diff --git a/inst/resources/activate.R b/inst/resources/activate.R
index f8a46f82e..1a3510694 100644
--- a/inst/resources/activate.R
+++ b/inst/resources/activate.R
@@ -135,12 +135,12 @@ local({
   
     # R help links
     pattern <- "`\\?(renv::(?:[^`])+)`"
-    replacement <- "`\033]8;;ide:help:\\1\a?\\1\033]8;;\a`"
+    replacement <- "`\033]8;;x-r-help:\\1\a?\\1\033]8;;\a`"
     text <- gsub(pattern, replacement, text, perl = TRUE)
   
     # runnable code
     pattern <- "`(renv::(?:[^`])+)`"
-    replacement <- "`\033]8;;ide:run:\\1\a\\1\033]8;;\a`"
+    replacement <- "`\033]8;;x-r-run:\\1\a\\1\033]8;;\a`"
     text <- gsub(pattern, replacement, text, perl = TRUE)
   
     # return ansified text
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-update.R b/tests/testthat/test-update.R
index 351b5bf86..b2766b2d4 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-update.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-update.R
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ test_that("can upgrade gitlab", {
 
 test_that("we guard against invalid mc.cores values", {
 
+  skip_on_windows()
   renv_scope_options(renv.config.updates.parallel = TRUE)
 
   local({