[Bug] VSC Stable failed to update, corrupting its installation.

[RokeJulianLockhart]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?

I do not know, and cannot ascertain this, because the uninstallation process rendered the installation entirely broken. This also applies to acquiring the VSC version information, for had I uninstalled it due to its then-broken state, forgetting to verify which version I utilised. However, it should be recent.

Modal Error Windows

Chronologically:

1. 

2. 

   Its content is available at gist.github.com/RokeJulianLockhart/c57bd6562bc20e11a6c786a3f2518148.

3. 

Environment (OS)

1. #!/usr/bin/env pwsh
   Get-ComputerInfo | Select-Object -Property @(
   	'OsName',
   	'OsOperatingSystemSKU',
   	'OsVersion',
   	'OsBuildNumber'
   ) | Format-List

2. OsName               : Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
   OsOperatingSystemSKU : 48
   OsVersion            : 10.0.26120
   OsBuildNumber        : 26120

[iwangbowen]

The issue has been around for a while

[RokeJulianLockhart]

#251660 (comment)

I forgot to mention that:

1. I'd been running compact /c /s "$Env:SystemDrive" at the same time, and had Microsoft.WinDbg_1.2502.25002.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe open, attached to another application. ¹ I imagine that these would place locks on files. Additionally, the COM Surrogate may have been downloading a > 56-GiB file from OneDrive.

2. I'd installed VSC via the Microsoft.WindowsStore_22505.1401.6.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe GUI, presumably via its WinGet ² backend (--id XP9KHM4BK9FZ7Q --source msstore, rather than --id Microsoft.VisualStudioCode --source winget), considering that I couldn't invoke it from the Store GUI (so it's not an MSIX)?

#251660 (comment)

@iwangbowen, do you have any idea what version it first occurred in (for you, perhaps)?

Footnotes

1. Murmele/Gittyup/issues/523#issuecomment-2978411714 ↩

2. 1. Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.26.320.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

   2. Microsoft.Winget.Source_2025.616.2314.30_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe

   ↩

[RokeJulianLockhart]

#251660 (comment)

Just had this recur on --id XP8LFCZM790F6B (--source msstore's counterpart to --source winget's Microsoft.VisualStudioCode.Insiders) after it decided to automatically update. To demonstrate how the installation becomes corrupt, despite it not existing on the filesystem:

1. #!/usr/bin/env pwsh
   Get-ChildItem $Env:ProgramFiles | Format-Table -AutoSize

2.    Directory: C:\Program Files
   
   Mode        LastWriteTime Length Name
   ----        ------------- ------ ----
   d---- 2025-06-16    23:22        7-Zip
   d---- 2024-06-29    23:35        AMD
   d---- 2025-05-19    20:25        Common Files
   d---- 2025-04-07    22:57        CopyQ
   d---- 2024-12-14    23:35        Corsair
   d---- 2025-06-13    17:53        dotnet
   d---- 2025-05-16    15:27        Eclipse Adoptium
   d---- 2025-03-06    12:20        Epic Games
   d---- 2025-05-16    15:22        Fedora Media Writer
   d---- 2025-05-19    21:08        Git
   d---- 2024-09-18    13:05        Gittyup
   d---- 2024-11-30    15:44        Internet Explorer
   d---- 2024-10-16    00:32        Killer Networking
   d---- 2025-06-02    13:35        Logi
   d---- 2025-06-02    13:36        LogiOptionsPlus
   d---- 2025-05-16    15:26        Microsoft
   d---- 2024-06-24    00:10        Microsoft Update Health Tools
   d---- 2025-05-19    20:22        Microsoft Visual Studio
   d---- 2024-04-01    08:26        ModifiableWindowsApps
   d---- 2025-06-13    17:49        Nextcloud
   d---- 2024-10-19    22:44        obs-studio
   d---- 2024-10-19    20:39        PowerShell
   d---- 2025-05-16    14:49        UniGetUI
   d---- 2024-10-19    22:55        VideoLAN
   d---- 2025-06-13    18:03        Warp
   d---- 2025-06-13    18:04        WarpPreview
   d-r-- 2024-11-30    15:53        Windows Defender
   d---- 2024-11-30    15:44        Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection
   d---- 2024-04-01    08:26        Windows Mail
   d---- 2024-04-01    17:12        Windows NT
   d---- 2024-11-30    15:44        Windows Photo Viewer
   d---- 2024-04-01    08:34        WindowsPowerShell
   d---- 2025-06-13    18:07        WSL

...it remains registered:

1. 1. #!/usr/bin/env pwsh
      Start-Process 'settings:appsfeatures-app'

      ¹

   2. 

2. 1. #!/usr/bin/env pwsh
      Start-Process 'ms-windows-store://pdp/?ProductId=XP8LFCZM790F6B'

   2. 

For absolute confirmation:

1. #!/usr/bin/env pwsh
   #Requires -RunAsAdministrator
   Get-WMIObject Win32_InstalledWin32Program | Select-Object 'Name', 'Version', 'ProgramId' | Format-List

2. Name      : Microsoft Visual Studio Code Insiders (User)
   Version   : 1.102.0
   ProgramId : 0000b76b2b0e683f06ecd2ebc70d42b743f70000ffff

I'd confirm that its log is identical, except that when writing this, superuser.com/q/1501101 caused me to lose its path that I'd copied from the modal.

Footnotes

1. stackoverflow.com/q/78928940 ↩

[iwangbowen]

There's tons of issues complaining about this

[RokeJulianLockhart]

#251660 (comment)

@iwangbowen, if you know of one that is the current meta-issue or source of truth, I'll mark this as a duplicate of it, or advise the other way around at its discussion thread, so please share the URI[s].

[iwangbowen]

#251660 (comment)

@iwangbowen, if you know of one that is the current meta-issue or source of truth, I'll mark this as a duplicate of it, or advise the other way around at its discussion thread, so please share the URI[s].

You should keep it as they should fix it long ago

[RokeJulianLockhart]

#251660 (comment)

@iwangbowen, so it's a regression? Thanks.

[lnfel]

Not exactly sure what is the issue but I downgraded to 1.80.1 as it works on our windows enterprise OS

winget install Microsoft.VisualStudioCode --version 1.80.1

[RokeJulianLockhart]

#251660 (comment)

@infel, do you mean that this has occurred to you, and it solely ceased when you manually downgraded to that version? (If so, does it not automatically update anymore?)