title: VS Code main window is blank
body: <p>Yesterday I downloaded the last version of VS Code and installed it. </p>
  
  <p>When I launched it, at first, it seems to work fine, I went directly to the extension sections in order to check and download some, then I tried to change the sorting options to see the recommended extensions and then it was when the first symptom appeared. I clicked the button and nothing happened, I clicked it several times and after a while, the window for selecting the type of sorting appeared several times too (possible once for each time I clicked the button). I chose the recommended extensions, and no extension appeared.</p>
  
  <p>I closed it and reopened it again, but this time, the main window was completely blank (actually, black). I restarted the PC, uninstalled the application, run CCleaner to clear the registry, reinstalled the application, all of that several times and nothing.</p>
  
  <p>Sometime, after a long time running, it shows the usual sections, but when I close it and reopen it again, everything is the same.
  Also, some options from the tool windows doesn't work, while other do (like the about window).</p>
  
  <p>I've checked this FAQ:
  <a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_vs-code-main-window-is-blank" rel="noreferrer">https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_vs-code-main-window-is-blank</a>
  but the solution there didn't work neither.</p>
  
  <p>I had a previous version of vscode that worked great. Sadly, I cannot remember which one was, not even a close guest and I removed it when I noticed that installing this new version didn't removed it.</p>
  
  <p>This is how VS Code looks like when I open it:
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/0JEbx.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/0JEbx.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>This is the about window:
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/OcQLp.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/OcQLp.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>This is a snapshot of the task manager a few seconds after vscode is launched:
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/gcUKp.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/gcUKp.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>And these are my computer properties:
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/61DGQ.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/61DGQ.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>Did anyone experience a simmilar situation before? Does anyone know how to fix it?</p>
  
  <p><hr />
  <strong>UPDATE 1</strong></p>
  
  <p>When I installed this new version, I noticed that it didn't remove the previous version of the application that was installed (and working).
  (This version instead of living on ProgramFiles was living on my User folder, I think on the Local AppSettings)</p>
  
  <p>Then I proceed to uninstall it but stupidly missed the install entry at "Program and Features" and thought it wasn't registered there then I went to see if I could see an uninstaller, which I missed too. The rest of the story is obvious, because I though having these two versions was the problem I was determined to remove this last one and did it by manually deleting the folder, cleaning the registry, etc...</p>
  
  <p>I'm writing this because, maybe, this old version left behind some configuration or registry information that would have been removed if I had followed the correct approach and, although my efforts to manually remove any trail, this is causing the new version to malfunction.
  For example, I still have the option on the explorer's context menu to open a file with Code, this option belongs to the old version and when clicked, the error message: "Application Not found" is shown.</p>