=BG= windows specific bug: plugin file paths with \\ instead of \

Author: bguiz

lib/test/karma.js

@@ -49,7 +49,15 @@ function getKarmaReporterPluginPath(reporterName) {
       require(reporterPath);
     }
     catch (ex) {
-      throw 'Get Karma Reporter Plugin Path: Attempt to require reporter from path ' + reporterPath + ' with no success.';
+      throw 'Get Karma Reporter Plugin Path: Attempt to require reporter from path ' +
+        reporterPath + ' with no success.';
+    }
+    reporterPath = path.normalize(reporterPath);
+    //quirk: nodejs identifies all windows (both win32 and win64) as win32
+    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+      //replace any single backslash characters in file paths with
+      //double backslash on windows; neither path.normalize nor path.resolve do this
+      reporterPath = reporterPath.replace( /\\/g , '\\\\' );
     }
     return reporterPath;
   }