Can't have '#' in the path to project directory

[chrmarti]

From @IcedLance on April 9, 2017 9:1

• VSCode Version: 1.11.1
• OS Version: Win7

Steps to Reproduce:

1. create a folder with '#' in the name as first symbol
2. open a new folder in vscode somewhere inside that folder
3. watch it helplessly try creating any of those "/.vscode/*.json" settings files and failing without throwing any error or warning

Everything else works as far as I could tell, but not config files.

Copied from original issue: microsoft/vscode#24358

[chrmarti]

Could not reproduce on Windows 10. Is there anything in the devtools' console? (Help > Toggle Developer Tools)

[chrmarti]

From @IcedLance on April 10, 2017 20:3

My bad, must be cpptools error.

Here's console log just in case:
Ctrl+Alt+ keybindings should not be used by default under Windows. Offender: e for terminal.run
Ctrl+Alt+ keybindings should not be used by default under Windows. Offender: e for terminal.stop
Ctrl+Alt+ keybindings should not be used by default under Windows. Offender: e for terminal.open
The system cannot find the file specified.
cannot open untitled:c%3A%5CUsers%5CQwerty%5C#SomeFolder%5COther%20folder%5C.vscode%5Cc_cpp_properties.json. Detail: file already exists on disk
[Extension Host] WARNING: Promise with no error callback:4
[Extension Host] Objecterror: "cannot open untitled:c%3A%5CUsers%5CQwerty%5C#SomeFolder%5COther%20folder%5C.vscode%5Cc_cpp_properties.json. Detail: file already exists on disk"exception: nullid: 4promise: Object__proto__: Object
[Extension Host] WARNING: Promise with no error callback:6
cannot open untitled:c%3A%5CUsers%5CQwerty%5C#SomeFolder%5COther%20folder%5C.vscode%5Cc_cpp_properties.json. Detail: file already exists on disk
[Extension Host] Object

[sean-mcmanus]

@IcedLance Okay, we have a fix. Until the fix is released, a workaround is to fix the file .vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.cpptools-0.10.5\out\src\LanguageServer\C_Cpp_ConfigurationProperties.js yourself by changing lines 273, 274, and 280 to

let dirPathEscaped = dirPath.replace("#", "%23");
let fullPathToFile = path.join(dirPathEscaped, "c_cpp_properties.json");
filePath = vscode.Uri.file(path.join(dirPath, "c_cpp_properties.json"));

[bobbrow]

This issue should be fixed with v0.11.0. Please let us know if it is not.