@manglobe What are your machine specs? Is your system managed by a company/administrator?

joaomoreno on 26 Jun 2018

@joaomoreno

操作系统名称  Microsoft Windows 10 家庭中文版
版本  10.0.16299 版本 16299
其他操作系统描述    没有资料
操作系统制造商 Microsoft Corporation
系统名称    DESKTOP-O5EPRK9
系统制造商   Dell Inc.
系统型号    OptiPlex 5050
系统类型    基于 x64 的电脑
系统 SKU  07A2
处理器 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500 CPU @ 3.40GHz，3408 Mhz，4 个内核，4 个逻辑处理器
BIOS 版本/日期  Dell Inc. 1.6.5, 2017/9/9
SMBIOS 版本   3.0
嵌入式控制器版本    255.255
BIOS 模式 UEFI
BaseBoard 制造商   Dell Inc.
BaseBoard 型号    没有资料
BaseBoard 名称    基板
平台角色    台式机
安全启动状态  启用
PCR7 配置 需要提升才能查看
Windows 目录  C:\Windows
系统目录    C:\Windows\system32
启动设备    \Device\HarddiskVolume1
区域设置    中国
硬件抽象层   版本 = "10.0.16299.371"
用户名 DESKTOP-O5EPRK9\work
时区  中国标准时间
已安装的物理内存(RAM)   8.00 GB
总的物理内存  7.87 GB
可用物理内存  3.73 GB
总的虚拟内存  12.5 GB
可用虚拟内存  5.33 GB
页面文件空间  4.63 GB

My system managed by myself

manglobe on 26 Jun 2018

Let's try to detect if the system is about to be shutdown, we don't do anything.

joaomoreno on 26 Jun 2018

👍3

Sounds like you told it to install the patch "Later". So after the reboot it messed up patching. I've had this happen to me about 2-3 times now. Except I tell it to update immediately, it gets halfway and then fails.
Attached log as requested by the error message

vscode-inno-updater.log

VS Code

Failed to install VS Code update. Please download and reinstall VS Code.

Please attach the following log file to a new issue on GitHub:

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Tempvscode-inno-updater.log

OK

Setup

Unable to execute file:

C:\Program FilesMicrosoft VS CodeCode.exe

CreateProcess failed; code 2.

The system cannot find the file specified.

OK

gmariani on 26 Jun 2018

@gmariani You seem to have #47841.

Please read this comment if you can provide more detail: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/47841#issuecomment-393101777

Please read this one to disable background updates: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/47841#issuecomment-395017687

Also read this one to provide feedback on our new user setup: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/47841#issuecomment-399941682

joaomoreno on 26 Jun 2018

@joaomoreno
vscode-inno-updater.log
That's the updater log.
There was no Error, only Delete.

manglobe on 27 Jun 2018

👍1

Hey @joaomoreno, I've also faced the problem when VS Code decided to update on Windows shutdown, which resulted in the next boot having no VS Code installed on the system. Had to download and install it again 😢

michelkaporin on 7 Sep 2018

👍6

I just had this issue also. Visual Studio wanted to update on Windows shutting down. Now there is no VS Code installed on the computer.
Here's my system specs.

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version 10.0.17134 Build 17134
System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
System Model    Inspiron 15-7579
Processor   Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz, 2701 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date   Dell Inc. 1.27.0, 1/18/2019
SMBIOS Version  3.0
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode   UEFI
BaseBoard Manufacturer  Dell Inc.
BaseBoard Model Not Available
BaseBoard Name  Base Board
Platform Role   Mobile
Secure Boot State   Off
Windows Directory   C:\WINDOWS
System Directory    C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale  United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer  Version = "10.0.17134.765"
Time Zone   Eastern Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory   7.87 GB
Available Physical Memory   2.86 GB
Total Virtual Memory    16.9 GB
Available Virtual Memory    7.79 GB
Page File Space 8.99 GB

Edit: After reinstalling VS Code to same directory all my extensions are working and code I was working on last loaded right where I left off thankfully... 😅

EvanCrane on 6 Jun 2019

👍4

Happened to me today.
Logging in after 'Shutdown anyway' and there's no code editor.

