diff --git a/build/gulp/tasks/docs.ts b/build/gulp/tasks/docs.ts
index e4284d6b4a..0ff09357fc 100644
--- a/build/gulp/tasks/docs.ts
+++ b/build/gulp/tasks/docs.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ const { paths } = config
 const g = require('gulp-load-plugins')()
 const { colors, log, PluginError } = g.util
 
-const handleWatchChange = (path, stats) => log(`File ${path} was changed, running tasks...`)
+const handleWatchChange = path => log(`File ${path} was changed, running tasks...`)
+const handleWatchUnlink = (group, path) => {
+  log(`File ${path} was deleted, running tasks...`)
+  remember.forget(group, path)
+}
 
 // ----------------------------------------
 // Clean
@@ -61,9 +65,9 @@ task(
 // Build
 // ----------------------------------------
 
-const componentsSrc = [`${config.paths.src()}/components/*/[A-Z]*.tsx`]
-const behaviorSrc = [`${config.paths.src()}/lib/accessibility/Behaviors/*/[A-Z]*.ts`]
-const examplesSrc = `${paths.docsSrc()}/examples/*/*/*/index.tsx`
+const componentsSrc = [`${paths.posix.src()}/components/*/[A-Z]*.tsx`]
+const behaviorSrc = [`${paths.posix.src()}/lib/accessibility/Behaviors/*/[A-Z]*.ts`]
+const examplesSrc = `${paths.posix.docsSrc()}/examples/*/*/*/index.tsx`
 const markdownSrc = ['.github/CONTRIBUTING.md', 'specifications/*.md']
 
 task('build:docs:docgen', () =>
@@ -87,6 +91,7 @@ task('build:docs:component-menu-behaviors', () =>
 
 task('build:docs:example-menu', () =>
   src(examplesSrc, { since: lastRun('build:docs:example-menu') })
+    .pipe(remember('example-menu')) // FIXME: with watch this unnecessarily processes index files for all examples
     .pipe(gulpExampleMenu())
     .pipe(dest(paths.docsSrc('exampleMenus'))),
 )
@@ -211,14 +216,13 @@ task('watch:docs', cb => {
   watch(componentsSrc, series('build:docs:docgen')).on('change', handleWatchChange)
 
   // rebuild example menus
-  watch(examplesSrc, series('build:docs:example-menu')).on('change', handleWatchChange)
+  watch(examplesSrc, series('build:docs:example-menu'))
+    .on('change', handleWatchChange)
+    .on('unlink', path => handleWatchUnlink('example-menu', path))
 
   watch(behaviorSrc, series('build:docs:component-menu-behaviors'))
     .on('change', handleWatchChange)
-    .on('unlink', path => {
-      log(`File ${path} was deleted, running tasks...`)
-      remember.forget('component-menu-behaviors', path)
-    })
+    .on('unlink', path => handleWatchUnlink('component-menu-behaviors', path))
 
   // rebuild images
   watch(`${config.paths.src()}/**/*.{png,jpg,gif}`, series('build:docs:images')).on(
diff --git a/config.ts b/config.ts
index d4d6f2bf4a..aaff75c7b1 100644
--- a/config.ts
+++ b/config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as path from 'path'
+import * as _ from 'lodash'
 
 // ------------------------------------
 // Environment vars
@@ -36,8 +37,11 @@ const paths = {
   docsDist: base.bind(null, envConfig.dir_docs_dist),
   docsSrc: base.bind(null, envConfig.dir_docs_src),
   umdDist: base.bind(null, envConfig.dir_umd_dist),
+  posix: undefined, // all the sibling values, but with forward slashes regardless the OS
 }
 
+paths.posix = _.mapValues(paths, func => (...args) => func(...args).replace(/\\/g, '/'))
+
 const config = {
   ...envConfig,
   paths,