File Explorer view can not display when folder openned is the root of a subst

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

The VSCode team has already created a workaround for this issue in 1.103. Latest update breaks File Explorer view when folder openned is the root of a subst · Issue #252361 · microsoft/vscode · GitHub fs - workaround failure to read a folder that is a subst drive (#252361) by bpasero · Pull Request #255821 · microsoft/vscode · GitHub.
I still see this issue in Curosr2.2.20, which integrates VSCode 1.105.

Steps to Reproduce

md c:\TestFolder
New-Item C:\TestFolder\test.ps1 -Type file -Value “Write-Host Hello”
junction T: C:\TestFolder
code T:\ # NO ERRORS, BUT FILE EXPLORER SHOWS NO FILES OR FOLDERS

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.2.20 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: b3573281c4775bfc6bba466bf6563d3d498d1070
Date: 2025-12-12T06:29:26.017Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey @Yuke_He !

Thanks for the report.

While Cursor’s “About” dialog shows VSCode Version: 1.105.1, that currently refers to API compatibility, not the actual VSCode codebase.

We periodically merge upstream changes from VSCode, and the last merge was from version 1.99.3. So bug fixes made after that aren’t in Cursor yet.

This should be resolved when the next VSCode merge happens, but I don’t have an ETA for that!

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@Colin Thanks for your reply. I’d appreciate it if you could let me know when your team merges the code from VSCode.