Cannot read property 'openTaskFile" of undefined

[st-schneider]

Issue Type: Bug
It seems that if no .vscode/tasks.json it currently cannot be generated. Also if you create it manually, it cannot be opened neither.

ERR Cannot read property 'openTaskFile' of undefined: TypeError: Cannot read property 'openTaskFile' of undefined
at s (file:///Applications/Visual Studio Code - Insiders.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:4542:309)
at file:///Applications/Visual Studio Code - Insiders.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:4543:695

VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.40.0-insider (d39e6b3, 2019-11-05T01:58:38.382Z)
OS version: Darwin x64 17.7.0

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4980HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz (8 x 2800)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled flash_3d: enabled flash_stage3d: enabled flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled metal: disabled_off multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on oop_rasterization: disabled_off protected_video_decode: unavailable_off rasterization: enabled skia_renderer: disabled_off surface_control: disabled_off surface_synchronization: enabled_on video_decode: enabled viz_display_compositor: enabled_on viz_hit_test_surface_layer: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	3, 3, 3
Memory (System)	16.00GB (2.62GB free)
Process Argv	-psn_0_5703024
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions: none

[alexr00]

Duplicate of #83836. If you install the latest insiders version (515f496) then you'll have the fix

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