Can't open more than one instance when VSCode is run as administrator

[joemaffei]

• VSCode Version: 1.19.0-insider
• OS Version: Windows 10 Pro

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Run VSCode as administrator (either by right-clicking the icon or setting it as the default in Properties -> Advanced)
2. Try to start another instance, either by choosing "New Window" or "Visual Studio Code - Insiders"

Reproduces without extensions: Yes

It may be worth pointing out that I'm using cmder as my integrated terminal. I have not tried disabling it to see if it fixes the issue but will try that and report back.

[bpasero]

@joemaffei does it work if you run from the command line?

[bpasero]

I can reproduce:

Error: connect EPERM \\.\pipe\ebe3a8355186f99da77237014959374e-1.19.0-insider-main-sock
    at Object.exports._errnoException (util.js:1050:11)
    at exports._exceptionWithHostPort (util.js:1073:20)
    at PipeConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1097:14)

@joaomoreno Can we create the pipe with other permissions

Very similar to #6560

[joaomoreno]

You have to use different user data directories... We don't support sharing them across users.

[bpasero]

@joaomoreno that is unfortunate. If we knew the user was running as admin, we could maybe use a different socket. Or actually we should detect this early enough that we force a different user data directory right from the beginning.

/duplicate #6560

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