VS Code prepend PATH environment variable with its install directory, when started from start menu icon.

[PetSerAl]

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

Starting from 1.110.0 VS Code prepend PATH environment variable with its install directory, when started from start menu icon or from Code.exe. There are no issue with PATH environment variable, when VS Code started from bin\code.cmd. This is problematic as plain code will now resolve into Code.exe instead of code.cmd, when used in internal terminal, so things like code --install-extension, code --diff or code --merge will no longer work, as Code.exe did not process this command line parameters.

I tested it on clean Windows install (VM with snapshot just after install) with restore to clean state before each version tested.

I tested it on 1.113.0-insider it was not affected, but now 1.113.0 released and bug still here, so I presume it just does not affect Insider builds.

• VS Code Version: 1.110.0, 1.111.0, 1.112.0, 1.113.0
• OS Version: 10.0.26200.8037

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Clean install of VS Code.
2. Start VS Code from start menu icon.

Screenshot from 1.109.0:

Screenshot from 1.110.0

[dmringo]

I just ran into this too. I think it's the same as #300231.

The registry fix mentioned in comments seems to work.

[dmitrivMS]

The likely root cause of this issue is the same as in #300231 - path to code.exe being injected into the environment. The fix is in the linked PR.