Tab Completion removes backslash in UNC Path
See original GitHub issueSystem Details
- Operating system name and version: Windows 10 v1607, build 14393.970
- VS Code version: 1.11.2
- PowerShell extension version: 0.11.2
- Output from
$PSVersionTable:
PSVersion 5.1.14393.953 PSEdition Desktop PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…} BuildVersion 10.0.14393.953 CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000 WSManStackVersion 3.0 PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3 SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
Issue Description
Tab completion is removing the initial backslash from UNC Paths. For instance: \\CorpServer\ becomes \CorpServer\ when one of the subdirectories is selected. This occurs at every level, not just at the root of the server/share.
Issue Analytics
- State:
- Created 6 years ago
- Comments:8 (1 by maintainers)
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Wow, that’s weird, I’ll take a look!
Great, thanks for confirming! I’ll keep this issue open until that fix comes to the stable VS Code release.