Unable to launch VSCode Insider 1.122.0

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

• VS Code Version: 1.122.0
• OS Version: 29595.1000

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Launch the Code Insider.
2. On task manager it started for 1-2 sec
3. It auto terminated.
4. On command line start again with " code-insiders --verbose --log trace"
5. Error with below:

[main 2026-05-23T13:08:40.979Z] PolicyConfiguration#initialize
[main 2026-05-23T13:08:40.979Z] PolicyConfiguration#updatePolicyDefinitions [
'update.mode',
'update.channel',
'update.enableWindowsBackgroundUpdates',
'update.showReleaseNotes',
'update.showPostInstallInfo',
'update.titleBar',
'http.useLocalProxyConfiguration',
'http.electronFetch',
'http.proxy',
'http.proxyStrictSSL',
'http.proxyKerberosServicePrincipal',
'http.noProxy',
'http.proxyAuthorization',
'http.proxySupport',
'http.systemCertificates',
'http.systemCertificatesNode',
'http.experimental.systemCertificatesV2',
'http.fetchAdditionalSupport',
'http.webSocketAdditionalSupport',
'http.experimental.networkInterfaceCheckInterval',
'telemetry.telemetryLevel',
'telemetry.feedback.enabled',
'telemetry.enableTelemetry',
'extensions.allowed'
]
[main 2026-05-23T13:08:40.981Z] NativePolicyService#_updatePolicyDefinitions - Found 4 policy definitions
[main 2026-05-23T13:08:40.986Z] [File Watcher (node.js)] Request to start watching: c:\Users\calvi\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders\User (excludes: , includes: , filter: , correlationId: ),c:\Users\calvi\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders\User\settings.json (excludes: , includes: , filter: , correlationId: )
[main 2026-05-23T13:08:40.988Z] [File Watcher (node.js)] ignoring a path for watching who's stat info failed to resolve: c:\Users\calvi\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders\User\settings.json (error: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'c:\Users\calvi\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders\User\settings.json')
[main 2026-05-23T13:08:40.988Z] [File Watcher (node.js)] starting fs.watchFile() on c:\Users\calvi\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders\User\settings.json (correlationId: undefined)
[main 2026-05-23T13:08:40.993Z] Creating watcher for productName VSCodeInsiders
[main 2026-05-23T13:08:40.993Z] NativePolicyService#_onDidPolicyChange - Updated policy values: {}
[main 2026-05-23T13:08:40.993Z] PolicyConfiguration#update [
'update.mode',
'telemetry.telemetryLevel',
'telemetry.feedback.enabled',
'extensions.allowed'
]
[main 2026-05-23T13:08:40.993Z] PolicyConfiguration#updatePolicyDefinitions []
[main 2026-05-23T13:08:40.994Z] PolicyConfiguration#update []
[main 2026-05-23T13:08:40.997Z] [File Watcher (node.js)] Started watching: 'c:\Users\calvi\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders\User'
[22600:0523/210841.323:WARNING:third_party\webrtc\modules\desktop_capture\win\dxgi_adapter_duplicator.cc:116] Cannot initialize any DxgiOutputDuplicator instance.
[22600:0523/210841.323:WARNING:third_party\webrtc\modules\desktop_capture\win\dxgi_duplicator_controller.cc:286] Failed to initialize DxgiAdapterDuplicator on adapter 1
[22600:0523/210841.323:WARNING:third_party\webrtc\modules\desktop_capture\win\dxgi_adapter_duplicator.cc:116] Cannot initialize any DxgiOutputDuplicator instance.
[22600:0523/210841.323:WARNING:third_party\webrtc\modules\desktop_capture\win\dxgi_duplicator_controller.cc:286] Failed to initialize DxgiAdapterDuplicator on adapter 2
[22600:0523/210841.330:WARNING:third_party\webrtc\modules\desktop_capture\win\dxgi_duplicator_controller.cc:106] Count of references reaches zero, DxgiDuplicatorController will be unloaded.
PS C:\Users\calvi> code-insiders --verbose --log trace

