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Auto-updater wipes out shortcut modifications. #26877

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MicahZoltu opened this issue May 18, 2017 · 3 comments
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Auto-updater wipes out shortcut modifications. #26877

MicahZoltu opened this issue May 18, 2017 · 3 comments
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  • VSCode Version: 1.12.2
  • OS Version: Windows 10 x64

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Install VSCode
  2. Modify Start Menu shortcut to contain --extensionHomePath ...
  3. Install some extensions.
  4. Auto-update VSCode
  5. Notice that the start menu shortcut no longer has --extensionHomePath ... causing VSCode to launch with no extensions installed.

It would be nice if there were a better mechanism for modifying the extension path besides a command line option. Settings like this are exactly what the Windows registry was designed for. Alternatively, environment variables would be an alternative option.
@Tyriar Tyriar added install-update VS Code installation and upgrade system issues windows VS Code on Windows issues labels May 18, 2017
@joaomoreno joaomoreno added this to the Backlog milestone May 19, 2017
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Related to #26849

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This is getting really annoying as it appears that the release cadence has increased. Every time VSCode updates it wipes out my start menu shortcut and I have to go searching for this issue to remind myself how to fix it again. Any chance of this, #26849 or #3884 getting resolved in the near future? Any one of those would "resolve" the current problem for any user that doesn't want their extensions folder overflowing their %USERPROFILE%.

@joaomoreno joaomoreno added the bug Issue identified by VS Code Team member as probable bug label Jun 19, 2017
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Fixed by #26849

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