user.js
@@ -13,14 +13,10 @@ module.exports = function getHostUser() {
 	const hostUser = os.userInfo();
 
 	// On Windows the uid and gid will be -1. Since there isn't a great way to handle this,
-	// we're just going to say that the host user is root. On Windows you'll likely be
-	// using WSL to run commands inside the container, which has a uid and gid. If
-	// you aren't, you'll be mounting directories from Windows, to a Linux
-	// VM (Docker Desktop uses one), to the guest OS. I assume that
-	// when dealing with this configuration that file ownership
-	// has the same kind of magic handling that macOS uses.
-	const uid = ( hostUser.uid === -1 ? 0 : hostUser.uid ).toString();
-	const gid = ( hostUser.gid === -1 ? 0 : hostUser.gid ).toString();
+	// we're just going to assign them to 1000. Docker Desktop already takes care of
+	// permission-related issues using magic, so this should be fine.
+	const uid = ( hostUser.uid === -1 ? 1000 : hostUser.uid ).toString();
+	const gid = ( hostUser.gid === -1 ? 1000 : hostUser.gid ).toString();
 
 	return {
 		name: hostUser.username,
diff --git a/packages/env/lib/init-config.js b/packages/env/lib/init-config.js
index 4a573c97aae7e..ee26ade75c665 100644
--- a/packages/env/lib/init-config.js
+++ b/packages/env/lib/init-config.js
@@ -202,15 +202,20 @@ RUN apt-get -qy install $PHPIZE_DEPS && touch /usr/local/etc/php/php.ini
 
 # Set up sudo so they can have root access.
 RUN apt-get -qy install sudo
-RUN echo "$HOST_USERNAME ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers`;
+RUN echo "#$HOST_UID ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers`;
 			break;
 		}
 		case 'cli': {
 			dockerFileContent += `
+# Make sure we're working with the latest packages.
 RUN apk update
+
+# Install some basic PHP dependencies.
 RUN apk --no-cache add $PHPIZE_DEPS && touch /usr/local/etc/php/php.ini
+
+# Set up sudo so they can have root access.
 RUN apk --no-cache add sudo linux-headers
-RUN echo "$HOST_USERNAME ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers`;
+RUN echo "#$HOST_UID ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers`;
 			break;
 		}
 		default: {
@@ -238,8 +243,8 @@ RUN rm /tmp/composer-setup.php`;
 	// Install any Composer packages we might need globally.
 	// Make sure to do this as the user and ensure the binaries are available in the $PATH.
 	dockerFileContent += `
-USER $HOST_USERNAME
-ENV PATH="\${PATH}:/home/$HOST_USERNAME/.composer/vendor/bin"
+USER $HOST_UID:$HOST_GID
+ENV PATH="\${PATH}:~/.composer/vendor/bin"
 RUN composer global require --dev yoast/phpunit-polyfills:"^1.0"
 USER root`;