Windows Context Menu for Folder doesn't work

[alandraper]

Type: Bug

From the start menu, right click on Visual Studio Code Pick a recently opened folder VS Code opens a blank file with the name of the folder, rather than actually opening the folder.

This is recent, maybe from one of the last couple updates.

VS Code version: Code 1.100.2 (848b80aeb52026648a8ff9f7c45a9b0a80641e2e, 2025-05-14T21:47:40.416Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100 Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7800X CPU @ 3.50GHz (12 x 3504)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	39.80GB (22.55GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id a31ce13b-3b0b-4266-a5a9-484ab32de8a4
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

[lszomoru]

@deepak1556, could you please help triage this issue? Thank you!

[deepak1556]

Please check if the issue repros with latest insiders https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders

/gifPlease

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