microsoft / microsoft/vscode

explore is stuck with one folder

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Since Sep 20, 2026.

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Description

Type: Bug

I by mistakely opened another folder instead of opening a new one and now its not been removed or cant collapse from there..

VS Code version: Code 1.138.0 (7debcd0e2acdea1c52de81bf9ee1620444407dda, 2026-09-15T07:24:32Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
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System Info
Item Value
CPUs AMD Ryzen 7 170 with Radeon Graphics (16 x 3194)
GPU Status 2d_canvas: enabled
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GPU1: VENDOR= 0x10de, DEVICE=0x25a2 [NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU], DRIVER_VERSION=32.0.15.9184
GPU2: VENDOR= 0x1414, DEVICE=0x008c [Microsoft Basic Render Driver], DRIVER_VERSION=10.0.26100.9278
Machine model name:
Machine model version:
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
skia_graphite: disabled_off
trees_in_viz: disabled_off
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
webgl: enabled
webgpu: enabled
webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg) undefined
Memory (System) 15.32GB (6.50GB free)
Process Argv --crash-reporter-id d9ebb364-5f54-4ea0-971d-ff84176abf55
Screen Reader no
VM 0%
Extensions (6)
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Python ms-python.python ms-python 2026.4.0
Python Environments ms-python.vscode-python-envs ms-python 1.36.0
CMake Tools ms-vscode.cmake-tools ms-vscode 1.24.42
C/C++ Extension Pack ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack ms-vscode 1.5.1
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