diff --git a/extensions/html/server/src/service/services/htmlLinks.ts b/extensions/html/server/src/service/services/htmlLinks.ts
index e5051bdd60f8d0d602bf8f540bb74a4422a47b2b..18e8c921af553355c19604acdfaffe9c13d66935 100644
--- a/extensions/html/server/src/service/services/htmlLinks.ts
+++ b/extensions/html/server/src/service/services/htmlLinks.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function _stripQuotes(url: string): string {
 		.replace(/^"([^"]+)"$/,(substr, match1) => match1);
 }
 
-export function _getWorkspaceUrl(modelAbsoluteUri: Uri, rootAbsoluteUrlStr: string, tokenContent: string): string {
+export function _getWorkspaceUrl(modelAbsoluteUri: Uri, rootAbsoluteUrl: Uri, tokenContent: string): string {
 	tokenContent = _stripQuotes(tokenContent);
 
 	if (/^\s*javascript\:/i.test(tokenContent) || /^\s*\#/i.test(tokenContent)) {
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ export function _getWorkspaceUrl(modelAbsoluteUri: Uri, rootAbsoluteUrlStr: stri
 		alternativeResultPath = paths.join(modelPath, tokenContent);
 		alternativeResultPath = alternativeResultPath.replace(/^(\/\.\.)+/, '');
 	}
-	let potentialResult = modelAbsoluteUri.with({ path: alternativeResultPath }).toString();
+	let potentialResult = modelAbsoluteUri.with({ path: alternativeResultPath }).toString(true);
 
-	if (rootAbsoluteUrlStr && strings.startsWith(modelAbsoluteUri.toString(), rootAbsoluteUrlStr)) {
+	let rootAbsoluteUrlStr = rootAbsoluteUrl && rootAbsoluteUrl.toString(true);
+	if (rootAbsoluteUrlStr && strings.startsWith(modelAbsoluteUri.toString(true), rootAbsoluteUrlStr)) {
 		// The `rootAbsoluteUrl` is set and matches our current model
 		// We need to ensure that this `potentialResult` does not escape `rootAbsoluteUrl`
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ export function _getWorkspaceUrl(modelAbsoluteUri: Uri, rootAbsoluteUrlStr: stri
 	return potentialResult;
 }
 
-function createLink(document: TextDocument, rootAbsoluteUrl: string, tokenContent: string, startOffset: number, endOffset: number): DocumentLink {
+function createLink(document: TextDocument, rootAbsoluteUrl: Uri, tokenContent: string, startOffset: number, endOffset: number): DocumentLink {
 	let documentUri = Uri.parse(document.uri);
 	let workspaceUrl = _getWorkspaceUrl(documentUri, rootAbsoluteUrl, tokenContent);
 	if (!workspaceUrl) {
@@ -78,15 +79,13 @@ function createLink(document: TextDocument, rootAbsoluteUrl: string, tokenConten
 export function provideLinks(document: TextDocument, workspacePath:string): DocumentLink[] {
 	let newLinks: DocumentLink[] = [];
 
-	let rootAbsoluteUrl: string = null;
+	let rootAbsoluteUrl: Uri = null;
 	if (workspacePath) {
 		// The workspace can be null in the no folder opened case
-		let strRootAbsoluteUrl = workspacePath;
-		if (strRootAbsoluteUrl.charAt(strRootAbsoluteUrl.length - 1) === '/') {
-			rootAbsoluteUrl = strRootAbsoluteUrl;
-		} else {
-			rootAbsoluteUrl = strRootAbsoluteUrl + '/';
+		if (workspacePath.charAt(workspacePath.length - 1) !== '/') {
+			workspacePath = workspacePath + '/';
 		}
+		rootAbsoluteUrl = Uri.parse(workspacePath);
 	}
 
 	let scanner = createScanner(document.getText(), 0);
diff --git a/extensions/html/server/src/service/test/links.test.ts b/extensions/html/server/src/service/test/links.test.ts
index a41b020006d3e34904932cd19042e26724b68356..66cabef6ce022082001a28f9f008d3ac5553d604 100644
--- a/extensions/html/server/src/service/test/links.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/html/server/src/service/test/links.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ suite('HTML Link Detection', () => {
 