Lukortech on 13 Aug 2019

Happened to me as well. My issue was that I needed to restart VS because I was (I think) having Typescript issues. I closed it, and restarted it (apparently too fast because the old process was still running) and boom, it was gone (no machine restart).

dudewad on 15 Aug 2019

Happened to me today.
Logging in after 'Shutdown anyway' and there's no code editor.

Same thing happend to me.

NOMADE55 on 16 Aug 2019

Same here,

I received a warning on exit that it was unable to update due to some locked file. Tried the "try again" button twice and then pressed "Cancel". After that, no VS Code on my computer anymore.

anders-lundgren on 18 Aug 2019

👍3

Similar issue yesterday. Vscode wanted to update an automatic update, computer slowed down to a halt for a second, update failed and rebooted explorer.exe. Now vscode is no longer on my system.

vscode-inno-updater-1566340881.log

Aug 21 08:41:21.270 INFO Starting: C:\Users\Fred\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe, true
Aug 21 08:41:21.274 INFO Checking for running Code.exe processes... (attempt 1)
Aug 21 08:41:21.275 INFO Code.exe is running, wait a bit
Aug 21 08:41:21.776 INFO Checking for running Code.exe processes... (attempt 2)
Aug 21 08:41:21.779 INFO Code.exe is running, wait a bit
Aug 21 08:41:22.280 INFO Checking for running Code.exe processes... (attempt 3)
Aug 21 08:41:22.283 INFO Code.exe is running, wait a bit
Aug 21 08:41:22.784 INFO Checking for running Code.exe processes... (attempt 4)
Aug 21 08:41:22.787 INFO Code.exe is not running
Aug 21 08:41:22.787 INFO Checking for possible conflicting running processes... (attempt 1)
Aug 21 08:41:22.790 INFO Inno Updater v0.8.0
Aug 21 08:41:22.790 INFO Starting update, silent = true
Aug 21 08:41:22.815 INFO do_update: "C:\\Users\\Fred\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe", _
Aug 21 08:41:22.815 INFO move_update: "C:\\Users\\Fred\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\unins000.dat", _
Aug 21 08:41:22.815 INFO Reading directory: "C:\\Users\\Fred\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code"

...

Aug 21 08:41:23.379 INFO Get file handle: "C:\\Users\\Fred\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\resources\\app\\extensions\\ms-vscode.node-debug2\\node_modules\\vscode-chrome-debug-core\\i18n\\rus\\out\\src\\transformers\\remotePathTransformer.i18n.json" (attempt 1)
Aug 21 08:41:23.379 INFO Collected all directories and file handles
Aug 21 08:41:23.390 INFO All file handles marked for deletion
Aug 21 08:41:23.533 INFO All files deleted
Aug 21 08:41:23.533 INFO Delete directory recursively: "C:\\Users\\Fred\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\bin" (attempt 1)

Then it ends there

fredheidrich on 21 Aug 2019

Just as a comment for those who had the same issue, when I reinstalled
(yes, quite bothersome) VSCode all my extensions, configs and keybindings
where there.
So, even though this error/unexpected behavior is pretty inconvenient, it's
not *THAT *critical I'd say.

NOMADE55 on 21 Aug 2019

👎4 👍4

@NOMADE55 Just to clarify, you think a piece of software _uninstalling itself_ during a supposed update cycle is not a critical issue? If a piece of software I wrote _uninstalled itself_ when it was supposed to be _improving itself_ I would panic and fix it immediately - this is the kind of bug I consider unacceptable and would actually switch IDEs over.

dudewad on 21 Aug 2019

@dudewad No, I'm just an user of this IDE, so my message was sort of a message for other users like me who might think they've lost everything. I'm do not participate actively on this repo nor I think my message would stop any active debugging of this issue.

NOMADE55 on 21 Aug 2019

👍2

I've had this happen many times on multiple machines. Windows shutting down forcefully for updates and such, killing the VSCode updater. Usually this happens when I leave my computer on and IT pushes patches in the middle of the night. VSCode saves my work, but it can't save itself from pending destruction!

I'm not sure why this is a problem that isn't already fixed (as this issue was opened over a year ago). It seems that the update process does the following:

Uninstall the current version
Install the new version
Update shortcuts?

Instead it should be doing this:

Install the new version
Uninstall the current version
Update shortcuts?

