restoreWindows setting ignored

[fonnesbeck]

This is an ongoing problem first described in #41039, which was not re-opened when I noticed the problem had continued, so I am opening a new issue.

• VSCode Version: Code 1.19.2 (490ef76, 2018-01-10T15:49:04.682Z)
• OS Version: Darwin x64 17.4.0
• Extensions:

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
latex-workshop	Jam	3.12.3
django-html	bib	1.2.0
django-snippets	bib	1.1.0
jupyter	don	1.1.4
python-extension-pack	don	1.0.1
file-icons	fil	1.0.7
shell-format	fox	1.1.1
mdmath	goe	2.1.0
Python-autopep8	him	1.0.2
nbpreviewer	jit	1.0.0
MagicPython	mag	1.0.12
python	ms-	0.9.1
jinja	who	0.0.8
markdown-pdf	yza	0.1.7
markdown-all-in-one	yzh	1.0.3

(6 theme extensions excluded)

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Steps to Reproduce:

• Open files with vscode
• Set the following preference "window.restoreWindows": "none"
• Close vscode
• Restart vscode
• Observe previous documents open, despite setting
• When I open a new session under the setting above, I expect no open windows, yet previous windows always appear on startup.

I have tried using insider builds, but the problem still arises.

Reproduces without extensions: Yes

[fonnesbeck]

I have also tried setting:

"window.reopenFolders": "none"

but the issue continues

[bpasero]

@fonnesbeck are you starting code from the command line with "code ."?

[fonnesbeck]

It is. Can this be turned off?

[bpasero]

@fonnesbeck so what is the issue here then. You ask code to open a folder and it opens, what else would you expect?

[fonnesbeck]

Sorry for not being clear. I do expect the folder to open up, but what I did not expect is the 2 or 3 files that I happened to have open the last time (including some not from that folder) to also be opened. It appears to be restoring a session, and not just giving me access to the folder.

So for example, if I call code . in one of my repositories, I get this:

which shows the folder in the sidebar (I expect this), but also 5 files from the last session, which I am not interested in seeing.

Whereas, if I run code . in a folder that I have not recently used vscode in, I get this:

This is what I would expect when I set "window.restoreWindows": "none" -- no windows restored.

[bpasero]

/duplicate #22613

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