Error Message: Unable to write into user settings

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Does this occur consistently?
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FError type: Error
Error Message: Unable to write into user settings. Please open the user settings to correct errors/warnings in it and try again.

Version: 5.961.19
OS: win32
OS Arch: x64
OS Release: 10.0.26200
Product: Visual Studio Code
Product Version: 1.123.0
Language: en
UTC time: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 04:45:35 GMT

Call Stack

```
nje.toConfigurationEditingError workbench.desktop.main.js:5041:7060
nje.updateConfiguration workbench.desktop.main.js:5041:3792
nje.doWriteConfiguration workbench.desktop.main.js:5041:3634
async Object.factory workbench.desktop.main.js:5041:3298
```

Start by reproducing the error on the listed Windows 10 x64 environment and inspect the workbench.desktop.main.js call stack, beginning at nje.updateConfiguration and nje.doWriteConfiguration. Document reliable reproduction steps and expected behavior, then verify that writing user settings succeeds without the reported error.

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