Relaunching VSCode forgets what macOS Desktop each window belongs to

Issue Type: Bug

For native macOS apps, if I have windows spread across multiple Mission Control Desktops, quitting and relaunching the app restores the windows to the appropriate desktop. VSCode does not do this. Instead it displays all restored windows on the current desktop. This is very annoying since I’m using desktops to manage different workspaces (e.g. one project per desktop, with all associated files and windows), so every time I have to relaunch VSCode I have to manually drag each window back to the appropriate desktop.

VS Code version: Code 1.56.0 (Universal) (cfa2e218100323074ac1948c885448fdf4de2a7f, 2021-05-04T22:06:21.189Z) OS version: Darwin x64 20.3.0

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel® Core™ i7-6820HQ CPU @ 2.70GHz (8 x 2700)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled metal: disabled_off multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on oop_rasterization: enabled opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled skia_renderer: disabled_off_ok video_decode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	35, 10, 6
Memory (System)	16.00GB (0.18GB free)
Process Argv	–crash-reporter-id 9e084c31-c5e0-4ce9-9608-5534964bf050
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (52)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
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vscode-icalendar	af4	1.0.1
Bookmarks	ale	13.0.4
project-manager	ale	12.1.0
ascii-tree-generator	apr	1.2.4
troff	ban	1.0.22
Nix	bbe	1.0.1
vagrant	bbe	0.5.0
vscode-fish	bma	1.0.21
better-toml	bun	0.3.2
vscode-modelines	chr	2.0.5
bracket-select	chu	2.0.2
bracket-pair-colorizer-2	Coe	0.2.0
viml	dun	0.1.7
gitlens	eam	11.4.1
EditorConfig	Edi	0.16.4
tslint	eg2	1.0.46
vscode-todo-plus	fab	4.18.3
lex-flex-yacc-bison	fau	0.0.3
vscode-pull-request-github	Git	0.26.0
vscode-graphql	Gra	0.3.16
beautify	Hoo	1.5.0
jenkinsfile-support	ivo	1.1.0
language-haskell	jus	3.4.0
swift	Kas	0.2.0
nim	kos	0.6.6
vscode-fix-checksums	leh	1.1.0
colonize	lil	0.0.1
autoconf	mae	0.1.0
gluon	Mar	0.3.0
rust-analyzer	mat	0.2.591
vscode-elixir	mjm	1.1.0
python	ms-	2021.5.829140558
vscode-pylance	ms-	2021.5.1
jupyter	ms-	2021.6.811652604
remote-ssh	ms-	0.65.4
remote-ssh-edit	ms-	0.65.4
cpptools	ms-	1.3.1
vscode-ios-common-files	Ort	1.0.5
synthwave-vscode	Rob	0.1.8
llvm	RRe	0.1.1
perl6-lsp	scr	0.3.0
code-settings-sync	Sha	3.4.3
tcl	sle	0.2.0
ascii-plist	spe	1.0.3
rewrap	stk	1.14.0
shellcheck	tim	0.14.1
jest-snapshot-language-support	tle	1.1.1
cmake	twx	0.0.17
vscode-terminal-here	Tyr	0.2.4
tmlanguage	Tog	0.9.1
FilterText	yhi	0.0.15

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[lilyball]

I don’t believe this is covered by #116358. Beyond the fact that that issues is for Windows and this is for macOS, that issue was also considered a feature, whereas I firmly believe the macOS issue is a bug, as restoring to the correct desktop is a standard platform convention when restoring app windows.

[VSCodeTriageBot]

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