diff --git a/scripts/link-in-starter.ts b/scripts/link-in-starter.ts
index ed794a88..3c9c84eb 100644
--- a/scripts/link-in-starter.ts
+++ b/scripts/link-in-starter.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,33 @@ import * as child_process from "child_process";
 import * as fs from "fs";
 import { join } from "path";
 import { startRebuildOnSrcChange } from "./startRebuildOnSrcChange";
+import { crawl } from "../src/bin/tools/crawl";
+
+{
+    const dirPath = "node_modules";
+
+    try {
+        fs.rmSync(dirPath, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    } catch {
+        // NOTE: This is a workaround for windows
+        // we can't remove locked executables.
+
+        crawl({
+            dirPath,
+            returnedPathsType: "absolute"
+        }).forEach(filePath => {
+            try {
+                fs.rmSync(filePath, { force: true });
+            } catch (error) {
+                if (filePath.endsWith(".exe")) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                throw error;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}
 
-fs.rmSync("node_modules", { recursive: true, force: true });
 fs.rmSync("dist", { recursive: true, force: true });
 fs.rmSync(".yarn_home", { recursive: true, force: true });