VSCode Remote WSL: unable to rename folder

[eisber]

Issue Type: Bug

I tried to rename a folder with some files in it and it silently failed. When trying in the terminal inside VSCode, in WSL bash or Windows Explorer I get permission denied (another program accesses the folder).

Extension version: 0.32.0
VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.34.0-insider (daf71423252a707b8e396e8afa8102b717f8213b, 2019-05-06T22:08:08.969Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.18362
Remote OS version: Linux x64 4.4.0-18362-Microsoft

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8650U CPU @ 1.90GHz (8 x 2112)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled checker_imaging: disabled_off flash_3d: enabled flash_stage3d: enabled flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on native_gpu_memory_buffers: disabled_software rasterization: enabled surface_synchronization: enabled_on video_decode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.93GB (3.50GB free)
Process Argv
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Item	Value
Remote	WSL
OS	Linux x64 4.4.0-18362-Microsoft
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8650U CPU @ 1.90GHz (8 x 2112)
Memory (System)	15.93GB (3.48GB free)
VM	0%

[egamma]

Duplicate of microsoft/WSL#3395.

This will be addressed by WSL2!

[auchenberg]

Re-opening, as this is still an issue in WSL1 and we may need to address this until WSL2 ships.

[egamma]

@isidorn @aeschli can we provide an error message that tells the user that this is a WSL limitation when this happens in a WSL context.

[isidorn]

I think the issue here is that the error silently fails. Let me first look into if we can surface the error, and only then if we can provide a better one.

[aeschli]

There's now a new setting to swich to polling and avoid the 'can not rename' probem.
See https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/wsl#_i-see-eaccess-permission-denied-error-trying-to-rename-a-folder-in-the-open-workspace