haakon storm heen
                                            haakon storm heen
                                        
                                    @ArudoPE Try a vanilla install. E.g. on macOS, create a new user and log in with that user; then reinstall Code without turning any settings/prefs syncronization on. If you can...
For others having trouble with the background color [only]: had this occur twice; no matter where background color changed/overridden, would stay plurple. Manually removing `[~/]Library` caches, search&replace all references to...
I think what you are looking at is part of the resulting runtime. On macOS, the similar part would be found inside the actual `.app` bundle itself. Propably what happens...