microsoft / microsoft/vscode-remote-release
VSCode on Windows opens the wrong file and arbitrarily closes files when saving
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Description
I have no idea what is wrong with my install of this app, it seems like it is disregarding basic tenets of file handling.
Sometimes when I open a file in VSCode it gives me the wrong file the first time and I have to try a second time (which is always right), as if it had another file cached that it wanted to open instead.
Also, sometimes when I save a file, it closes the file automatically, like I did a Ctrl+W in addition to a Ctrl+S.
I am on newest and have done a fresh install. I have no idea why it's doing any of this. Happens on Windows only, not Mac.
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