VS Code caches a lot. That's helpful but is sometimes a pain. Here is how to clear the workspace / user session session, which, among other things, remembers your recently opened files.
Bash in the Linux Subsystem for Windows
rm -rf mnt/c/Users/bigfo/AppData/Roaming/Code/User/workspaceStorage/
If that does not work, try the nuclear option, and delete everything except settings.json
and keybindings.json
like this:
find /mnt/c/Users/bigfo/AppData/Roaming/Code/ \
-type f \
-not -path "*User/*.json" \
-exec rm {} \;
Here is the first option in PowerShell on Windows
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force ~\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\workspaceStorage