Fixed that issue and was able to build the shader exe with the lastest git code. and its the same issue. still doesn't open, no messages.

@Robert building gives me the error:
[0517/150625.983:ERROR:archive.cc(170)] Failed to parse header size from <ProjectFolder>\Shader-master\Shader-master\KodeStudio\extensions\css-language-features\server\test\pathCompletionFixtures\src\data\foo.asar
Error: Invalid package <ProjectFolder>\Shader-master\Shader-master\KodeStudio\extensions\css-language-features\server\test\pathCompletionFixtures\src\data\foo.asar
at invalidArchiveError (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:147:19)
at Object.fs.lstatSync (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:263:9)
at Object.fs.statSync (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:299:17)
at Object.statSync (<KhaGitLatest>\Kinc\Tools\kincmake\node_modules\graceful-fs\polyfills.js:297:22)
at Project.searchFiles (<KhaGitLatest>\Kinc\Tools\kincmake\out\Project.js:332:20)
at Project.searchFiles (<KhaGitLatest>\Kinc\Tools\kincmake\out\Project.js:364:18)
at Project.searchFiles (<KhaGitLatest>\Kinc\Tools\kincmake\out\Project.js:364:18)
at Project.searchFiles (<KhaGitLatest>\Kinc\Tools\kincmake\out\Project.js:364:18)
at Project.searchFiles (<KhaGitLatest>\Kinc\Tools\kincmake\out\Project.js:364:18)
at Project.searchFiles (<KhaGitLatest>\Kinc\Tools\kincmake\out\Project.js:364:18)
Error: Invalid package <ProjectFolder>\Shader-master\Shader-master\KodeStudio\extensions\css-language-features\server\test\pathCompletionFixtures\src\data\foo.asar
at invalidArchiveError (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:147:19)
at Object.fs.lstatSync (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:263:9)
at Object.fs.statSync (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:299:17)
at Object.statSync (<KhaGitLatest>\Kinc\Tools\kincmake\node_modules\graceful-fs\polyfills.js:297:22)
at Project.searchFiles (<KhaGitLatest>\Kinc\Tools\kincmake\out\Project.js:332:20)
at Project.searchFiles (<KhaGitLatest>\Kinc\Tools\kincmake\out\Project.js:364:18)
at Project.searchFiles (<KhaGitLatest>\Kinc\Tools\kincmake\out\Project.js:364:18)
at Project.searchFiles (<KhaGitLatest>\Kinc\Tools\kincmake\out\Project.js:364:18)
at Project.searchFiles (<KhaGitLatest>\Kinc\Tools\kincmake\out\Project.js:364:18)
at Project.searchFiles (<KhaGitLatest>\Kinc\Tools\kincmake\out\Project.js:364:18)
Done.

i able to latest code. but how do build kode studio or move the latest code to an existing kode studio?

I'm using version kode version 18.11. and the shader sample project hasn't had any updates in a few years. So what you did you mean by trying the latest version?

@Robert the shader sample also fails for him. it looks like it's trying to open it but fails without an error.

I am able to build and run a windows executable build in visual studio. and moving the exe to the windows-build folder allows me to run the file. but when i sent the folder to my friend with all the files. it doesn't seem to execute properly. it never pops up a window after clicking on the exe.

Is there something i need to do in order to deploy window exe build with kha? is there any dependencies need to make sure the files run correct. like .net libraries or something like that? any debugging steps i could take to help me troubleshoot this issue?