diff --git a/src/vs/code/node/cli.ts b/src/vs/code/node/cli.ts
--- a/src/vs/code/node/cli.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/node/cli.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import product from 'vs/platform/product/common/product';
import { CancellationTokenSource } from 'vs/base/common/cancellation';
import { randomPath } from 'vs/base/common/extpath';
import { Utils } from 'vs/platform/profiling/common/profiling';
+import * as path from 'path';
function shouldSpawnCliProcess(argv: NativeParsedArgs): boolean {
return !!argv['install-source']
@@ -363,9 +364,11 @@ export async function main(argv: string[]): Promise<any> {
}
let child: ChildProcess;
+ const app_arg = '--app=' + path.join(path.dirname(process.execPath), 'resources', 'vscodium');
+ const electron_args = [app_arg].concat(argv.slice(2));
if (!isMacOSBigSurOrNewer) {
// We spawn process.execPath directly
- child = spawn(process.execPath, argv.slice(2), options);
+ child = spawn(process.execPath, electron_args, options);
} else {
// On Big Sur, we spawn using the open command to obtain behavior
// similar to if the app was launched from the dock
@@ -425,7 +428,7 @@ export async function main(argv: string[]): Promise<any> {
}
}
- spawnArgs.push('--args', ...argv.slice(2)); // pass on our arguments
+ spawnArgs.push('--args', ...electron_args); // pass on our arguments
if (env['VSCODE_DEV']) {
// If we're in development mode, replace the . arg with the