For some reason Github Flavored Markdown can't handle back slashes and angle brackets.

BAD: `Users\<user>\AppData` becomes `Users<user\AppData`
BAD: `Users\\<user>\AppData` becomes `Users\\AppData`
BAD: `Users\&lt;user&gt;\AppData` becomes `Users&lt;user>\AppData`
OK:   `Users\\&lt;user&gt;\AppData` becomes `Users\<user>\AppData`