ng <command> 0.8.0-beta.3 is broken on windows

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Versions

λ ng --version

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   / △ \ | '_ \ / _` | | | | |/ _` | '__|   | |   | |    | |
  / ___ \| | | | (_| | |_| | | (_| | |      | |___| |___ | |
 /_/   \_\_| |_|\__, |\__,_|_|\__,_|_|       \____|_____|___|
                |___/


Angular CLI: 6.2.0-beta.3
Node: 8.9.1
OS: win32 x64
Angular:
...

Package                      Version
------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect    0.8.0-beta.3
@angular-devkit/core         0.8.0-beta.3
@angular-devkit/schematics   0.8.0-beta.3
@schematics/angular          0.8.0-beta.3
@schematics/update           0.8.0-beta.3
rxjs                         6.2.2
typescript                   2.9.2

Repro steps

The latest beta version (0.8.0-beta.3) is broken on windows

npm i -g @angular/cli@next

Use any command example ng --version

The log given by the failure

λ ng --version
ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'c:\C\ProgramData\nvm\v8.9.1\node_modules\@angular\cli\commands\version.json'
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'c:\C\ProgramData\nvm\v8.9.1\node_modules\@angular\cli\commands\version.json'
    at Object.fs.openSync (fs.js:646:18)
    at Object.fs.readFileSync (fs.js:551:33)
    at findCommand (C:\ProgramData\nvm\v8.9.1\node_modules\@angular\cli\models\command-runner.js:302:31)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\ProgramData\nvm\v8.9.1\node_modules\@angular\cli\models\command-runner.js:80:31)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at C:\ProgramData\nvm\v8.9.1\node_modules\@angular\cli\models\command-runner.js:14:71
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at __awaiter (C:\ProgramData\nvm\v8.9.1\node_modules\@angular\cli\models\command-runner.js:10:12)
    at Object.runCommand (C:\ProgramData\nvm\v8.9.1\node_modules\@angular\cli\models\command-runner.js:51:12)
    at C:\ProgramData\nvm\v8.9.1\node_modules\@angular\cli\lib\cli\index.js:38:58

Desired functionality

it works

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This issue is related to the normalization of paths which fs is unable to read

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