VS Code version: Code 1.37.1 (f06011a, 2019-08-15T16:17:55.855Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.18362
Steps to Reproduce:
- make a new file, start with some 0x00 bytes, after those are really text
- open it, vscode will mind you this file is bin file, you need to click and open it:

- then you can't change this file's encoding:

I only changed two bytes

System Info
| Item |
Value |
| CPUs |
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6650U CPU @ 2.20GHz (4 x 2208) |
| GPU Status |
2d_canvas: enabled flash_3d: enabled flash_stage3d: enabled flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on native_gpu_memory_buffers: disabled_software oop_rasterization: disabled_off protected_video_decode: unavailable_off rasterization: enabled skia_deferred_display_list: disabled_off skia_renderer: disabled_off surface_synchronization: enabled_on video_decode: enabled viz_display_compositor: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled |
| Load (avg) |
undefined |
| Memory (System) |
7.93GB (1.48GB free) |
| Process Argv |
|
| Screen Reader |
no |
| VM |
50% |
Extensions (17)
| Extension |
Author (truncated) |
Version |
| rainbow-brackets |
2gu |
0.0.6 |
| blamer-vs |
bea |
0.5.0 |
| love |
bsc |
0.3.6 |
| vscode-markdownlint |
Dav |
0.30.1 |
| xml |
Dot |
2.5.0 |
| gitlens |
eam |
9.9.3 |
| diff-tool |
jin |
0.0.1 |
| svn-scm |
joh |
1.54.4 |
| luacoderassist |
liw |
2.3.3 |
| vscode-language-pack-zh-hans |
MS- |
1.37.5 |
| python |
ms- |
2019.8.30787 |
| cpptools |
ms- |
0.25.0 |
| csharp |
ms- |
1.21.1 |
| vsliveshare |
ms- |
1.0.721 |
| indent-rainbow |
ode |
7.4.0 |
| code-settings-sync |
Sha |
3.4.2 |
| vscode-hexdump |
sle |
1.7.2 |
VS Code version: Code 1.37.1 (f06011a, 2019-08-15T16:17:55.855Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.18362
Steps to Reproduce:
I only changed two bytes

System Info
flash_3d: enabled
flash_stage3d: enabled
flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
native_gpu_memory_buffers: disabled_software
oop_rasterization: disabled_off
protected_video_decode: unavailable_off
rasterization: enabled
skia_deferred_display_list: disabled_off
skia_renderer: disabled_off
surface_synchronization: enabled_on
video_decode: enabled
viz_display_compositor: disabled_off
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled
Extensions (17)