diff --git a/sqflite_common_ffi/lib/src/windows/setup.dart b/sqflite_common_ffi/lib/src/windows/setup.dart
index f8e69729..ef4786ce 100644
--- a/sqflite_common_ffi/lib/src/windows/setup.dart
+++ b/sqflite_common_ffi/lib/src/windows/setup.dart
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void windowsInit() {
   sqlite3.openInMemory().dispose();
 }
 
-/// Find sqflite_common_ffi path
+/// Find sqflite_common_ffi path from a repository path
 ///
 /// Return null if not found
 String? findPackageLibPath(String path) {
@@ -60,29 +60,77 @@ String? findPackageLibPath(String path) {
   return null;
 }
 
+/// Secret trick to find the windows dll path from a given path
+/// It looks for a parent (or same directory) pubspec.lock file
+/// to resolve the sqflite_common_ffi package
+String? findWindowsSqlite3DllPathFromPath(String path) {
+  try {
+    path = normalize(absolute(path));
+    var packageTopPath = findCurrentPackageTopPath(path);
+    if (packageTopPath != null) {
+      var libPath = findPackageLibPath(packageTopPath);
+      if (libPath != null) {
+        var sqlite3DllPath = packageGetSqlite3DllPath(libPath);
+        if (File(sqlite3DllPath).existsSync()) {
+          return sqlite3DllPath;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  } catch (_) {}
+  return null;
+}
+
+///
+/// checking recursively to find a valid parent directory
+///
+String? pathFindTopLevelPath(String path,
+    {required bool Function(String path) pathIsTopLevel}) {
+  path = normalize(absolute(path));
+  String parent;
+  while (true) {
+    if (FileSystemEntity.isDirectorySync(path)) {
+      if (pathIsTopLevel(path)) {
+        return path;
+      }
+    }
+    parent = dirname(path);
+    if (parent == path) {
+      break;
+    }
+    path = parent;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+/// Look for pubspec.lock file
+/// Which seems the safest to handle package in global pub too
+String? findCurrentPackageTopPath(String path) {
+  return pathFindTopLevelPath(path, pathIsTopLevel: (path) {
+    var lockFile = File(join(path, 'pubspec.lock'));
+    if (lockFile.existsSync()) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  });
+}
+
 /// Compat
 String? findWindowsDllPath() => findWindowsSqlite3DllPath();
 
 /// Find windows dll path.
 String? findWindowsSqlite3DllPath() {
-  var location = findPackageLibPath(Directory.current.path);
-  if (location == null) {
-    // Try to handle when using global run
-    // When using `global run` we might not be able to find the lib path.
-    // Try from the script
-    // when running using global run: file:///C:/oxxxdevx/git/github.com/tekartik/sqflite/packages/console_test_app/.dart_tool/pub/bin/sqflite_ffi_console_test_app/sqflite_ffi_simple_bin.dart-2.19.0.snapshot
-    // when running normally:  C:\xxx\devx\git\github.com\tekartik\sqflite\packages\console_test_app\bin\sqflite_ffi_simple_bin.dart
-    // When running hoster:  C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Pub\Cache\bin\pubglobalupdate.bat
-    try {
-      // This the case when activated from path...ugly but worth trying.
-      var projectPath = dirname(
-          dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(Platform.script.toFilePath())))));
-      location = findPackageLibPath(projectPath);
-    } catch (_) {}
+  /// Try to look from the current path
+  /// Handles and dart script ran withing a project importing sqflite_common_ffi
+  var dllPath = findWindowsSqlite3DllPathFromPath(Directory.current.path);
+  if (dllPath != null) {
+    return dllPath;
   }
-  if (location != null) {
-    var path = packageGetSqlite3DllPath(normalize(join(location)));
-    return path;
+
+  /// Try to look from the script path, handles script using global run
+  dllPath = findWindowsSqlite3DllPathFromPath(Platform.script.toFilePath());
+  if (dllPath != null) {
+    return dllPath;
   }
+
   return null;
 }
diff --git a/sqflite_common_ffi/lib/windows/sqflite_ffi_setup.dart b/sqflite_common_ffi/lib/windows/sqflite_ffi_setup.dart
index f6348a4c..20f4ae78 100644
--- a/sqflite_common_ffi/lib/windows/sqflite_ffi_setup.dart
+++ b/sqflite_common_ffi/lib/windows/sqflite_ffi_setup.dart
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 library;
 
 export 'package:sqflite_common_ffi/src/windows/setup.dart'
-    show findWindowsSqlite3DllPath;
+    show findWindowsSqlite3DllPath, findWindowsSqlite3DllPathFromPath;
diff --git a/sqflite_common_ffi/test/sqflite_ffi_windows_setup_test.dart b/sqflite_common_ffi/test/sqflite_ffi_windows_setup_test.dart
index a23092e4..234491bc 100644
--- a/sqflite_common_ffi/test/sqflite_ffi_windows_setup_test.dart
+++ b/sqflite_common_ffi/test/sqflite_ffi_windows_setup_test.dart
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Future<String?> windowsFindOpenssl() async {
 }
 
 void main() {
+  var dllPath = findWindowsSqlite3DllPath()!;
   var helper = Sqlite3DllSetupHelper(sqlite3Info);
   var srcZip = sqlite3Info.srcZip;
   var localZip = join('.local', basename(srcZip));
@@ -63,7 +64,6 @@ void main() {
     });
 
     test('checkDll', () async {
-      var dllPath = findWindowsDllPath()!;
       if (await helper.getZip()) {
         final inputStream = InputFileStream(localZip);
         final archive = ZipDecoder().decodeBuffer(inputStream);
@@ -75,5 +75,15 @@ void main() {
         expect(existingDllContent, downloadedDllContent);
       }
     });
+
+    test('findWindowsSqlite3DllPathFromPath', () async {
+      expect(findWindowsSqlite3DllPathFromPath('.'), dllPath);
+      expect(findWindowsSqlite3DllPathFromPath('test'), dllPath);
+      var path = join('..', 'sqflite_common_test');
+      if (Directory(path).existsSync()) {
+        expect(findWindowsSqlite3DllPathFromPath(path), dllPath);
+        expect(findWindowsSqlite3DllPathFromPath(join(path, 'test')), dllPath);
+      }
+    });
   });
 }
diff --git a/sqflite_common_test/test/setup_impl_test.dart b/sqflite_common_test/test/setup_impl_test.dart
index 84847108..8c0ae4d5 100644
--- a/sqflite_common_test/test/setup_impl_test.dart
+++ b/sqflite_common_test/test/setup_impl_test.dart
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ library;
 
 import 'dart:io';
 
-import 'package:sqflite_common_ffi/src/windows/setup.dart';
+import 'package:sqflite_common_ffi/windows/sqflite_ffi_setup.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
 
 void main() {
   group('setup', () {
     test('findWindowsDllPath', () {
-      expect(File(findWindowsDllPath()!).existsSync(), isTrue);
+      expect(File(findWindowsSqlite3DllPath()!).existsSync(), isTrue);
     });
   });
 }