Unpatching/removing extension doesn't seem to do a complete job

[nicolasmol]

After applying unpatch/remove extension, the patch css link does not seem to be removed entirely from workbench.html

SIDE QUESTION : where can I find the doc to understand how using of such patching methods ?
It's for developing my own extension.
Thanks

[mondersky]

• hello you're right, the patch doesn't get removed. Ideally some javascript needs to be triggered upon extension uninstall but I haven't found anything in the docs on how to perform this. it's not unlikely to be unachievable. My latest try was using

  tabscolor-vscode/package.json

  Line 194 in d280955

  "vscode:uninstall": "node ./src/uninstall.js"

• I haven't found any doc on the internet that explains how to patch vs code, try looking for "how to patch electron" since vs code is based on Electron, I am planning on writing an article on how to patch vs code in the future, I am not sure when but I won't forget to let you know when it's ready
  thanks

[mondersky]

Until an automatic method for unpatching VS Code upon extension removal is available, you can run the remove patch command right before uninstalling the extension

[GiurlaniDev]

I ran the remove patch command before uninstalling, but I'm still getting the "installation appears to be corrupt" message.

[mondersky]

@GiurlaniDev Can you locate the file [DISK]\Users[USER]\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\workbench.desktop.main.js and share it here