 	function testLinkCreation(modelUrl:string, rootUrl:string, tokenContent:string, expected:string): void {
 		var _modelUrl = Uri.parse(modelUrl);
-		var actual = htmlLinks._getWorkspaceUrl(_modelUrl, rootUrl, tokenContent);
+		var actual = htmlLinks._getWorkspaceUrl(_modelUrl, Uri.parse(rootUrl), tokenContent);
 		assert.equal(actual, expected);
 	}
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ suite('HTML Link Detection', () => {
 		testLinkCreation('file:///C:/Alex/src/path/to/file.txt', null, 'http://www.microsoft.com/', 'http://www.microsoft.com/');
 		testLinkCreation('file:///C:/Alex/src/path/to/file.txt', null, 'https://www.microsoft.com/', 'https://www.microsoft.com/');
 		testLinkCreation('file:///C:/Alex/src/path/to/file.txt', null, '  //www.microsoft.com/', 'http://www.microsoft.com/');
-		//testLinkCreation('file:///C:/Alex/src/path/to/file.txt', null, 'a.js', 'file:///C:/Alex/src/path/to/a.js');
+		testLinkCreation('file:///C:/Alex/src/path/to/file.txt', null, 'a.js', 'file:///c:/Alex/src/path/to/a.js');
 		testLinkCreation('file:///C:/Alex/src/path/to/file.txt', null, '/a.js', 'file:///a.js');
 
 		testLinkCreation('file:///C:/Alex/src/path/to/file.txt', 'file:///C:/Alex/src/', 'javascript:void;', null);
@@ -55,17 +55,17 @@ suite('HTML Link Detection', () => {
 		testLinkCreation('file:///C:/Alex/src/path/to/file.txt', 'file:///C:/Alex/src/', 'https://www.microsoft.com/', 'https://www.microsoft.com/');
 		testLinkCreation('file:///C:/Alex/src/path/to/file.txt', 'file:///C:/Alex/src/', 'https://www.microsoft.com/?q=1#h', 'https://www.microsoft.com/?q=1#h');
 		testLinkCreation('file:///C:/Alex/src/path/to/file.txt', 'file:///C:/Alex/src/', '  //www.microsoft.com/', 'http://www.microsoft.com/');
-		//testLinkCreation('file:///C:/Alex/src/path/to/file.txt', 'file:///C:/Alex/src/', 'a.js', 'file:///C:/Alex/src/path/to/a.js');
-		//testLinkCreation('file:///C:/Alex/src/path/to/file.txt', 'file:///C:/Alex/src/', '/a.js', 'file:///C:/Alex/src/a.js');
+		testLinkCreation('file:///C:/Alex/src/path/to/file.txt', 'file:///C:/Alex/src/', 'a.js', 'file:///c:/Alex/src/path/to/a.js');
+		testLinkCreation('file:///C:/Alex/src/path/to/file.txt', 'file:///C:/Alex/src/', '/a.js', 'file:///c:/Alex/src/a.js');
 
 		testLinkCreation('https://www.test.com/path/to/file.txt', null, 'file:///C:\\Alex\\src\\path\\to\\file.txt', 'file:///C:\\Alex\\src\\path\\to\\file.txt');
 		testLinkCreation('https://www.test.com/path/to/file.txt', null, '//www.microsoft.com/', 'https://www.microsoft.com/');
 		testLinkCreation('https://www.test.com/path/to/file.txt', 'https://www.test.com', '//www.microsoft.com/', 'https://www.microsoft.com/');
 
 		// invalid uris don't throw
-		testLinkCreation('https://www.test.com/path/to/file.txt', 'https://www.test.com', '%', 'https://www.test.com/path/to/%25');
+		testLinkCreation('https://www.test.com/path/to/file.txt', 'https://www.test.com', '%', 'https://www.test.com/path/to/%');
 
 		// Bug #18314: Ctrl + Click does not open existing file if folder's name starts with 'c' character
-	//	testLinkCreation('file:///c:/Alex/working_dir/18314-link-detection/test.html', 'file:///c:/Alex/working_dir/18314-link-detection/', '/class/class.js', 'file:///c:/Alex/working_dir/18314-link-detection/class/class.js');
+		testLinkCreation('file:///c:/Alex/working_dir/18314-link-detection/test.html', 'file:///c:/Alex/working_dir/18314-link-detection/', '/class/class.js', 'file:///c:/Alex/working_dir/18314-link-detection/class/class.js');
 	});
 });
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