diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/platform/windows/platform.rs b/crates/gpui/src/platform/windows/platform.rs
index d9f08c2247..a900d0114b 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/platform/windows/platform.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/platform/windows/platform.rs
@@ -664,10 +664,11 @@ fn file_save_dialog(directory: PathBuf) -> Result<Option<PathBuf>> {
     let dialog: IFileSaveDialog = unsafe { CoCreateInstance(&FileSaveDialog, None, CLSCTX_ALL)? };
     if !directory.to_string_lossy().is_empty() {
         if let Some(full_path) = directory.canonicalize().log_err() {
-            let full_path = full_path.to_string_lossy().to_string();
-            if !full_path.is_empty() {
+            let full_path = full_path.to_string_lossy();
+            let full_path_str = full_path.trim_start_matches("\\\\?\\");
+            if !full_path_str.is_empty() {
                 let path_item: IShellItem =
-                    unsafe { SHCreateItemFromParsingName(&HSTRING::from(&full_path), None)? };
+                    unsafe { SHCreateItemFromParsingName(&HSTRING::from(full_path_str), None)? };
                 unsafe { dialog.SetFolder(&path_item).log_err() };
             }
         }