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Another instance of Code is already running as Administrator #257528

@jonbrekhusvt

Description

@jonbrekhusvt

Type: Bug

Just try to open 2 windows of Visual Stuido Code. This apps is no good. Notepad++ came open two windows at the same time.

Visual Studio Code

Another instance of Code is already running as Administrator

Please close the other instance and try again

VS Code version: Code 1.102.2 (c306e94, 2025-07-22T12:15:48.520Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
Modes: Restricted

System Info
Item Value
CPUs 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-12100 (8 x 3302)
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
vulkan: disabled_off
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled
webgpu: enabled
webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg) undefined
Memory (System) 31.70GB (9.31GB free)
Process Argv C:\Scripts\terminate-user\go\5-onedrive.ps1 --crash-reporter-id 9a2f3bb2-4b89-4052-8455-07563fb0bf06
Screen Reader no
VM 0%
Extensions (5)
Extension Author (truncated) Version
gc-excelviewer Gra 4.2.63
remote-ssh ms- 0.120.0
remote-ssh-edit ms- 0.87.0
onedrive-browser ms- 0.0.1
remote-explorer ms- 0.5.0
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