[main 2026-05-23T13:11:50.364Z] PolicyConfiguration#initialize
[main 2026-05-23T13:11:50.365Z] PolicyConfiguration#updatePolicyDefinitions [
'update.mode',
'update.channel',
'update.enableWindowsBackgroundUpdates',
'update.showReleaseNotes',
'update.showPostInstallInfo',
'update.titleBar',
'http.useLocalProxyConfiguration',
'http.electronFetch',
'http.proxy',
'http.proxyStrictSSL',
'http.proxyKerberosServicePrincipal',
'http.noProxy',
'http.proxyAuthorization',
'http.proxySupport',
'http.systemCertificates',
'http.systemCertificatesNode',
'http.experimental.systemCertificatesV2',
'http.fetchAdditionalSupport',
'http.webSocketAdditionalSupport',
'http.experimental.networkInterfaceCheckInterval',
'telemetry.telemetryLevel',
'telemetry.feedback.enabled',
'telemetry.enableTelemetry',
'extensions.allowed'
]
[main 2026-05-23T13:11:50.366Z] NativePolicyService#_updatePolicyDefinitions - Found 4 policy definitions
[main 2026-05-23T13:11:50.372Z] [File Watcher (node.js)] Request to start watching: c:\Users\calvi\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders\User (excludes: , includes: , filter: , correlationId: ),c:\Users\calvi\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders\User\settings.json (excludes: , includes: , filter: , correlationId: )
[main 2026-05-23T13:11:50.378Z] Creating watcher for productName VSCodeInsiders
[main 2026-05-23T13:11:50.378Z] [File Watcher (node.js)] ignoring a path for watching who's stat info failed to resolve: c:\Users\calvi\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders\User\settings.json (error: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'c:\Users\calvi\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders\User\settings.json')
[main 2026-05-23T13:11:50.379Z] [File Watcher (node.js)] starting fs.watchFile() on c:\Users\calvi\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders\User\settings.json (correlationId: undefined)
[main 2026-05-23T13:11:50.379Z] NativePolicyService#_onDidPolicyChange - Updated policy values: {}
[main 2026-05-23T13:11:50.379Z] PolicyConfiguration#update [
'update.mode',
'telemetry.telemetryLevel',
'telemetry.feedback.enabled',
'extensions.allowed'
]
[main 2026-05-23T13:11:50.379Z] PolicyConfiguration#updatePolicyDefinitions []
[main 2026-05-23T13:11:50.379Z] PolicyConfiguration#update []
[main 2026-05-23T13:11:50.384Z] [File Watcher (node.js)] Started watching: 'c:\Users\calvi\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders\User'
[64276:0523/211150.742:WARNING:third_party\webrtc\modules\desktop_capture\win\dxgi_adapter_duplicator.cc:116] Cannot initialize any DxgiOutputDuplicator instance.
[64276:0523/211150.742:WARNING:third_party\webrtc\modules\desktop_capture\win\dxgi_duplicator_controller.cc:286] Failed to initialize DxgiAdapterDuplicator on adapter 1
[64276:0523/211150.742:WARNING:third_party\webrtc\modules\desktop_capture\win\dxgi_adapter_duplicator.cc:116] Cannot initialize any DxgiOutputDuplicator instance.
[64276:0523/211150.742:WARNING:third_party\webrtc\modules\desktop_capture\win\dxgi_duplicator_controller.cc:286] Failed to initialize DxgiAdapterDuplicator on adapter 2
[64276:0523/211150.750:WARNING:third_party\webrtc\modules\desktop_capture\win\dxgi_duplicator_controller.cc:106] Count of references reaches zero, DxgiDuplicatorController will be unloaded.
[64276:0523/211150.750:ERROR:third_party\crashpad\crashpad\client\crashpad_client_win.cc:869] not connected

