diff --git a/Extension/.vscode/launch.json b/Extension/.vscode/launch.json
index a0ec326742..e52864f10d 100644
--- a/Extension/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/Extension/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 			"request": "launch",
 			"runtimeExecutable": "${execPath}",
 			"args": [
-				"${workspaceFolder}/test/integrationTests/testAssets/SimpleCppProject",
+				"${workspaceFolder}/test/integrationTests/testAssets/SimpleCppProject/simpleCppProject.code-workspace",
 				"--extensionDevelopmentPath=${workspaceFolder}",
 				"--extensionTestsPath=${workspaceFolder}/out/test/integrationTests/languageServer/index"
 			],
diff --git a/Extension/src/LanguageServer/client.ts b/Extension/src/LanguageServer/client.ts
index 6f7826b445..0ee7e158f2 100644
--- a/Extension/src/LanguageServer/client.ts
+++ b/Extension/src/LanguageServer/client.ts
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ export class DefaultClient implements Client {
 
     constructor(allClients: ClientCollection, workspaceFolder?: vscode.WorkspaceFolder) {
         this.rootFolder = workspaceFolder;
-        this.rootRealPath = this.RootPath ? fs.realpathSync(this.RootPath) : "";
+        this.rootRealPath = this.RootPath ? (fs.existsSync(this.RootPath) ? fs.realpathSync(this.RootPath) : this.RootPath) : "";
         let storagePath: string | undefined;
         if (util.extensionContext) {
             const path: string | undefined = util.extensionContext.storageUri?.fsPath;
diff --git a/Extension/test/integrationTests/languageServer/runTest.ts b/Extension/test/integrationTests/languageServer/runTest.ts
index bddcd5c1e8..a1f32c5da3 100644
--- a/Extension/test/integrationTests/languageServer/runTest.ts
+++ b/Extension/test/integrationTests/languageServer/runTest.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ async function main() {
         // Passed to --extensionTestsPath
         const extensionTestsPath = path.resolve(__dirname, './index');
 
-        const testWorkspace = path.resolve(extensionDevelopmentPath, 'test/integrationTests/testAssets/SimpleCppProject');
+        const testWorkspace = path.resolve(extensionDevelopmentPath, 'test/integrationTests/testAssets/SimpleCppProject/simpleCppProject.code-workspace');
 
         const launchArgs = [ "--disable-extensions", testWorkspace ];
 
diff --git a/Extension/test/integrationTests/testAssets/SimpleCppProject/simpleCppProject.code-workspace b/Extension/test/integrationTests/testAssets/SimpleCppProject/simpleCppProject.code-workspace
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be78eb6c3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Extension/test/integrationTests/testAssets/SimpleCppProject/simpleCppProject.code-workspace
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+	"folders": [
+		{
+			"path": "."
+		},
+		{
+			"path": "../nonExistent"
+		}
+	]
+}
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