Zone.Identifier Files Appearing in Directory

[virtualabishek]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22631.4112]

WSL Version

2.2.4.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.153.1-2

Distro Version

Ubuntu 22.04

Other Software

I encountered an issue where my project files are showing duplicate Zone.Identifier tags in Visual Studio Code. These identifiers appear as separate files alongside my HTML files.

For example:

sign-up.html
sign-up.html:Zone.Identifier
sign-up.html:Zone.Identifier:Zone.Identifier
This is cluttering my workspace and causing confusion during file management.

Repro Steps

Open the project directory in Visual Studio Code.
Observe that some files have duplicate Zone.Identifier tags.

Expected Behavior

Files should not show any Zone.Identifier tags or should only display one if necessary.

Actual Behavior

Files are appearing with multiple Zone.Identifier tags.

Diagnostic Logs

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• Zone.Identifier Files when downloading from Windows to WSL file structure (#7456), similarity score: 0.76

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[virtualabishek]

/question

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Diagnostic information

Found '/question', adding tag 'question'