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I think it's shutdown of the computer, not shutdown of VS code. The updater starts executing during the shutdown and I'm guessing the system is terminating the install process and it's not rolling back appropriately (or it is rolling back but only after the uninstall has executed)

I was always amazed by windows losing my preferences on update. As a software engineer who's worked on front end before I feel like I would have to hand in my union card if I shipped software which did that.

The GitHub issue was created almost two years ago.