Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No

• VS Code Version: 1.89.1
• OS Version: macOS 14.5

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install VSCode on macos

Expected:
File type associations are opt-in

Actual:
All code files now open with vscode

This is a continuation of #8687 and #51252, but those issues were auto-locked, so continuing the discussion here.

The current recommendation in those issues is to uninstall VSCode.
That's not a great solution but appears to be the only solution.

I'm filing this issue because I found another workaround and wanted to share with other users: manually editing the Info.plist to remove CFBundleDocumentTypes / CFBundleTypeExtensions.

In short:

1. Make a backup

   cp /Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app/Contents/Info.plist /Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app/Contents/Info.plist.backup

2. Edit Info.plist

   vim /Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app/Contents/Info.plist

3. Remove all or specific CFBundleTypeExtensions entries
   For deleting the entries remove everything between two dict tags, e.g. delete this to remove the .h association

   <dict>
     <key>CFBundleTypeExtensions</key>
     <array>
       <string>h</string>
     </array>
     <key>CFBundleTypeIconFile</key>
     <string>c.icns</string>
     <key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
     <string>C header file</string>
     <key>CFBundleTypeOSTypes</key>
     <array>
       <string>TEXT</string>
       <string>utxt</string>
       <string>TUTX</string>
       <string>****</string>
     </array>
     <key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
     <string>Editor</string>
   </dict>

4. Save the updated Info.plist

5. Resign the application so you can open it

   codesign --force --deep --sign - /Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app

6. Force launch services to re-register the application

   /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/Current/Support/lsregister -f /Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app