diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/menus.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/menus.ts
index 5a75ca643f6..412efbcad58 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/menus.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/menus.ts
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ export class VSCodeMenu {
 
 	private createOpenRecentMenuItem(path: string): Electron.MenuItem {
 		return new MenuItem({
-			label: path, click: () => {
+			label: unMnemonicLabel(path), click: () => {
 				let success = !!this.windowsService.open({ cli: this.envService.cliArgs, pathsToOpen: [path] });
 				if (!success) {
 					this.removeFromOpenedPathsList(path);
@@ -861,8 +861,16 @@ function __separator__(): Electron.MenuItem {
 
 function mnemonicLabel(label: string): string {
 	if (platform.isMacintosh) {
-		return label.replace(/\(&&\w\)|&&/g, ''); // no mnemonic support on mac/linux
+		return label.replace(/\(&&\w\)|&&/g, ''); // no mnemonic support on mac
 	}
 
 	return label.replace(/&&/g, '&');
 }
+
+function unMnemonicLabel(label: string): string {
+	if (platform.isMacintosh) {
+		return label; // no mnemonic support on mac
+	}
+
+	return label.replace(/&/g, '&&');
+}
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