diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/menus.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/menus.ts
index 26d3d41dd13448fe6e18d8b8396b6880f4d2a23b..218df383df75971d831eb90b278b89c04d4fd322 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/menus.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/menus.ts
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ export class VSCodeMenu {
 			product.releaseNotesUrl ? new MenuItem({ label: mnemonicLabel(nls.localize({ key: 'miReleaseNotes', comment: ['&& denotes a mnemonic'] }, "&&Release Notes")), click: () => this.windowsService.sendToFocused('vscode:runAction', 'update.showCurrentReleaseNotes') }) : null,
 			enableWelcomePage || product.documentationUrl || product.releaseNotesUrl ? __separator__() : null,
 			keyboardShortcutsUrl ? new MenuItem({ label: mnemonicLabel(nls.localize({ key: 'miKeyboardShortcuts', comment: ['&& denotes a mnemonic'] }, "&&Keyboard Shortcuts Reference")), click: () => this.windowsService.sendToFocused('vscode:runAction', 'workbench.action.keybindingsReference') }) : null,
-			product.introductoryVideosUrl ? new MenuItem({ label: mnemonicLabel(nls.localize({ key: 'miIntroductoryVideos', comment: ['&& denotes a mnemonic'] }, "Introductory &&Videos")), click: () => this.openUrl(product.introductoryVideosUrl, 'openIntroductoryVideosUrl') }) : null,
+			product.introductoryVideosUrl ? new MenuItem({ label: mnemonicLabel(nls.localize({ key: 'miIntroductoryVideos', comment: ['&& denotes a mnemonic'] }, "Introductory &&Videos")), click: () => this.windowsService.sendToFocused('vscode:runAction', 'workbench.action.openIntroductoryVideosUrl') }) : null,
 			(product.introductoryVideosUrl || keyboardShortcutsUrl) ? __separator__() : null,
 			product.twitterUrl ? new MenuItem({ label: mnemonicLabel(nls.localize({ key: 'miTwitter', comment: ['&& denotes a mnemonic'] }, "&&Join us on Twitter")), click: () => this.openUrl(product.twitterUrl, 'openTwitterUrl') }) : null,
 			product.requestFeatureUrl ? new MenuItem({ label: mnemonicLabel(nls.localize({ key: 'miUserVoice', comment: ['&& denotes a mnemonic'] }, "&&Search Feature Requests")), click: () => this.openUrl(product.requestFeatureUrl, 'openUserVoiceUrl') }) : null,
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/actions.ts b/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/actions.ts
index 568f7a5aae09857859f5910dd6752f5dbfed284f..7415b45f4a0b5ea9d879fb17532471a99e12a573 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/actions.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/actions.ts
@@ -877,6 +877,27 @@ export class OpenDocumentationUrlAction extends Action {
 	}
 }
 
+export class OpenIntroductoryVideosUrlAction extends Action {
+
+	public static ID = 'workbench.action.openIntroductoryVideosUrl';
+	public static LABEL = nls.localize('openIntroductoryVideosUrl', "Introductory Videos");
+
+	private static URL = product.introductoryVideosUrl;
+	public static AVAILABLE = !!OpenIntroductoryVideosUrlAction.URL;
+
+	constructor(
+		id: string,
+		label: string
+	) {
+		super(id, label);
+	}
+
+	public run(): TPromise<void> {
+		window.open(OpenIntroductoryVideosUrlAction.URL);
+		return null;
+	}
+}
+
 // --- commands
 
 CommandsRegistry.registerCommand('_workbench.diff', function (accessor: ServicesAccessor, args: [URI, URI, string, string]) {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/main.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/main.contribution.ts
index 8ceacfc882b8268972076e44e6d73c6512dd82b5..c1224b5b0c1c8a2857f02772c1a1c08c3fef4823 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/main.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/main.contribution.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { KeybindingsRegistry } from 'vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybindingsRe
 import { IPartService } from 'vs/workbench/services/part/common/partService';
 import { CommonEditorRegistry } from 'vs/editor/common/editorCommonExtensions';
 import { IWindowIPCService } from 'vs/workbench/services/window/electron-browser/windowService';
-import { CloseEditorAction, KeybindingsReferenceAction, OpenDocumentationUrlAction, ReportIssueAction, ReportPerformanceIssueAction, ZoomResetAction, ZoomOutAction, ZoomInAction, ToggleFullScreenAction, ToggleMenuBarAction, CloseFolderAction, CloseWindowAction, SwitchWindow, NewWindowAction, CloseMessagesAction } from 'vs/workbench/electron-browser/actions';
+import { CloseEditorAction, KeybindingsReferenceAction, OpenDocumentationUrlAction, OpenIntroductoryVideosUrlAction, ReportIssueAction, ReportPerformanceIssueAction, ZoomResetAction, ZoomOutAction, ZoomInAction, ToggleFullScreenAction, ToggleMenuBarAction, CloseFolderAction, CloseWindowAction, SwitchWindow, NewWindowAction, CloseMessagesAction } from 'vs/workbench/electron-browser/actions';
 import { MessagesVisibleContext, NoEditorsVisibleContext, InZenModeContext } from 'vs/workbench/electron-browser/workbench';
 import { IJSONSchema } from 'vs/base/common/jsonSchema';
 import { IWindowsService } from 'vs/platform/windows/common/windows';
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ if (KeybindingsReferenceAction.AVAILABLE) {
 if (OpenDocumentationUrlAction.AVAILABLE) {
 	workbenchActionsRegistry.registerWorkbenchAction(new SyncActionDescriptor(OpenDocumentationUrlAction, OpenDocumentationUrlAction.ID, OpenDocumentationUrlAction.LABEL), 'Help: Documentation', helpCategory);
 }
+if (OpenIntroductoryVideosUrlAction.AVAILABLE) {
+	workbenchActionsRegistry.registerWorkbenchAction(new SyncActionDescriptor(OpenIntroductoryVideosUrlAction, OpenIntroductoryVideosUrlAction.ID, OpenIntroductoryVideosUrlAction.LABEL), 'Help: Introductory Videos', helpCategory);
+}
 workbenchActionsRegistry.registerWorkbenchAction(
 	new SyncActionDescriptor(ZoomInAction, ZoomInAction.ID, ZoomInAction.LABEL, {
 		primary: KeyMod.CtrlCmd | KeyCode.US_EQUAL,
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/welcomePage/electron-browser/welcomePage.html b/src/vs/workbench/parts/welcomePage/electron-browser/welcomePage.html
index 242b61aaf690e276f7ca61d1e6e3538fd8e98a5c..53e8e53cd07e0f7cbfdf492429a87d35ad4893da 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/welcomePage/electron-browser/welcomePage.html
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/welcomePage/electron-browser/welcomePage.html
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 				<h2>Help</h2>
 				<ul>
 					<li><a href="command:workbench.action.openDocumentationUrl">Product documentation</a></li>
-					<li><a href="command:workbench.action.openVideoUrl">Introductory videos</a></li>
+					<li><a href="command:workbench.action.openIntroductoryVideosUrl">Introductory videos</a></li>
 					<li><a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode">GitHub repository</a></li>
 					<li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/vscode">Stack Overflow</a></li>
 					<!-- TODO: Use commands -->