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// Windows 32-bit warning if (isWindows && this.environmentService.os.arch === 'ia32') { <del> const message = localize('windows32eolmessage', "{0} on Windows 32-bit will soon stop receiving updates. Consider upgrading to the 64-bit build.", this.productService.nameLong); </del> <ins> const message = localize('windows32eolmessage', "You are running {0} 32-bit, which will soon stop receiving updates on Windows. Consider upgrading to the 64-bit build.", this.productService.nameLong); </ins> const actions = [{ label: localize('windowseolBannerLearnMore', "Learn More"), href: 'https://aka.ms/vscode-faq-old-windows'

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Sorry the wording is definitely misleading, the notification is not about your OS but rather the application is 32-bit. You would need to switch to 64-bit version of VSCode. /cc maybe the wording can be fixed.
It's not just the wording in the bar. Look at what you're linking people to: !
Also, when I go to install the x64 version, I remember why I never got around to upgrading it. It just stonewalls me with "Please uninstall the 32 bit version before upgrading to the 64 bit version". ! Okay... so... will I lose my settings? Will I have to resync everything? Does uninstalling leave my settings on the local machine ready for the x64 version to pick up?
So I tried uninstalling and got this: ! So now every time I start VSCode, I'm being nagged to upgrade and yet the entire process of resolving the issue is blanketed in friction and roadblocks.
I also tried installing VSCode (x86) over the top of my current install, hoping it would restore the corrupted uninstall data, but it failed to fix the issue.

And VSCode does not come with a way to repair the installation, so I'm basically out of luck. My suggestion would be to remove the nag for now, then make sure that what you're asking people to do is actually relatively frictionless, then reintroduce the nag when that is done.
Thanks for all your details, we really appreciate your passing! I'm pretty sure the uninstallation issue you're hitting isn't related at all to having been on x86 all this time. We won't remove the nag since we plan on deprecating x86 in October, that means people will just stop getting updates. As for the documentation, I think people won't have a hard time finding the 32-bit paragraph on that documentation setting. Not convinced that lot of change is required there. As for the uninstallation suggestion, here's a change that will help keep users related:
Could you point me in the right direction for my issue? It's really frustrating being nagged to upgrade but being prevented from doing so, as per what I described. I would have upgraded to the x64 version long ago if it were not for this issue (which I'd completely forgotten about until the nag showed up and eventually lead to my being reminded why I never did this earlier).
Sure. I don't think I have a better suggestion than to simply delete the folder. Then, go to Control Panel and try to uninstall it, it will simply remove VS Code from the list. Then you should be able to install the 64 bit version.
Okay, thankyou, I'll try that!