6. Start with --disable-extensions also same.

PS C:\Users\calvi> code-insiders --disable-extensions --verbose --log trace

[main 2026-05-23T13:16:18.147Z] PolicyConfiguration#initialize
[main 2026-05-23T13:16:18.147Z] PolicyConfiguration#updatePolicyDefinitions [
'update.mode',
'update.channel',
'update.enableWindowsBackgroundUpdates',
'update.showReleaseNotes',
'update.showPostInstallInfo',
'update.titleBar',
'http.useLocalProxyConfiguration',
'http.electronFetch',
'http.proxy',
'http.proxyStrictSSL',
'http.proxyKerberosServicePrincipal',
'http.noProxy',
'http.proxyAuthorization',
'http.proxySupport',
'http.systemCertificates',
'http.systemCertificatesNode',
'http.experimental.systemCertificatesV2',
'http.fetchAdditionalSupport',
'http.webSocketAdditionalSupport',
'http.experimental.networkInterfaceCheckInterval',
'telemetry.telemetryLevel',
'telemetry.feedback.enabled',
'telemetry.enableTelemetry',
'extensions.allowed'
]
[main 2026-05-23T13:16:18.148Z] NativePolicyService#_updatePolicyDefinitions - Found 4 policy definitions
[main 2026-05-23T13:16:18.153Z] [File Watcher (node.js)] Request to start watching: c:\Users\calvi\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders\User (excludes: , includes: , filter: , correlationId: ),c:\Users\calvi\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders\User\settings.json (excludes: , includes: , filter: , correlationId: )
[main 2026-05-23T13:16:18.155Z] [File Watcher (node.js)] ignoring a path for watching who's stat info failed to resolve: c:\Users\calvi\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders\User\settings.json (error: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'c:\Users\calvi\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders\User\settings.json')
[main 2026-05-23T13:16:18.155Z] [File Watcher (node.js)] starting fs.watchFile() on c:\Users\calvi\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders\User\settings.json (correlationId: undefined)
[main 2026-05-23T13:16:18.161Z] Creating watcher for productName VSCodeInsiders
[main 2026-05-23T13:16:18.161Z] NativePolicyService#_onDidPolicyChange - Updated policy values: {}
[main 2026-05-23T13:16:18.161Z] PolicyConfiguration#update [
'update.mode',
'telemetry.telemetryLevel',
'telemetry.feedback.enabled',
'extensions.allowed'
]
[main 2026-05-23T13:16:18.162Z] PolicyConfiguration#updatePolicyDefinitions []
[main 2026-05-23T13:16:18.162Z] PolicyConfiguration#update []
[main 2026-05-23T13:16:18.166Z] [File Watcher (node.js)] Started watching: 'c:\Users\calvi\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders\User'
[8008:0523/211618.680:WARNING:third_party\webrtc\modules\desktop_capture\win\dxgi_adapter_duplicator.cc:116] Cannot initialize any DxgiOutputDuplicator instance.
[8008:0523/211618.680:WARNING:third_party\webrtc\modules\desktop_capture\win\dxgi_duplicator_controller.cc:286] Failed to initialize DxgiAdapterDuplicator on adapter 1
[8008:0523/211618.680:WARNING:third_party\webrtc\modules\desktop_capture\win\dxgi_adapter_duplicator.cc:116] Cannot initialize any DxgiOutputDuplicator instance.
[8008:0523/211618.680:WARNING:third_party\webrtc\modules\desktop_capture\win\dxgi_duplicator_controller.cc:286] Failed to initialize DxgiAdapterDuplicator on adapter 2
[8008:0523/211618.688:WARNING:third_party\webrtc\modules\desktop_capture\win\dxgi_duplicator_controller.cc:106] Count of references reaches zero, DxgiDuplicatorController will be unloaded.
[8008:0523/211618.689:ERROR:third_party\crashpad\crashpad\client\crashpad_client_win.cc:869] not connected