VSCode 1.25 portable mode doesnt show GUI if started from network share

[jotrueck]

• VSCode Version:1.25
• OS Version:Windows Server 2012r2 / Win 10

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Copy 1.25 to an Network share. create an .\data folder to make it an portable
2. Start code.exe
3. code.exe runs as background process in task manager. No Gui is shown
4. Running code.exe on Fileserver from local Filesystem works as expected with gui in portable mode.

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

[jotrueck]

Just found out it happens only if started from UNC path. If you map a drive it works as expected.

[joaomoreno]

/duplicate #58853

[vscodebot]

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Happy Coding!

[the-ress]

@joaomoreno #58853 isn’t a duplicate of this issue

[joaomoreno]

Thanks @the-ress, my bad.

[joaomoreno]

@jotrueck Can you go through this checklist, so we figure out what goes wrong?

Here is a checklist to find out more about the freeze/slow/crash

• it reproduces with extensions disabled (code --disable-extensions from the command line - NOT the integrated terminal of Code)
  • if it does not reproduce with extensions disabled, you can stop testing and report this!
• it was not happening in the previous stable release
• it reproduces in insiders builds (get it from here)
• there is no suspicious output when running from the command line (code --verbose)
• there is no suspicious output in the window itself (Help | Toggle Developer Tools | Console)
• it reproduces on Windows, Linux and Mac
• it reproduces after deleting <appdata>/User/keybindings.json and <appdata>/User/settings.json (backup first! see below for paths)
• it reproduces when opening empty (code -n from the command line)
• it reproduces opening any folder
• it reproduces opening any file
• it reproduces when only having a single window open
• it reproduces by just using Code without external tools running on the same folder
• it reproduces from a workspace that is not under Git version control
• it reproduces independently if a file is opened or not after startup
• it reproduces when running with GPU disabled (code --disable-gpu)
• it reproduces when being offline
• it reproduces when disabling the file watching (set files.watcherExclude to "**/**": true)
• it reproduces after uninstalling and reinstalling
• it reproduces after deleting the application data directory (backup first! see below for paths)
• I have not played around with permissions or ran Code as administrator
• I am seeing a single CPU process spin high (please share the full command line arguments)
• I am seeing Code consuming lots of memory in a short time

Application Data Directory for VS Code:

• Windows: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Code
• Mac: /Users/<user>/Library/Application Support/Code
• Linux: /home/<user>/.config/Code

Application Data Directory for VS Code Insiders:

• Windows: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders
• Mac: /Users/<user>/Library/Application Support/Code - Insiders
• Linux: /home/<user>/.config/Code - Insiders