That way it's not possible for it to be put in a bad state if the update is interrupted. Worst case scenario is that it is still pointing to the old version and it prompts you to update again. No biggie.

By contrast, I find myself having to go out to code.visualstudio.com often to redownload and reinstall Code Insiders. Not a good use of my time, running through the installer every time my computer reboots.

joeskeen on 19 Sep 2019

Wow, mine also just disappeared. Perhaps this should be an atomic process somehow?

freekvh on 16 Oct 2019

Hi there. The same issue occured for me as of today. I shut down my PC yesterday, had a popup opened with information I didn't get to read, this morning the programm was completely gone.

FonsyCat on 17 Oct 2019

This issue happens to me once every couple of days. It has something to do with an update checker I think

DragosPopse on 17 Oct 2019

This has happened to me twice now on Windows 10 Pro.
When I go into "Apps & Features" I see it there.

Yet it is nowhere to be found. It seems to happen after a system reboot.
Can't say I've ever had a piece of software uninstall itself multiple times unprompted.

nickzelei on 9 Nov 2019

I have just had the same issue, my apps&features shows it there (though the icon is missing) . This is the second time it's gone missing.

hsoolien on 15 Nov 2019

It is clear that this is a problem with the auto updater. As it always happens when a new version is released, a workaround would be disabling the auto updates (forgot the steps but google should provide an answer)

DragosPopse on 15 Nov 2019

Just got the same problem too, vsc was lost but also were other programs (git, mathematica, pyzo, ...).
I shut down vsc while it was trying to update (but can't understand why it uninstalled the other programs)

Thomior on 15 Nov 2019

This has just occurred to my friend, Visual Studio deleted itself.

dilanpace1496 on 16 Nov 2019

FYI, I think the triage priority of this is severely off. I switched IDEs after this issue occurred to me. @joaomoreno why is this not considered a priority zero issue, given that the application _deletes itself_?

dudewad on 18 Nov 2019

👍3

Happened to me on Friday, how is this issue still open after more than one year...

raduzahariaarnia on 25 Nov 2019

👍3

Happened to me today

I can't find a vscode-inno-updater.log file anywhere
Looking in the following directory, I can see the basic folder structure but a lot of the folders seem empty and there is no Code.exe:
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\ProgramsMicrosoft VS Code

There is however a directory in there with the name '_' (a single underscore). This has a much more fleshed out folder structure, and the Code.exe file

When I run that Code.exe file VSCode opens fine with all extensions installed and settings remembered. It also opened the update notes as well.

andy-hugecalf on 29 Nov 2019

Same here !!

agnivesh29 on 1 Dec 2019

This just happened for as well.

The first I noticed something was wrong was when the pinned app icon on the task bar lost it's icon. When I clicked on the icon to 'launch' the app I was presented a Windows shortcut is broken dialog.

When I searched for Visual Studio Code in Windows search it temporarily display in results, then launched, but then I was presented the same Windows shortcut is broken dialog.

The icon eventually unpinned itself from the task bar and now the app has completely disappeared from my PC. However, VSC still seems to be showing in Add Remove Programs.

Uploading VSC.Add.Remove.Programs.jpg…

justinreading on 10 Dec 2019

Happened to me as well, and VS Code website download link is broken. Never thought I wouldn't be able to code because of an IDE

avivbiton on 11 Dec 2019

Just happened to me, not on shutdown though. Was there one minute and now it's gone.

amysen on 15 Jan 2020

Happened overnight to me

kenbonilla on 17 Jan 2020

Yesterday this happened to me. I started VSCode in the afternoon and used it for several hours. Then exited the application and shutdown my system. When I started my system today VSCode was uninstalled.

Windows 10
VSCode 1.41
Installed in User space

Belows are all the entries from the "AppData\Roaming\Code\logs\20200206T154141\main.log"

It seems interesting that the logs show I had automatic updates disabled but did the download and started the updates. There was a folder created "AppData\Local\ProgramsMicrosoft VS Code_" with the data time stamp that matches the log entry below where I can see the files for the update. There are several other folders under "AppData\Local\ProgramsMicrosoft VS Code\resources" folder and some of its subfolders (not all of them) that have an updated date time stamp that matches my shutdown time AND there are no files in this entire folder tree.

