# VSC find and change triggered endless PG saved in external editor

**URL:** https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/vsc-find-and-change-triggered-endless-pg-saved-in-external-editor/5749
**Category:** Beginners
**Created:** [October 9, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/vsc-find-and-change-triggered-endless-pg-saved-in-external-editor/5749 "2021-10-09T20:59:36Z")
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### Author: ![kat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/kat/32/2221_2.png) [@kat](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/kat)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/vsc-find-and-change-triggered-endless-pg-saved-in-external-editor/5749/1 "2021-10-09T20:59:36Z")

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VSC find and change triggered endless PG “saved in external editor.”  
I quit both VSC, PG. Didn’t help. What to do?  
Eventually after numerous attempts it did stop. But no idea why.

 ![Screen Shot 2021-10-09 at 1.36.35 PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/4/4ce30f144d7040f919ac2130c8074d2a0e97e85e.png)

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### Author: ![TechAkayy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@TechAkayy](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/TechAkayy)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/vsc-find-and-change-triggered-endless-pg-saved-in-external-editor/5749/2 "2021-10-10T03:57:08Z")

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I suspect a very rare OS related incident. Pinegrow relies on node fs module, and the fs module relies on the host OS…

Restarting the app should ideally help, if not, then restarting your system probably should help.

I wouldn’t worry about this unless it happens again… if it happens, sharing your system details should help the Pinegrow team to troubleshoot.

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### Author: ![TechAkayy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@TechAkayy](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/TechAkayy)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/vsc-find-and-change-triggered-endless-pg-saved-in-external-editor/5749/3 "2021-10-10T13:25:45Z")

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Also do you have auto-save enabled in your Vs-code?

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/0/021dfa9dcf45d516ab0a58f2ca4e013e071aea1e.png)

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### Author: ![kat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/kat/32/2221_2.png) [@kat](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/kat)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/vsc-find-and-change-triggered-endless-pg-saved-in-external-editor/5749/4 "2021-10-10T15:57:27Z")

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Thank you for the #s. I would have been at this for much longer.  
 ![Screen Shot 2021-10-10 at 8.55.55 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/6/602d15f552b34ede2c704e68490ec58cfdd4984c.png)

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### Author: ![kat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/kat/32/2221_2.png) [@kat](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/kat)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/vsc-find-and-change-triggered-endless-pg-saved-in-external-editor/5749/5 "2021-10-12T00:39:27Z")

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Should I change it from Auto Save Delay?

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### Author: ![TechAkayy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@TechAkayy](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/TechAkayy)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2021, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/vsc-find-and-change-triggered-endless-pg-saved-in-external-editor/5749/6 "2021-10-12T04:01:00Z")

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I’m not sure if that’s the issue. Try switching off auto-save in vs-code and see if the above issue reoccur.