diff --git a/src/vs/base/common/labels.ts b/src/vs/base/common/labels.ts
index 6b9dbb4c92b45ef27df79b386abe24cdb4985b46..40da5d80b05df5b07ecf32bb81f06edd4b539b3b 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/common/labels.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/common/labels.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import platform = require('vs/base/common/platform');
 import types = require('vs/base/common/types');
 import { nativeSep, normalize } from 'vs/base/common/paths';
 import { endsWith, ltrim } from 'vs/base/common/strings';
-import { isEqualOrParent } from 'vs/platform/files/common/files';
+import { isEqualOrParent, isEqual } from 'vs/platform/files/common/files';
 
 export interface ILabelProvider {
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export function getPathLabel(resource: URI | string, basePathProvider?: URI | st
 	const basepath = basePathProvider && getPath(basePathProvider);
 
 	if (basepath && isEqualOrParent(absolutePath, basepath, !platform.isLinux /* ignorecase */)) {
-		if (basepath === absolutePath) {
+		if (isEqual(basepath, absolutePath, !platform.isLinux /* ignorecase */)) {
 			return ''; // no label if pathes are identical
 		}
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function getPath(arg1: URI | string | IWorkspaceProvider): string {
 }
 
 export function tildify(path: string, userHome: string): string {
-	if (path && (platform.isMacintosh || platform.isLinux) && path.indexOf(userHome) === 0) {
+	if (path && (platform.isMacintosh || platform.isLinux) && isEqualOrParent(path, userHome, !platform.isLinux /* ignorecase */)) {
 		path = `~${path.substr(userHome.length)}`;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/welcome/page/electron-browser/welcomePage.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/welcome/page/electron-browser/welcomePage.ts
index f538dc2430c1f70301dd33e8d937d20692d77efd..af82b1fae72f89fae92264076223a315a0e4470f 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/welcome/page/electron-browser/welcomePage.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/welcome/page/electron-browser/welcomePage.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 import 'vs/css!./welcomePage';
 import URI from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import * as platform from 'vs/base/common/platform';
-import * as strings from 'vs/base/common/strings';
 import * as arrays from 'vs/base/common/arrays';
 import { WalkThroughInput } from 'vs/workbench/parts/welcome/walkThrough/node/walkThroughInput';
 import { IWorkbenchContribution } from 'vs/workbench/common/contributions';
@@ -34,6 +32,7 @@ import { IExtensionEnablementService, IExtensionManagementService, IExtensionGal
 import { used } from 'vs/workbench/parts/welcome/page/electron-browser/vs_code_welcome_page';
 import { ILifecycleService } from 'vs/platform/lifecycle/common/lifecycle';
 import { IDisposable, dispose } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
+import { tildify } from "vs/base/common/labels";
 
 used();
 
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ class WelcomePage {
 				.then(null, error => this.messageService.show(Severity.Error, error));
 		});
 
-		recentlyOpened.then(({folders}) => {
+		recentlyOpened.then(({ folders }) => {
 			if (this.contextService.hasWorkspace()) {
 				const current = this.contextService.getWorkspace().resource.fsPath;
 				folders = folders.filter(folder => folder !== current);
@@ -184,10 +183,7 @@ class WelcomePage {
 
 				const span = document.createElement('span');
 				span.classList.add('path');
-				if ((platform.isMacintosh || platform.isLinux) && strings.startsWith(parentFolder, this.environmentService.userHome)) {
-					parentFolder = `~${parentFolder.substr(this.environmentService.userHome.length)}`;
-				}
-				span.innerText = parentFolder;
+				span.innerText = tildify(parentFolder, this.environmentService.userHome);
 				span.title = folder;
 				li.appendChild(span);