Cannot find vsicons.settings.json when use --user-data-dir by CLI

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Related, but not solve my problem: https://github.com/vscode-icons/vscode-icons/issues/1101 https://github.com/vscode-icons/vscode-icons/issues/1123

I was using cmder, and make vsCode portable by using this command:

@cmd /c "start %cmder_root%\bin\vsCode\Code.exe --user-data-dir %cmder_root%\bin\vsCode\data\userData --extensions-dir %cmder_root%\bin\vsCode\data\extension %* %cmder_root%\bin\vsCode\data\code.code-workspace"

and it seems that your plugin cannot detect my custom user-data-dir passed by CLI.

It throws out like this:

[Extension Host] Activating extension `robertohuertasm.vscode-icons` failed:  ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\xiaze\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\vsicons.settings.json'
[Extension Host] Here is the error stack:  Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\xiaze\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\vsicons.settings.json'
	at Object.fs.openSync (fs.js:584:18)
	at Object.module.(anonymous function) [as openSync] (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:173:20)
	at Object.fs.writeFileSync (fs.js:1326:33)
	at SettingsManager.setState (I:\bin\vsCode\data\extension\robertohuertasm.vscode-icons-7.23.0\out\src\settings\settingsManager.js:75:12)
	at SettingsManager.updateStatus (I:\bin\vsCode\data\extension\robertohuertasm.vscode-icons-7.23.0\out\src\settings\settingsManager.js:82:14)
	at initialize (I:\bin\vsCode\data\extension\robertohuertasm.vscode-icons-7.23.0\out\src\index.js:22:25)
	at activate (I:\bin\vsCode\data\extension\robertohuertasm.vscode-icons-7.23.0\out\src\index.js:39:5)
	at Function.t._callActivateOptional (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:721:592)
	at Function.t._callActivate (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:721:271)
	at i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:720:336
	at Object.g [as _notify] (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:69:572)
	at Object.enter (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:72:924)
	at n.Class.derive._oncancel._run (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:74:719)
	at n.Class.derive._oncancel._completed (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:74:160)
	at c (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:77:654)
	at K.then.o.(anonymous function) (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:77:868)
	at Object.g [as _notify] (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:69:572)
	at Object.enter (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:72:924)
	at n.Class.derive._oncancel._run (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:74:719)
	at n.Class.derive._oncancel._completed (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:74:160)
	at c (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:77:654)
	at K.then.o.(anonymous function) (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:77:868)
	at Object.g [as _notify] (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:69:572)
	at Object.enter (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:72:924)
	at n.Class.derive._oncancel._run (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:74:719)
	at n.Class.derive._oncancel._completed (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:74:160)
	at e.resolveOk (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:525:85)
	at e._receiveReply (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:598:227)
	at e._receiveOneMessage (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:597:524)
	at i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:596:384
	at i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:599:463
	at i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:88:119
	at e.fire (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:89:496)
	at Socket.<anonymous> (i:\bin\vsCode\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:145:1008)
	at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
	at Socket.emit (events.js:191:7)
	at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:178:18)
	at Socket.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:136:10)
	at Pipe.onread (net.js:560:20)
激活扩展“robertohuertasm.vscode-icons”失败: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\xiaze\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\vsicons.settings.json'。

When I look into the source code, I found that:

https://github.com/vscode-icons/vscode-icons/blob/master/src/utils/index.ts#L23 https://github.com/vscode-icons/vscode-icons/blob/master/src/settings/settingsManager.ts#L27

It was looking into %APPDATA% instead of %cmder_root%\bin\vsCode\data\userData I passed to vsCode.exe.

Is there any way to solve this?

[JimiC]

Nope. We are currently not supporting this. Thought, we will look into providing this feature, if possible.

[JimiC]

Unfortunately API request for CLI usage is still pending (https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/49306).