Reveal in explorer just gone missing

[dperez-soap]

Type: Bug

• Open the folder of a project.
• Open several tabs.
• Click on top of the tabas that you just open.

Notice that the tab you clicked, is not revealed in the file explorer.

VS Code version: Code 1.103.0 (e3550cf, 2025-08-06T21:40:10.271Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
Modes:
Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700H (20 x 2918)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled 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 trees_in_viz: 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)	31.71GB (9.18GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id dfd507c2-6a7e-4285-8835-7eb426965beb
Screen Reader	no
VM	25%

Item	Value
Remote	WSL: Ubuntu
OS	Linux x64 5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
CPUs	13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700H (20 x 0)
Memory (System)	15.47GB (6.67GB free)
VM	0%

Extensions (18)

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prisma	Pri	6.13.0
vscode-scss-formatter	sib	3.0.0
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code-spell-checker	str	4.0.47
explorer	vit	1.26.4

[sadfklsdslk]

No matter how you reinstall, the Windows Explorer right-click menu cannot open VSCode from this directory anymore, and this option has disappeared

[Whipstickgostop]

(@ last two posts above)

I'm pretty sure the OP means that Auto Reveal in VSCode Explorer sidebar is not currently working. That is the behavior I am experiencing after the latest update as well.

Version: 1.103.0 (system setup)
Commit: e3550cfac4b63ca4eafca7b601f0d2885817fd1f
Date: 2025-08-06T21:40:10.271Z
Electron: 37.2.3
ElectronBuildId: 12035395
Chromium: 138.0.7204.100
Node.js: 22.17.0
V8: 13.8.500258-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

[I-am-Pritam-20]

No matter how you reinstall, the Windows Explorer right-click menu cannot open VSCode from this directory anymore, and this option has disappeared

@sadfklsdslk

Check this for solution: #260645 (comment)

/duplicate of #260389

[I-am-Pritam-20]

Type: Bug

• Open the folder of a project.
• Open several tabs.
• Click on top of the tabas that you just open.

Notice that the tab you clicked, is not revealed in the file explorer.

VS Code version: Code 1.103.0 (e3550cf, 2025-08-06T21:40:10.271Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100 Modes: Remote OS version: Linux x64 5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

System Info
Extensions (18)

@dperez-soap @Whipstickgostop try this temporary workaround

Check this for solution: #260645 (comment)

Because the file reveal is working perfectly for me after the 1.103 update also

Important :

• Search in your VS Code settings > explorer reveal > Explorer: Auto Reveal --> true

[Whipstickgostop]

Shared solutions above did not work for me, but this one did: #178531 (comment)

For me, I mitigate it by moving the folder view to the opposite sidebar and back.

[bpasero]

/duplicate #260478

[vs-code-engineering]

Thanks for creating this issue! We figured it's covering the same as another one we already have. Thus, we closed this one as a duplicate. You can search for similar existing issues. See also our issue reporting guidelines.

Happy Coding!