diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/snippet/test/snippetVariables.test.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/snippet/test/snippetVariables.test.ts
index 65cc89a0ad357b5d43ed1cdb00638618e7c8d47a..80cb27ce5ad624a457e54434561db0e35d58cf2d 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/snippet/test/snippetVariables.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/snippet/test/snippetVariables.test.ts
@@ -217,9 +217,9 @@ suite('Snippet Variables Resolver', function () {
 			writeText = this._throw;
 			readFindText = this._throw;
 			writeFindText = this._throw;
-			writeFiles = this._throw;
-			readFiles = this._throw;
-			hasFiles = this._throw;
+			writeResources = this._throw;
+			readResources = this._throw;
+			hasResources = this._throw;
 		};
 		let resolver = new ClipboardBasedVariableResolver(clipboardService, 1, 0);
 
@@ -250,9 +250,9 @@ suite('Snippet Variables Resolver', function () {
 			writeText = this._throw;
 			readFindText = this._throw;
 			writeFindText = this._throw;
-			writeFiles = this._throw;
-			readFiles = this._throw;
-			hasFiles = this._throw;
+			writeResources = this._throw;
+			readResources = this._throw;
+			hasResources = this._throw;
 		};
 
 		resolver = new ClipboardBasedVariableResolver(clipboardService, 1, 2);
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/clipboard/common/clipboardService.ts b/src/vs/platform/clipboard/common/clipboardService.ts
index cbcb41ffad09d0f84f19392f6f8446964a31bed2..d93af3a745f027cd60aca41fe9a037fb20f4f8ca 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/clipboard/common/clipboardService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/clipboard/common/clipboardService.ts
@@ -35,17 +35,17 @@ export interface IClipboardService {
 	writeFindText(text: string): void;
 
 	/**
-	 * Writes files to the system clipboard.
+	 * Writes resources to the system clipboard.
 	 */
-	writeFiles(files: URI[]): void;
+	writeResources(resources: URI[]): void;
 
 	/**
-	 * Reads files from the system clipboard.
+	 * Reads resources from the system clipboard.
 	 */
-	readFiles(): URI[];
+	readResources(): URI[];
 
 	/**
-	 * Find out if files are copied to the clipboard.
+	 * Find out if resources are copied to the clipboard.
 	 */
-	hasFiles(): boolean;
+	hasResources(): boolean;
 }
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/clipboard/electron-browser/clipboardService.ts b/src/vs/platform/clipboard/electron-browser/clipboardService.ts
index 2514067dd60fe7d0b66c572c1d293a49e0f9a17b..d59c3edaf4d8b63ca022bae5d132391888ea9f8d 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/clipboard/electron-browser/clipboardService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/clipboard/electron-browser/clipboardService.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { IClipboardService } from 'vs/platform/clipboard/common/clipboardService
 import { clipboard } from 'electron';
 import URI from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 import { isMacintosh } from 'vs/base/common/platform';
-import { Schemas } from 'vs/base/common/network';
 
 export class ClipboardService implements IClipboardService {
 
@@ -40,27 +39,25 @@ export class ClipboardService implements IClipboardService {
 		}
 	}
 
-	public writeFiles(resources: URI[]): void {
-		const files = resources.filter(f => f.scheme === Schemas.file);
-
-		if (files.length) {
-			clipboard.writeBuffer(ClipboardService.FILE_FORMAT, this.filesToBuffer(files));
+	public writeResources(resources: URI[]): void {
+		if (resources.length) {
+			clipboard.writeBuffer(ClipboardService.FILE_FORMAT, this.resourcesToBuffer(resources));
 		}
 	}
 
-	public readFiles(): URI[] {
-		return this.bufferToFiles(clipboard.readBuffer(ClipboardService.FILE_FORMAT));
+	public readResources(): URI[] {
+		return this.bufferToResources(clipboard.readBuffer(ClipboardService.FILE_FORMAT));
 	}
 
-	public hasFiles(): boolean {
+	public hasResources(): boolean {
 		return clipboard.has(ClipboardService.FILE_FORMAT);
 	}
 
-	private filesToBuffer(resources: URI[]): Buffer {
-		return Buffer.from(resources.map(r => r.fsPath).join('\n'));
+	private resourcesToBuffer(resources: URI[]): Buffer {
+		return Buffer.from(resources.map(r => r.toString()).join('\n'));
 	}
 
-	private bufferToFiles(buffer: Buffer): URI[] {
+	private bufferToResources(buffer: Buffer): URI[] {
 		if (!buffer) {
 			return [];
 		}
@@ -71,9 +68,9 @@ export class ClipboardService implements IClipboardService {
 		}
 
 		try {
-			return bufferValue.split('\n').map(f => URI.file(f));
+			return bufferValue.split('\n').map(f => URI.parse(f));
 		} catch (error) {
 			return []; // do not trust clipboard data
 		}
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/files/electron-browser/fileActions.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/files/electron-browser/fileActions.ts
index c7cbf757f552824cf8d2a744707ac201ce61b8c0..480683436c0e24be81672f0978ee0c94c799f023 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/files/electron-browser/fileActions.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/files/electron-browser/fileActions.ts
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ class CopyFileAction extends BaseFileAction {
 	public run(): TPromise<any> {
 
 		// Write to clipboard as file/folder to copy
-		this.clipboardService.writeFiles(this.elements.map(e => e.resource));
+		this.clipboardService.writeResources(this.elements.map(e => e.resource));
 
 		// Remove highlight
 		if (this.tree) {
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ export const pasteFileHandler = (accessor: ServicesAccessor) => {
 	const clipboardService = accessor.get(IClipboardService);
 	const explorerContext = getContext(listService.lastFocusedList, accessor.get(IViewletService));
 
-	return TPromise.join(resources.distinctParents(clipboardService.readFiles(), r => r).map(toCopy => {
+	return TPromise.join(resources.distinctParents(clipboardService.readResources(), r => r).map(toCopy => {
 		const pasteFileAction = instantationService.createInstance(PasteFileAction, listService.lastFocusedList, explorerContext.stat);
 		return pasteFileAction.run(toCopy);
 	}));
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/files/electron-browser/views/explorerViewer.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/files/electron-browser/views/explorerViewer.ts
index 78e0e1d8e66bad62e25bb625eb72ae293162da7c..c6200f5b1a91770b2eafe1f4f4fd4508e0ad37d8 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/files/electron-browser/views/explorerViewer.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/files/electron-browser/views/explorerViewer.ts
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ export class FileController extends WorkbenchTreeController implements IDisposab
 		tree.setFocus(stat);
 
 		// update dynamic contexts
-		this.fileCopiedContextKey.set(this.clipboardService.hasFiles());
+		this.fileCopiedContextKey.set(this.clipboardService.hasResources());
 
 		if (!this.contributedContextMenu) {
 			this.contributedContextMenu = this.menuService.createMenu(MenuId.ExplorerContext, tree.contextKeyService);