diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/files/electron-browser/remoteFileService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/files/electron-browser/remoteFileService.ts
index d93f0a80edaf8db91998af309d4358ee0c7fa086..3f7fbe5d3f8e3bdfbfa50f198ab5e082bf828c51 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/files/electron-browser/remoteFileService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/files/electron-browser/remoteFileService.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import URI from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 import { FileService } from 'vs/workbench/services/files/electron-browser/fileService';
 import { IContent, IStreamContent, IFileStat, IResolveContentOptions, IUpdateContentOptions, IResolveFileOptions, IResolveFileResult, FileOperationEvent, FileOperation, IFileSystemProvider, IStat, FileType, IImportResult, FileChangesEvent, ICreateFileOptions, FileOperationError, FileOperationResult, ITextSnapshot, snapshotToString } from 'vs/platform/files/common/files';
 import { TPromise } from 'vs/base/common/winjs.base';
-import { basename, join } from 'path';
+import { posix } from 'path';
 import { IDisposable } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
 import { isFalsyOrEmpty, distinct } from 'vs/base/common/arrays';
 import { Schemas } from 'vs/base/common/network';
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function toIFileStat(provider: IFileSystemProvider, tuple: [URI, IStat], recurse
 		isDirectory: false,
 		isSymbolicLink: stat.type === FileType.Symlink,
 		resource: resource,
-		name: basename(resource.path),
+		name: posix.basename(resource.path),
 		mtime: stat.mtime,
 		size: stat.size,
 		etag: stat.mtime.toString(29) + stat.size.toString(31),
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ export class RemoteFileService extends FileService {
 		if (resource.scheme === Schemas.file) {
 			return super.rename(resource, newName);
 		} else {
-			const target = resource.with({ path: join(resource.path, '..', newName) });
+			const target = resource.with({ path: posix.join(resource.path, '..', newName) });
 			return this._doMoveWithInScheme(resource, target, false);
 		}
 	}
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ export class RemoteFileService extends FileService {
 		if (source.scheme === targetFolder.scheme && source.scheme === Schemas.file) {
 			return super.importFile(source, targetFolder);
 		} else {
-			const target = targetFolder.with({ path: join(targetFolder.path, basename(source.path)) });
+			const target = targetFolder.with({ path: posix.join(targetFolder.path, posix.basename(source.path)) });
 			return this.copyFile(source, target, false).then(stat => ({ stat, isNew: false }));
 		}
 	}