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diff --git a/src/ng/location.js b/src/ng/location.js
index f06a5f81..402db3cf 100644
--- a/src/ng/location.js
+++ b/src/ng/location.js
@@ -179,7 +179,47 @@ function LocationHashbangUrl(appBase, hashPrefix) {
           hashPrefix);
     }
     parseAppUrl(withoutHashUrl, this, appBase);
+
+    this.$$path = removeWindowsDriveName(this.$$path, withoutHashUrl, appBase);
+
     this.$$compose();
+
+    /*
+     * In Windows, on an anchor node on documents loaded from
+     * the filesystem, the browser will return a pathname
+     * prefixed with the drive name ('/C:/path') when a
+     * pathname without a drive is set:
+     *  * a.setAttribute('href', '/foo')
+     *   * a.pathname === '/C:/foo' //true
+     *
+     * Inside of Angular, we're always using pathnames that
+     * do not include drive names for routing.
+     */
+    function removeWindowsDriveName (path, url, base) {
+      /*
+      Matches paths for file protocol on windows,
+      such as /C:/foo/bar, and captures only /foo/bar.
+      */
+      var windowsFilePathExp = /^\/?.*?:(\/.*)/;
+
+      var firstPathSegmentMatch;
+
+      //Get the relative path from the input URL.
+      if (url.indexOf(base) === 0) {
+        url = url.replace(base, '');
+      }
+
+      /*
+       * The input URL intentionally contains a
+       * first path segment that ends with a colon.
+       */
+      if (windowsFilePathExp.exec(url)) {
+        return path;
+      }
+
+      firstPathSegmentMatch = windowsFilePathExp.exec(path);
+      return firstPathSegmentMatch ? firstPathSegmentMatch[1] : path;
+    }
   };
 
   /**