diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/local/LocalFileSystemBase.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/local/LocalFileSystemBase.java
index 588c2682296d..99a195f8d3c5 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/local/LocalFileSystemBase.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/local/LocalFileSystemBase.java
@@ -103,11 +103,10 @@ public abstract class LocalFileSystemBase extends LocalFileSystem {
     }
 
     if (SystemInfo.isWindows) {
-      if (path.startsWith("//") || path.startsWith("\\\\")) {
-        return path;
+      if (path.charAt(0) == '/' && !path.startsWith("//")) {
+        path = path.substring(1);  // hack over new File(path).toUrl().getFile()
       }
 
-      if (path.charAt(0) == '/') path = path.substring(1); //hack over new File(path).toUrl().getFile()
       if (path.contains("~")) {
         try {
           return new File(path.replace('/', File.separatorChar)).getCanonicalPath().replace(File.separatorChar, '/');
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@ public abstract class LocalFileSystemBase extends LocalFileSystem {
       }
     }
 
-
     return path.replace(File.separatorChar, '/');
   }