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After being updated to 1.9.0, some features of the editor just stopped working here. I tried to run with --disable-extensions option and the problem persisted.
Now I want to reinstall to check if the installation is corrupted but I don't want to lose my preferences.
How can I reinstall VSCode keeping my extensions and user settings?
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Download the Visual Studio Code installer for Windows. Once it is downloaded, run the installer (VSCodeUserSetup-{version}.exe). This will only take a minute. By default, VS Code is installed under C:\Users\{Username}\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code .
Use the “Sync: Download Settings” (or Shift + Alt + D) option on your other computers. There are a few other options I prefer to set in “Sync: Advanced Options”. “Sync: Toggle Auto-Upload On Settings Change”, “Sync: Toggle Auto-Download on Startup”, and “Sync: Toggle Show Summary Page on Upload / Download”.
I just downloaded vsCode again and installed over the top of my existing install.
This preserved everything and fixed my "Your Code installation appears to be corrupt. Please reinstall." issue.
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You can find all settings and preferences for visual studio code here: C:\Users[USER_NAME]\AppData\Roaming\Code
You'll notice some cache directories there. You may try clearing those before a reinstall. My intellisense and formatting randomly quit working all the time and clearing the cache fixes my issues.
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I uninstalled and re-installed and my settings all seemed preserved. Some Extensions were disabled but still, it seems to work smoothly with no loss in extensions.
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