Maybe the bug is in the update code that fails to check or honor the "disable update setting" and downloads the update and uninstalls VSCode but then does check the setting and does not complete the install action.

[2020-02-06 15:41:41.223] [main] [info] update#setState idle
[2020-02-06 15:41:41.223] [main] [info] update#ctor - startup checks only; automatic updates are disabled by user preference
[2020-02-06 15:42:11.223] [main] [info] update#setState checking for updates
[2020-02-06 15:42:11.260] [main] [info] update#setState downloading
[2020-02-06 15:42:16.639] [main] [info] update#setState updating
[2020-02-06 15:42:36.764] [main] [info] update#setState ready

RobertKlohr on 7 Feb 2020

I had this issue happen to me as well. Friday 7 Feb 2020 an update was made available. I turned off the computer. Started the computer again and found no Visual Studio Code as if it uninstalled itself. I downloaded the latest version today 10 Feb 2020 and had this error code present "The terminal process terminated with exit code: {0}"
Windows 10 pc

YesDnil41 on 10 Feb 2020

In addition to the application deleting itself, the terminal becomes unavailable after re-instillation. :|

YesDnil41 on 10 Feb 2020

@joaomoreno this issue is assigned to you by @roblourens but your last activity on this issue was a year ago. Would please take some action to move this along or remove yourself from the assignment so that someone else might pick it up? Right now it's just gathering comments.

As stated in previous comments this bug does not cause the application to stop working or slow down but uninstall itself. How is this sitting in the backlog almost 2 years after it was first reported?

RobertKlohr on 12 Feb 2020

👍3

@RjKGitHub Unfortunately there just hasn't been any developments over here.

joaomoreno on 12 Feb 2020

POSSIBLE WORKAROUND

Well, I've noticed it twice now as well. For me, the ./bin directory that contains code.exe got renamed to '_' and an empty bin directory got created. I put the original back (or maybe I moved the files into _ and renamed it back, I forget) and it seemed to work fine. I've verified that the resulting code.exe file does have the new date and version resource, and it does display the latest release notes when run, so I would suspect the bug is lurking in the final code at the end of the auto-update process.

And yes, I'm always leaving my system on overnight, so it does that. Annoying, but I have come to expect it. I'd love to see a solution, though.

mmehr2 on 21 Feb 2020

👍3

Hey @joaomoreno! I had this problem also yesterday on Windows 10.
I write this comment only to increase the priority of this issue to VSCode support. People suffer.
Can you, please, do something?

Kmilka on 27 Feb 2020

Same problem here and not for the first time - i did a regular restart of my machine (Windows 10) and upon return, vscode was missing. Like @Kmilka, i just want to raise awareness and make sure this goes high on the priority list. I had to postpone a code presentation since i couldn't display/debug my code which I had planned to do in vscode. This is a frustrating hick-up in this otherwise AWESOME tool ...

Verkurkie on 5 Mar 2020

Same thing happend to me 3 times.

WillGoGithub on 12 Mar 2020

The is because of failure update. I got this issue, then downloaded and installed by myself. Problem solved

victormaggie on 12 Mar 2020

👍2

This happened to me today (on Windows 10 v1909). Strange to have a program auto-delete itself. But it took me 20 seconds to reinstall it.

mornir on 15 Mar 2020

Same issue over here.

geduardo on 18 Mar 2020

Maybe this should help someone:
My problem:
I had a odd problem, VSC just disappeared from my PC. I couldn't find any VSC file or folder. I tried to uninstall VSC, but even there I couldn't find it. Then I downloaded and opened the installation file from code.visualstudio.com. When the installation was ending, a message popped up "Access denied".
My solution:
First I changed the hidden folders to visible like in this tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBteQswtPI0
Then I went in: C:\Users{My_win10_username}\AppData\Local\Programs
then folder -> Microsoft VS Code
I deleted the folder and installed again the newest Visual Studio Code.
That worked!

I hope that this will help someone in the future :)

Wilus23 on 22 Mar 2020

This happened 2x to me this week again! This program is frustrating to use. It's smells like the installation on the user directory proves problematic with the updater. I have VS installed as an admin on the computer and again, when an update comes around, EVEN THOUGH I'VE DISABLED THE AUTO-UPDATES, the update performs. When i attempt to reinstall, i get messages about not having permissions on the computer. Here's an example "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, etc....." the file path is the user directory not the system. Can this get fixed please?!

