diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml
index 7c0bbc3a86..5f128f7df6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
         with:
-          ref: refs/pull/${{ github.event.issue.number }}/merge
+          ref: ${{ github.event.issue.pull_request.head.sha }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - run: corepack enable
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/.gitignore b/packages/nuxt/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95c0486757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nuxt/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+src/app/components/error-404.vue
+src/app/components/error-500.vue
+src/app/components/error-dev.vue
+src/app/components/welcome.vue
+src/core/runtime/nitro/error-500.ts
+src/core/runtime/nitro/error-dev.ts
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/error-404.vue b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/error-404.vue
deleted file mode 120000
index c2b73ea4bf..0000000000
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/error-404.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../ui-templates/dist/templates/error-404.vue
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/error-500.vue b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/error-500.vue
deleted file mode 120000
index 8d3d1c8b9d..0000000000
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/error-500.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../ui-templates/dist/templates/error-500.vue
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/error-dev.vue b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/error-dev.vue
deleted file mode 120000
index b793df3c2f..0000000000
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/error-dev.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../ui-templates/dist/templates/error-dev.vue
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/welcome.vue b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/welcome.vue
deleted file mode 120000
index e2e9ab51e4..0000000000
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/welcome.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../ui-templates/dist/templates/welcome.vue
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/error-500.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/error-500.ts
deleted file mode 120000
index 7c4f86d19f..0000000000
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/error-500.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../../ui-templates/dist/templates/error-500.ts
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/error-dev.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/error-dev.ts
deleted file mode 120000
index b14fdaa625..0000000000
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/error-dev.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../../ui-templates/dist/templates/error-dev.ts
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/ui-templates/lib/render.ts b/packages/ui-templates/lib/render.ts
index 34ba7c189c..27f0c3bf4a 100644
--- a/packages/ui-templates/lib/render.ts
+++ b/packages/ui-templates/lib/render.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 import { readFileSync, rmdirSync, unlinkSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { copyFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import { basename, dirname, join, resolve } from 'pathe'
 import type { Plugin } from 'vite'
 // @ts-expect-error https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/critters/pull/151
@@ -167,6 +168,15 @@ export const RenderPlugin = () => {
         unlinkSync(fileName)
         rmdirSync(dirname(fileName))
       }
+
+      // we manually copy files across rather than using symbolic links for better windows support
+      const nuxtRoot = r('../nuxt')
+      for (const file of ['error-404.vue', 'error-500.vue', 'error-dev.vue', 'welcome.vue']) {
+        await copyFile(r(`dist/templates/${file}`), join(nuxtRoot, 'src/app/components', file))
+      }
+      for (const file of ['error-500.ts', 'error-dev.ts']) {
+        await copyFile(r(`dist/templates/${file}`), join(nuxtRoot, 'src/core/runtime/nitro', file))
+      }
     },
   }
 }