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BUG: In process explorer if user has UTF-8 / cyrrilic symbols in name it will be displayed by non displayable symbols ("question mark" symbol)

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#219,183 opened on Jun 28, 2024

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Description

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

Version: 1.106.0 (user setup) Commit: ac4cbdf48759c7d8c3eb91ffe6bb04316e263c57 OS: Windows_NT x64 10

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Open vs code process explorer
  2. Hover mouse cursor over any process (ex. gpu-process)
  3. User with UTF-8/Cyrillic symbols in name is displayed incorrectly (will be displayed by non displayable symbols "question mark" symbol)

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Research direction
Examine the process explorer code to identify how process names are retrieved from the OS and rendered. Look for encoding conversion or Unicode handling issues, especially in the hover tooltip.
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