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Importing VSCode settings doesn't work on Windows #7455

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@jonvanausdeln

System details:

Positron and OS details:

Positron Version: 2025.05.0 (system setup) build 125
Code - OSS Version: 1.99.0
Commit: 0ef89fa
Date: 2025-04-30T03:48:57.119Z
Electron: 34.3.2
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.18.3
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

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Describe the issue:

The newly added VSCode settings import feature (#1639), it doesen't seem to work on windows.

Steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Ensure you have VSCode installed as well, and a settings file
  2. Start up Positron

It does not offer to import the settings as expected, nor does the command palette command appear.

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Expected or desired behavior:

The ability to import settings from VSCode

Were there any error messages in the UI, Output panel, or Developer Tools console?

From the developer tools console

workbench.desktop.main.js:21685   ERR Unable to resolve filesystem provider with relative file path 'C:\Users\JonVanausdeln\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\settings.json': Error: Unable to resolve filesystem provider with relative file path 'C:\Users\JonVanausdeln\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\settings.json'
    at FileService2.withProvider (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Program%20Files/Positron/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:678358:13)
    at FileService2.exists (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Program%20Files/Positron/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:678494:33)
    at vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Program%20Files/Positron/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:570575:5

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