Cursor sometimes opens projects in a strange mode and without extensions

[Kcko]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Cursor opens some projects in a strange mode without extensions in the default skin with a strange bottom bar.

The projects are similar (HTML / CSS / PHP / JS / Vue).

Is there any way to find out why this is happening?

VSC never did this.

More in the attached 2-minute video d

Steps to Reproduce

Dont know how … but video https://remotefiles.rjwebdesign.cz/f/20251009-090521.mp4

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.7.39 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: a9c77ceae65b77ff772d6adfe05f24d8ebcb2790
Date: 2025-10-08T00:33:20.352Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Does not matter - That’s not related.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report. Could you check the .vscode folder in your project? There might be project-specific settings there.

[Kcko]

My project has only file in .vscode directory
launch.json

{
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "type": "pwa-chrome",
            "request": "launch",
            "name": "Launch Chrome against localhost",
            "url": "http://localhost:8080",
            "webRoot": "${workspaceFolder}"
        }
    ]
}


Its really strange behavior and i dont know how to debug it.

I removed all folder under User/Cursor/Workspace (something like that) and it does not help.

:/