Vscode: Restore all windows on launch

Created on 24 Aug 2016 · 7Comments · Source: microsoft/vscode

VSCode Version: 1.4.0
OS Version: macos 10.12

Steps to Reproduce:

Open two windows, load a project into them
Quit vs code
Re-open vs code, only one window opens.

VSCode only remembers one workspace. It should remember all open windows and restore them on launch.

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matejkramny

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OK, I just discovered that this feature now exists, but it isn't the default setting (another strike against the "restore to the exact same state as I had" philosophy).

Just set the window.reopenFolders preference to all.

erhhung on 4 Oct 2016

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I do not think re-opening all windows is a good idea and it might not be liking to many users. It makes sense to open the recently closed workspace on open.

I will close this for now.. But we can wait to see if there are more users looking for this feature and come back to it.

Thanks.

sandy081 on 25 Aug 2016

Ok no worries. If I made a PR with this, and it'd be an off-by-default option in settings, would this be useful to the project?

matejkramny on 25 Aug 2016

btw, if you have "multiple window tabs" when you quit VSCode, it restores them as multiple windows ;)

matejkramny on 10 Sep 2016

I work on multiple projects in multiple windows all the time, and having been used to this behavior in Sublime, I have come to expect it in VSCode, but am disappointed that, at the very least, there's no option to enable it. I understand not everyone will like it, so it should clearly be a user preference.

erhhung on 4 Oct 2016

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OK, I just discovered that this feature now exists, but it isn't the default setting (another strike against the "restore to the exact same state as I had" philosophy).

Just set the window.reopenFolders preference to all.

erhhung on 4 Oct 2016

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you're a hero. Thank you

matejkramny on 4 Oct 2016

It's now "window.restoreWindows": "none|one|all|folders",