YesDnil41 on 24 Mar 2020

👍1

Happened to me on mac in middle of an meeting. I can't find vscode in my mac anymore..

Rajesh-Narayanappa87 on 26 Mar 2020

I had this happen to me just today (Apirl 8th 2020) just as an update that this bug has happened recently.

mbitzos on 9 Apr 2020

happenned to me just now. I just needed to restart my laptop without closing (or had I closed it? I forgot) then it just disappeared. need your help on this one please

muhfs94 on 9 Apr 2020

happened to me today (April 14th 2020) on Windows 10. After a shutdown VS Code was completely gone.

danieljclubb on 14 Apr 2020

Happened to me just now, also Apr 14 2020 - closed VS Code, auto-updater began, something in the auto-updater failed. Then Code was inaccessible. After restart, it was completely gone. Poof.

NPTP on 15 Apr 2020

Happened to me today. Yesterday vscode was installed and available. After my boot this morning, vscode is gone.

phospi on 15 Apr 2020

This is still an ongoing problem. I started my computer 10 minutes before a code review with one of my students to find VS Code (Version 1.44.1 on Windows 10.0.18363 Build 18363) had vanished. This is disruptive to my work, as I was frantically reinstalling VS while conducting the review.

jwatson-CO-edu on 17 Apr 2020

This happened to me today.

neilpalima on 18 Apr 2020

Happened to me today. Turning on my laptop to start coding and vscode is completely gone.
That was quite a shock.

Luckily after reinstalling everything works as before, but now I am really dubious how can such a major bug be open so long? I mean the program deletes itself how is this not the top priority bug?

System info:
Dell Xps 13
Windows 10

tcamde on 18 Apr 2020

Happened to me today as well.

System info:
HP Omen 2018
Windows 10 Home

amramadan on 19 Apr 2020

jesus guys.

adriennn on 21 Apr 2020

👍3

Happened to me just now.

markrendle on 21 Apr 2020

I've had it happen at least 5 or 6 times in the past few months. Am reinstalling again now, but this is getting old.
Win 10
Dell XPS i9

jmaybe on 26 Apr 2020

Same here, keeps happening.

iamafungi on 26 Apr 2020

Visual Studio Code was removed automatically on MS Windows 10 Education Version 1909 Build 18363.778.

AghiadHaloul on 29 Apr 2020

It's a sign from the gods.

3rd on 29 Apr 2020

Happened to me as well a few months ago on Windows 7. I rebooted and my icon would not boot VScode. It turned out it had actually moved my installation to a different location, but the behavior was odd so I overwrote the installation. Unfortunately I don’t have any screenshots or notes from that event.

leulu on 29 Apr 2020

please lock this thread

skibz on 29 Apr 2020

😄3

GitHub issue etiquette lesson for all:

Please do not comment on an issue unless you are providing information of value to resolution of the issue. "Me too" comments add no value, and should be indicated by 👍 reactions to the issue itself (not the comments, though reacting to comments is of course fine on its own.)

This is typically a good rule of thumb for all GitHub issues on all GitHub repositories.

I am not a Microsoft employee, just someone tired of seeing "me too" comments whenever Hacker News links to a GitHub issue.

naikrovek on 29 Apr 2020

👍7

I stopped using vscode because of this. It's happened at least 5 times that I narrowed down the problem to be on my machine as either a non-admin user issue when updating or some other electron app such as [f.lux, postman, ...n] that is running parallel unrelated to vscode that makes it fail during the update. The update process is highly flawed in any case.

DELETE ALL APP FILES FIRST FROM INSTALL DIR
INSTALL EVERYTHING AGAIN FROM SCRATCH

"Oh Access Denied? Sorry we deleted everything already. In the meantime reinstall everything all over again manually, disable automatic updates and let's hope it doesn't happen again!"

😤 Imagine having to reinstall settings and extensions from scratch every time vscode decides it wants to update and fail at it. No thanks.

mokanfar on 29 Apr 2020

👍5 👎1

Just happened to me again, should I just stop updating VS Code

PrinceMerluza on 21 May 2020

The solution is to convert your installation over to Portable mode, per Microsoft's instructions here. It's pretty simple to do.

