diff --git a/src/bootstrap.js b/src/bootstrap.js
index ab57c6dc83cc3683638c13ac881182088916971a..af8939f66a1cf93b3bc9c4f18702d59ebfc14158 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap.js
+++ b/src/bootstrap.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ exports.uriFromPath = function (_path) {
 
 	/** @type {string} */
 	let uri;
-	if (pathName.startsWith('//')) {
+	if (process.platform === 'win32' && pathName.startsWith('//')) { // specially handle Windows UNC paths
 		uri = encodeURI('file:' + pathName);
 	} else {
 		uri = encodeURI('file://' + pathName);