When opening a file from problem view, the file is opened again in a new tab.

[martincohen]

I'm using MSVC 2015 and cpptools. When I click on errors in problem view, I get the file opened as a duplicate with path "." (for example lib.h opens again as lib.h .) This later causes errors with saving files (as Code detects that the file is "newer" on the disk) and I've already lost several hours of work due to this bug.

• VSCode Version:
  1.8.1 (with freshly installed cpptools)
• OS Version:
  Windows 10

Steps to Reproduce:

This happens quite random

1. Open files from the Explorer sidebar.
2. Create a file with compile errors.
3. Compile.
4. Hit F8 (and if it actually works, as it's buggy) and the file is opened in another tab.

[martincohen]

This also happens from cpptools callstack. The files simply have different case in the paths (which is natural for Windows).

• W:\Work\Projects\lever\development\runtime.c (opened from Explorer)
• W:\work\projects\lever\development\runtime.c (opened from Call Stack in Debug mode)

[dbaeumer]

@bpasero I start this with you. When we compare file inputs are we comparing them case insensitive under Windows? If we do then this sounds like a cpptools problem then.

[bpasero]

This should be reported to the C++ extension, otherwise, duplicate of #12448

[martincohen]

I've already reported this issue to cpptools and been sent by the guys there to report it here. However, yah, it sounds like duplicate of #12448 and also my recent one #18718 (requested by @isidorn to be filed separately as it might contain more info).

[isidorn]

@martincohen might be a dup of #12448, @bpasero would know best. Sorry for making you file a new issue that turns out to be a dup!

[martincohen]

@isidorn no problem at all, hopefully it adds more visibility to the issue and helps you guys. I would love to take a look at the issue myself, but I'm still trying to find my way around the source code.