VS Code doesn't open from command line as root

Question

I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS (Bionic Beaver). I'm trying to run VS Code using these commands:

>> sudo -s
# mkdir ../user-data-dir
# cd <project_path>
<project_path># code . --userdata-dir ../user-data-dir
<project_path>#

I used to launch VS Code using these commands as root before, but now it is not working. I get no errors in the command line.

code . does open VS Code if I'm not running as root.

Help please?

Does this answer your question? [How to run Visual Studio Code as root](https://askubuntu.com/questions/803343/how-to-run-visual-studio-code-as-root) — Nicolas Formichella, Jun 15 '21 at 08:58

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 15 '21 at 10:08

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You have an extra . in your command. Try this:

code  --userdata-dir /your/path

answered Jun 15 '21 at 10:08

Karlom

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