Fix #131809

src/vs/workbench/contrib/welcome/gettingStarted/browser/gettingStarted.ts

@@ -465,7 +465,10 @@ export class GettingStartedPage extends EditorPane {
 					const generalizedLocale = locale?.replace(/-.*$/, '');
 					const generalizedLocalizedPath = path.with({ path: path.path.replace(/\.md$/, `.nls.${generalizedLocale}.md`) });
 
-					const fileExists = (file: URI) => this.fileService.resolve(file).then(() => true).catch(() => false);
+					const fileExists = (file: URI) => this.fileService
+						.resolve(file, { resolveMetadata: true })
+						.then((stat) => !!stat.size) // Double check the file actually has content for fileSystemProviders that fake `stat`. #131809
+						.catch(() => false);
 
 					const [localizedFileExists, generalizedLocalizedFileExists] = await Promise.all([
 						fileExists(localizedPath),