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                                            Christopher Man

vscode can't open file when file's name contains zero width chars.

### Update - After some further debugging i've made some new discoveries - The `explorer` related code and the backend `readdir()` functions calls are not actually the direct issue -...

vscode can't open file when file's name contains zero width chars.

### Update - The `readStream()` function successfully reads the data stream from the file - It also reads the filename with BOM CHAR - And also successfully returns the string...

vscode can't open file when file's name contains zero width chars.

## Problem Description When files with BOM (Byte Order Mark) characters in their filenames are displayed in the VS Code file explorer, they appear correctly in the explorer tree, but...

vscode can't open file when file's name contains zero width chars.

#### Mini-Update - Got cursor to summarise my messy notes into the above - Will go ahead and execute a couple of fixes and check which one is the cleanest...

vscode can't open file when file's name contains zero width chars.

#### Mini-Update - Going through this flow with basically divide and conquer mindset to try and figure out whats happening here with the IPC `readdir()` calls ``` Main Process: DiskFileSystemProvider.readdir()...

vscode can't open file when file's name contains zero width chars.

Note: Taking some time to go offline, should be picking this back up on Monday (29/09/2025)

vscode can't open file when file's name contains zero width chars.

#### Update - I may have lied in my previous update 3 hours ago I couldn't stop thinking about this issue. - So i've really gone deeper and tried to...

vscode can't open file when file's name contains zero width chars.

#### Mini update - Based on my comprehensive investigation of the IPC layer, all IPC serialisation/deserialisation methods preserve BOM characters #### Tested and Working: - JSON serialization: ✅ Preserves BOM...

vscode can't open file when file's name contains zero width chars.

# Final Update: Passing the Torch After 8 Days of Investigation After 8 days of intensive investigation into this zero-width character file opening issue, I've reached the limits of my...

vscode can't open file when file's name contains zero width chars.

Sidenote: you can use this to check BOM chars quickly https://invisiblecharacterviewer.com/