title: Workspace Settings permission denied
body: <p>I'm running Ubuntu 12.04LTS.
  Have unpacked Visual Studio Code in a folder owned by my user id. All vscode files are owned by my user id (user and group).
  Have Node.js, npm, typescript installed via <code>apt-get</code> (and npm).</p>
  
  <p>Visual Studio code runs fine, however <strong>File->Preferences->Workspace Settings</strong> gives this error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Unable to create 'vscode/settings.json' (Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/.vscode').</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Any ideas on how to resolve this? Where is it trying to do the <code>mkdir</code>?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks,</p>
  
  <p>Bob Wirka</p>
  
  <p>UPDATE: Sudo'd <code>mkdir "/.vscode"</code> (literally at the root level), and chown'd it recursively to my user and group. Voila! Now I can edit the settings.</p>
  
  <p>So, is there a way to tell Visual Studio Code that it shouldn't be trying to use the root folder?</p>