Menu "Open File..." error

[kostas-alex]

Type: Bug

When choosing to open a file from the Menu Bar(or Ctrl-O), the pop up window shows recently opened files instead of opening the folder where the current opened file is.

VS Code version: Code 1.125.0 (93cfdd4, 2026-06-15T22:24:03Z)
OS version: Linux x64 5.15.0-140-generic
Modes:

System Info

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Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id e9396e28-e164-46fb-a434-5f6135335031
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[gjsjohnmurray]

Please use the Start Extension Bisect command to check whether this is being caused by one of your extensions.

[kostas-alex]

Please use the Start Extension Bisect command to check whether this is being caused by one of your extensions.

Thank you, I tried that but no luck. I had raised that bug in the past (I think a coupe of years ago) but can't find the thread. It was fixed but it seems to have regressed.

[alexr00]

I'm not able to reproduce this issue. Do you already have a folder open?

[kostas-alex]

I'm not able to reproduce this issue. Do you already have a folder open?

I can reproduce the issue on different linux machines. Not sure what you mean by having a folder open.