vscode: Can't disable "An external application wants to open" warnings
Type: Bug
I can’t disable the “an external application wants to open this file” warnings (“Prompt for local file protocol handling” in settings). I have the checkboxes off in my Settings, and every time I see the warning I check the box to say “allow opening local paths without warnings”, yet the warning won’t stop. Here’s a loom showing the problem in full detail:
https://www.loom.com/share/02d73ee168de4c018ea09c07c2920cc2?sid=6ad60f4a-23b5-4592-b2ca-b6f0288870b2
VS Code version: Code 1.87.1 (Universal) (1e790d77f81672c49be070e04474901747115651, 2024-03-06T00:23:16.418Z) OS version: Darwin arm64 23.4.0 Modes:
System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | Apple M3 Pro (11 x 24) |
| GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled |
| Load (avg) | 2, 3, 3 |
| Memory (System) | 36.00GB (0.24GB free) |
| Process Argv | –crash-reporter-id c845d03f-9197-44fd-85e2-84c62baf5260 |
| Screen Reader | no |
| VM | 0% |
Extensions (54)
| Extension | Author (truncated) | Version |
|---|---|---|
| op-vscode | 1Pa | 1.0.4 |
| bundle-size | amb | 1.7.0 |
| vscode-color | ans | 0.4.5 |
| graphql-codegen-vscode | cap | 1.1.1 |
| multi-cursor-case-preserve | Car | 1.0.5 |
| npm-intellisense | chr | 1.4.5 |
| postcss | css | 1.0.9 |
| vscode-eslint | dba | 2.4.4 |
| parquet-viewer | dvi | 2.7.0 |
| gitlens | eam | 14.9.0 |
| prettier-vscode | esb | 10.1.0 |
| file-icons | fil | 1.1.0 |
| auto-rename-tag | for | 0.1.10 |
| codespaces | Git | 1.16.13 |
| copilot | Git | 1.172.0 |
| copilot-chat | Git | 0.13.1 |
| vscode-github-actions | git | 0.26.2 |
| vscode-pull-request-github | Git | 0.82.0 |
| vscode-graphql | Gra | 0.9.3 |
| vscode-graphql-syntax | Gra | 1.3.4 |
| closeunmodified | Gru | 0.0.7 |
| todo-tree | Gru | 0.0.226 |
| vscode-test-explorer | hbe | 2.21.1 |
| vscode-edit-csv | jan | 0.9.1 |
| vs-docblock | jer | 1.4.0 |
| remove-unused-imports | kus | 1.2.3 |
| vscode-python-test-adapter | lit | 0.8.2 |
| vscode-json5 | mrm | 1.0.0 |
| playwright | ms- | 1.0.22 |
| black-formatter | ms- | 2024.0.1 |
| debugpy | ms- | 2024.2.0 |
| flake8 | ms- | 2023.10.0 |
| isort | ms- | 2023.10.1 |
| mypy-type-checker | ms- | 2023.6.0 |
| python | ms- | 2024.2.1 |
| vscode-pylance | ms- | 2024.3.1 |
| live-server | ms- | 0.4.13 |
| test-adapter-converter | ms- | 0.1.9 |
| vsliveshare | ms- | 1.0.5918 |
| autodocstring | njp | 0.6.1 |
| material-icon-theme | PKi | 4.34.0 |
| tsimporter | pmn | 2.0.1 |
| postman-for-vscode | Pos | 0.19.1 |
| vscode-yaml | red | 1.14.0 |
| markdown-preview-enhanced | shd | 0.8.12 |
| indenticator | Sir | 0.7.0 |
| vscode-fileutils | sle | 3.10.3 |
| vscode-graphql | stp | 0.3.0 |
| ayu | tea | 1.0.5 |
| vscode-mdx | uni | 1.8.1 |
| vscodeintellicode | Vis | 1.3.0 |
| vscode-icons | vsc | 12.7.0 |
| change-case | wma | 1.0.0 |
| zoombar-vscode | wra | 1.4.4 |
(2 theme extensions excluded)
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About this issue
- Original URL
- State: closed
- Created 4 months ago
- Comments: 16 (8 by maintainers)
Commits related to this issue
- Can't disable "An external application wants to open" warnings (fix #207777) — committed to microsoft/vscode by bpasero 2 months ago
- Can't disable "An external application wants to open" warnings (fix #207777) — committed to microsoft/vscode by bpasero 2 months ago
- Can't disable "An external application wants to open" warnings (fix #207777) (#211379) — committed to cpendery/vscode by bpasero 2 months ago
@tjx666 thanks so much for the screenshot, it pointed me to the right direction! this setting cannot be configured on a per-profile level but only globally because it is read from a context that is not profile aware 🚀
I will have a fix ready, but this explains everything. @dgattey are you also using profiles?
To fix this for now:
Yup, I’m using a profile. Glad to hear! I’ll try swapping the setting in the default profile