Then when a new update ZIP file comes in, you just extract it to a folder next to the one your old one is in (mine was in C:\Users\Mike\AppData\Local\ProgramsMicrosoft VS Code"), then move the data subfolder from the old to the new, swap the names around, and you should be good to go.

mmehr2 on 22 May 2020

I also had this happen to me. In my case, I had resources\ThirdPartyNotices.txt from the Microsoft VS Code folder open in a different editor when the auto-update triggered.

Because it was open, the auto-updater failed during uninstallation:
May 27 13:05:24.079 ERRO The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. (os error 32)

This has left me in a state where Visual Studio Code is no longer installed.

(Considering that I received no prompt for auto-update, this would seem to suggest that there's no safe time to ever read any of the license documentation without being at risk for VS Code deleting itself out from underneath you...)

bstreiff on 27 May 2020

yup, happens to me often also seem the only way to get it back is to complete re-installed VS code.

re-installed 3 times now, so will be using another code editor until this issue is resolved.

Machine specs:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro14,3
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Hyper-Threading Technology: Enabled
Memory: 16 GB
Boot ROM Version: 205.0.0.0.0
SMC Version (system): 2.45f3
Serial Number (system): C02VJ1N7HTD5
Hardware UUID: 102BF22B-2341-5894-9E2D-47F6BD088134

Downloading the latest version from here:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/?dv=osx

Thanks

davidlindercodes on 8 Jun 2020

happened to me today, I had shutdown my laptop while it was updating and now I don't have vs code anymore

ankpaw on 20 Jun 2020

👍1

I also have the same error. I installed vs code with user mode not for all users, when I close vs code suddenly a message appears, an error for the update and my vs code disappears. but when I reinstall vs code with user mode again I can open my vs code, but when I close it the error is the same.

and I go to the installation directory my vs code in
"C:\Users\Abdurozzaq NH\AppData\Local\ProgramsMicrosoft VS Code"

but Code.exe is in
"C:\Users\Abdurozzaq NH\AppData\Local\ProgramsMicrosoft VS Code_" - the right directory.

So actually my code vs was not erased, but I don't know why Code.exe changed the path. not the same as in the shortcut link

Abdurozzaq on 22 Jun 2020

I'm looking forward to friday. Should we meet somewhere to celebrate the anniversary of this issue? 🎉 🎉

phospi on 22 Jun 2020

😄7 🎉2

First comment after 2nd anniversary of this. :) it happened to me as well.

hfarhidzadeh on 10 Jul 2020

👍4

Happened to me too nice

celloist on 15 Jul 2020

Same thing

Nika-St on 17 Jul 2020

It happened to me as well 4 to 5 times as I fed up as hell, but after searching a lot, I saw this solution on any other github issue that updated failed when any other program used vs code in background, somehow Skype used it (don't know how but it does) 😕
But these steps worked for me..!! 😃

when update failed and retry dialog appears, follow these steps:
1- quit skype
2- open task manager, kill all processes/services related to skype
3- back to dialog, and click "retry"

hope it hepls! 🥰

OvaisFareed on 18 Jul 2020

Hey I solved my issue by stop using vscode, ok bye.

In all seriousness it's not a critical issue. It's going to keep popping up every time windows updates or your computer reboots while vscode is doing it's update. All user settings and plugins are not removed, it's just an inconvenience for people who like to leave their computer running or sleeping over shutting it down.

There seems to be no interest of fixing it, either.

fredheidrich on 24 Jul 2020

😄2 👎1

The fact that Microsoft, a multi billion dollar company, haven't managed to fix this issue for two years, should be testament to why you should just use another IDE. See you all in a year for the 3rd anniversary 👍

To240 on 29 Jul 2020

❤3 👎1

That is the worst issue ever. A software that deletes itself. 💯

Grkmus on 29 Jul 2020

😄8

This just happened to me as well. Still no fix?

Holokai on 29 Jul 2020

Same, time to reinstall I guess.
Although the extensions are still in .vscode folder so, not as bad ¯_(ツ)_/¯

alvileg on 31 Jul 2020

👍2

Happened to me too. Installed it on my VM. Next time my machine was rebooted there's no VS Code.

