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Broken vscode after update #235896

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Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No

  • VS Code Version: 1.96.0 (user setup)
  • OS Version: Windows 11

Steps to Reproduce:

I updated vscode to 1.96 after being prompted in app.

After update, which seemed to go smoothly, I was unable to start vscode, and I was told 'executable missing'. After searching for the executable, I found it in C:\Users\caj\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\_ (note weird file underscore). The main "Microsoft VS Code" directory just contains 3 files, unins000.dat, exe and msg, and some directories.

winget install Microsoft.VisualStudioCode tells me it can't reinstall vscode, as it's already installed.

If I run code.exe from inside the _ directory, things seem to work fine.

I plan on blasting the whole thing away, and reinstalling from scratch, but I'll wait a day before doing that, just in case there is a log file anyone wants me to grab, in case they want to figure out how I ended up in this situation.

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