diff --git a/crates/zed/src/main.rs b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
index d9ffb29c3913c61fb3238d1ebc1e50960dfb20c5..0770918120e01a119bf14655737c7e75df5decf4 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/main.rs
@@ -1071,7 +1071,10 @@ struct Args {
 
 fn parse_url_arg(arg: &str, cx: &AppContext) -> Result<String> {
     match std::fs::canonicalize(Path::new(&arg)) {
-        Ok(path) => Ok(format!("file://{}", path.to_string_lossy())),
+        Ok(path) => Ok(format!(
+            "file://{}",
+            path.to_string_lossy().trim_start_matches(r#"\\?\"#)
+        )),
         Err(error) => {
             if arg.starts_with("file://")
                 || arg.starts_with("zed-cli://")