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I am new to VSCode, just started using workspaces.

I was wondering if there is a way to configure my workspace (named fun_projects), to automatically open two text files, as I open the workspace. Like as I open the workspace, I want two previously saved text files to open

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You can make a task like this:

{ "version": "2.0.0", "tasks": [ { "label": "Open two files on workspace open or reload", "type": "shell", // -r flag re-uses the current vscode window // note the double-escaping for this form of backslashed paths "command": "code -r 'C:\\Users\\Mark\\OneDrive\\folder-operations\\providers.js' 'C:\\Users\\Mark\\OneDrive\\folder-operations\\test.json'", // the above can be shortened with the use of a variable: "command": "code -r '${workspaceFolder}\\providers.js' '${workspaceFolder}\\test.json'", "problemMatcher": [], "runOptions": { "runOn": "folderOpen" // makes this task run on folder open } } ] } 

That goes into your tasks.json file in the .vscode folder at the root of your workspace.

It isn't the fastest operation as other vscode set-up occurs first, but it works.

For the Insiders Build, you would use code-insiders -r ....

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