diff --git a/packages/lib/models/Note.test.ts b/packages/lib/models/Note.test.ts
index 7a57a0c8a6..bcbbf067f1 100644
--- a/packages/lib/models/Note.test.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/models/Note.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import Tag from './Tag';
 import ItemChange from './ItemChange';
 import Resource from './Resource';
 import { ResourceEntity } from '../services/database/types';
+import { toForwardSlashes } from '../path-utils';
 const ArrayUtils = require('../ArrayUtils.js');
 
 async function allItems() {
@@ -259,7 +260,8 @@ describe('models/Note', function() {
 		const t1 = r1.updated_time;
 		const t2 = r2.updated_time;
 
-		const resourceDirE = markdownUtils.escapeLinkUrl(resourceDir);
+		const resourceDirE = markdownUtils.escapeLinkUrl(toForwardSlashes(resourceDir));
+		const fileProtocol = `file://${process.platform === 'win32' ? '/' : ''}`;
 
 		const testCases = [
 			[
@@ -285,17 +287,17 @@ describe('models/Note', function() {
 			[
 				true,
 				`![](:/${r1.id})`,
-				`![](file://${resourceDirE}/${r1.id}.jpg?t=${t1})`,
+				`![](${fileProtocol}${resourceDirE}/${r1.id}.jpg?t=${t1})`,
 			],
 			[
 				true,
 				`![](:/${r1.id}) ![](:/${r1.id}) ![](:/${r2.id})`,
-				`![](file://${resourceDirE}/${r1.id}.jpg?t=${t1}) ![](file://${resourceDirE}/${r1.id}.jpg?t=${t1}) ![](file://${resourceDirE}/${r2.id}.jpg?t=${t2})`,
+				`![](${fileProtocol}${resourceDirE}/${r1.id}.jpg?t=${t1}) ![](${fileProtocol}${resourceDirE}/${r1.id}.jpg?t=${t1}) ![](${fileProtocol}${resourceDirE}/${r2.id}.jpg?t=${t2})`,
 			],
 			[
 				true,
 				`![](:/${r3.id})`,
-				`![](file://${resourceDirE}/${r3.id}.pdf)`,
+				`![](${fileProtocol}${resourceDirE}/${r3.id}.pdf)`,
 			],
 		];
 
diff --git a/packages/lib/models/Note.ts b/packages/lib/models/Note.ts
index b8a6eaf466..fa226b2141 100644
--- a/packages/lib/models/Note.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/models/Note.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import Tag from './Tag';
 const { sprintf } = require('sprintf-js');
 import Resource from './Resource';
 import syncDebugLog from '../services/synchronizer/syncDebugLog';
+import { toFileProtocolPath, toForwardSlashes } from '../path-utils';
 const { pregQuote, substrWithEllipsis } = require('../string-utils.js');
 const { _ } = require('../locale');
 const ArrayUtils = require('../ArrayUtils.js');
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ export default class Note extends BaseItem {
 			// change, the preview is updated inside the note. This is not
 			// needed for other resources since they are simple links.
 			const timestampParam = isImage ? `?t=${resource.updated_time}` : '';
-			const resourcePath = options.useAbsolutePaths ? `file://${Resource.fullPath(resource)}${timestampParam}` : Resource.relativePath(resource);
+			const resourcePath = options.useAbsolutePaths ? toFileProtocolPath(Resource.fullPath(resource)) + timestampParam : Resource.relativePath(resource);
 			body = body.replace(new RegExp(`:/${id}`, 'gi'), markdownUtils.escapeLinkUrl(resourcePath));
 		}
 
@@ -181,10 +182,14 @@ export default class Note extends BaseItem {
 			useAbsolutePaths: false,
 		}, options);
 
+		const resourceDir = toForwardSlashes(Setting.value('resourceDir'));
+
 		let pathsToTry = [];
 		if (options.useAbsolutePaths) {
-			pathsToTry.push(`file://${Setting.value('resourceDir')}`);
-			pathsToTry.push(`file://${shim.pathRelativeToCwd(Setting.value('resourceDir'))}`);
+			pathsToTry.push(`file://${resourceDir}`);
+			pathsToTry.push(`file:///${resourceDir}`);
+			pathsToTry.push(`file://${shim.pathRelativeToCwd(resourceDir)}`);
+			pathsToTry.push(`file:///${shim.pathRelativeToCwd(resourceDir)}`);
 		} else {
 			pathsToTry.push(Resource.baseRelativeDirectoryPath());
 		}
diff --git a/packages/lib/path-utils.ts b/packages/lib/path-utils.ts
index 2a90911911..a7c71c943a 100644
--- a/packages/lib/path-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/path-utils.ts
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ export function toSystemSlashes(path: string, os: string = null) {
 	return path.replace(/\\/g, '/');
 }
 
+export function toForwardSlashes(path: string) {
+	return toSystemSlashes(path, 'linux');
+}
+
 export function rtrimSlashes(path: string) {
 	return path.replace(/[\/\\]+$/, '');
 }