@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ export function markdownWithInlineFileLinks(markdown: string, fileLink: RegExp):
     if (node.type === "inlineCode") {
       const start = node.position?.start.offset;
       const end = node.position?.end.offset;
+      const escaped = node.value.replace(/[\\[\]&]/g, "\\$&");
       if (
         start !== undefined &&
         end !== undefined &&
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ export function markdownWithInlineFileLinks(markdown: string, fileLink: RegExp):
         edits.push({
           start,
           end,
-          content: `[${node.value.replace(/[[\]\\]/g, "\\$&")}](<${node.value}>)`,
+          content: `[${escaped}](<${escaped}>)`,
         });
     } else if (node.type !== "link" && node.type !== "linkReference" && "children" in node)
       node.children.forEach(visit);
 
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
 import { ENRICHED_INLINE_FILE_LINK_REGEX } from "./enrichedLinkPresentation";
-import { markdownWithInlineFileLinks } from "./markdownDocument";
+import { markdownWithInlineFileLinks, parseMarkdownDocument } from "./markdownDocument";
 
 const rewrite = (markdown: string) =>
   markdownWithInlineFileLinks(markdown, ENRICHED_INLINE_FILE_LINK_REGEX);
@@ -25,4 +25,15 @@ describe("inline code that names a file", () => {
   it("handles double-backtick spans", () => {
     expect(rewrite("Open ``src/math.ts`` now.")).toBe("Open [src/math.ts](<src/math.ts>) now.");
   });
+
+  it("links to the exact path when it holds backslashes or ampersands", () => {
+    for (const path of ["C:\\repo\\_private\\file.ts", "./src/a&copy;.ts", "./src/[id].ts"]) {
+      const paragraph = parseMarkdownDocument(rewrite(`\`${path}\``)).children[0];
+      const link = paragraph?.type === "paragraph" ? paragraph.children[0] : undefined;
+      expect(link?.type === "link" && link.url).toBe(path);
+      expect(
+        link?.type === "link" && link.children[0]?.type === "text" && link.children[0].value,
+      ).toBe(path);
+    }
+  });
 });