VSCODE_EXTENSIONS not working on macOS

[mayurankv]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version: 1.90.0
• OS Version: MacOS Sonoma 14.5 (M3 chip)

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Set the VSCODE_EXTENSIONS environment variable
2. Open VSCode
3. The ~/.vscode folder will still be created even if the environment variable points elsewhere

[mayurankv]

See #169600 for a similar (same?) issue but this point was not resolved.

[sandy081]

The ~/.vscode folder will still be created even if the environment variable points elsewhere

This is not only used for extensions but also for other features like argv.json and cli. Please check if your extensions are being read from the folder you set in the env variable?

[VSCodeTriageBot]

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Happy Coding!

[mayurankv]

I have just symlinked the folder so not a massive issue, but it did appear to recreate the extensions folder in ~/.vscode evertytime even though VSCODE_EXTENSIONS was set elsewhere so I assume it was not reading from the set location.