I have a problem with my Visual Studio Code. I have a popup that appears in the bottom right corner, to inform that my VS Code is damaged. So this week I uninstalled my VS Code from Windows. I then went to the official Visual Studio Code website to get the installation executable. Once done, I do the installation, everything works again correctly, then 5 min after, there is a new popup.
Is there a solution that allows me to fix this?
I have a pc on Windows 10 64bits.
Short answer - try vs-code extension Fix VSCode Checksums.
After installation, open command palette and run 'Fix Checksums: Apply'.
Now, just restart your vs-code.
or
Alternatively, open command palette and write 'Developer: Reload Window'.
That's it.
This fixes the issue for me as well (If you ever have any problems/doubts and wanted to undo what you just did, open command palette and execute 'Fix Checksums: Restore').
Details - I was having the same issue after installing 'SynthWave 84 theme' and 'Enable Neon Dreams' (that glow effect), as mentioned by answers above.
I searched for it and even though vs-code documentation suggested to re-install the VS Code (as mentioned in the second answer), I was willing to search for another possible solution.
so, I found this section on 'SynthWave 84' extension official page.
thus, just wanted to add another possibility to this question, which may help someone.
I will be following this and if it causes any issue in VS Code updates or anything related, I will provide an update.
JFYI - I am on macOS Catalina, but I am sure it will be the same for windows as well and vs-code September 2020 (version 1.50)
Maybe you installed an unsupported theme or extension, i.e. JS CSS loader and themes like SynthWave '84, this theme and extension are not supported by Visual Studio Code or change protected files that VScode uses.
I got this issue after installing "SynthWave 84" extension.
Official documentation is recommending the reinstallation of VSCode!
However, Took the following steps to resolve this issue as I never wanted to reinstall VSCode!
Voila, the issue got resolved without having to reinstall VSCode.
simply go to your anti virus software setting, then find there quarantined files, there you can see vs code files, select them and restore, open your vs code and see your vs code is running nicely.