Kris824 on 15 Aug 2020

happened to me too

grimuz on 17 Aug 2020

This just happened this morning, Insider started, but then failed to do my typical Remote SSH... and upon closing the program it uninstalled itself! WTF

totszwai on 18 Aug 2020

Happend to me as well.

jjbartek on 23 Aug 2020

Same. As pointed above when reinstalling extensions were back in place, so that's something I guess

Kaghar on 24 Aug 2020

Happened to me today.
Here is log file vscode-inno-updater-1598402422.log

thrnd on 26 Aug 2020

Second month in a row of it happening.

aleksficek on 26 Aug 2020

WTF, why VS Code disappeared? He himself could not leave because the uninstaller remained in place in the control panel.
This is some kind of mistake, Bill Gates solve this problem, otherwise I will no longer use your buggy programs.

UchihaSV on 27 Aug 2020

👎2

vscode not found on reboot. today I downloaded and reinstalled the version I had already updated to.

jefriedrichsen on 27 Aug 2020

Had this happen to me today. Interestingly enough running code . in WSL would launch VSCode just fine, but I can't launch it normally. Upon starting up from code . it prompted me to update which resulted in an error log pointing out that it can't find code.exe in C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe

Still runs when I do code . though.

Dantaro on 1 Sep 2020

Happened to me as well, somewhere around in August, and the solution for me was to use the open source version of the software VSCodium, since it does not randomly disappear. As others have confirmed, the program is indeed installed, as it can be found in Control Panel, it just disappears from context menus, taskbar (if it was pinned) etc. This is a bug that should definitely be a top priority, since it happens to quite a few people.

arandommudkip on 6 Sep 2020

This happened today with me as well. It doesn't get deleted, it just get moved to another directory. By default, it would be located in C:\Users\"your user"\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\_

Al-Himyari on 11 Sep 2020

😄2

first-timer here, this bug it's hilarious.

So as @Al-Himyari said, I've just copied the contents of Microsoft VS Code\_ back into Microsoft VS Code\ and it all worked again .. it also show me the changelog of new updates 😆

pjnovas on 14 Sep 2020

It happened to me again today, I'm now on version 1.49.1...

freekvh on 18 Sep 2020

Happened today for me.

emmagonz22 on 18 Sep 2020

happend to me today

johankitti on 19 Sep 2020

My turn. I got it back by copying files back as @pjnovas describes.

mduey on 21 Sep 2020

I've never seen a piece of software delete itself before. I've had issues with Microsoft software before, but this is a new one. Happened to me today, 2 years after first being reported. Glad to see they've not addressed it. /s

bpetrie on 23 Sep 2020

Happened to me today. Can someone edit the top comment and write the quick fix in there?

Something like "Edit: The quick fix to get VSCode back is to go to C:\Users\"your user"\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\_ and move the content of the _ folder to the Microsoft VS Code folder."

Julian-Wollersberger on 23 Sep 2020

👍5

This happened to me today.

Jazzinghen on 30 Sep 2020

Happened to me today. Can someone edit the top comment and write the quick fix in there?

Something like "Edit: The quick fix to get VSCode back is to go to C:\Users\"your user"\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\_ and move the content of the _ folder to the Microsoft VS Code folder."

@Julian-Wollersberger thanks. Your solution worked.
Got 1.49.3 installed yesterday. After move out of _ folder got 1.50.0 installed.

lastick1 on 9 Oct 2020

This happened to me today.

sahanjith on 11 Oct 2020

This happened to me today.

itsmpk88 on 13 Oct 2020

Yeah wonderful. It just happened to me.

teetotum on 15 Oct 2020

Just happened to me for the first time.
If you download the newest version and install it manually VS Code seems to behave as if it was never deleted. It reopened my last project, all settings, extensions, etc. are there.
So, yeah, it's a stupid issue, but it's not deleteing any of your previous efforts, so that makes it just a minor inconvenience.

maldimirov on 16 Oct 2020

oh man, This happened to me last night and in this morning when im open vscode , boom! where is my vscode gone ! never expected this before...last night i didnt notice vscode updating and close editor then shutdown.

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