Relaunch the application to accept jsflags.

src/vs/code/electron-main/window.ts

@@ -560,7 +560,6 @@ export class CodeWindow implements ICodeWindow {
 
 		if (cli) {
 			configuration['disable-extensions'] = cli['disable-extensions'];
-			configuration['max-memory'] = cli['max-memory'];
 		}
 
 		configuration.isInitialStartup = false; // since this is a reload

src/vs/workbench/parts/files/browser/editors/textFileEditor.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import { IWorkbenchEditorService } from 'vs/workbench/services/editor/common/edi
 import { IThemeService } from 'vs/platform/theme/common/themeService';
 import { IEditorGroupService } from 'vs/workbench/services/group/common/groupService';
 import { ScrollType } from 'vs/editor/common/editorCommon';
-import { IWindowService } from 'vs/platform/windows/common/windows';
+import { IWindowsService } from 'vs/platform/windows/common/windows';
 
 /**
  * An implementation of editor for file system resources.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export class TextFileEditor extends BaseTextEditor {
 		@IThemeService themeService: IThemeService,
 		@IEditorGroupService editorGroupService: IEditorGroupService,
 		@ITextFileService textFileService: ITextFileService,
-		@IWindowService private windowService: IWindowService,
+		@IWindowsService private windowsService: IWindowsService,
 		@IPreferencesService private preferencesService: IPreferencesService
 	) {
 		super(TextFileEditor.ID, telemetryService, instantiationService, storageService, configurationService, themeService, textFileService, editorGroupService);
@@ -171,12 +171,16 @@ export class TextFileEditor extends BaseTextEditor {
 				}
 
 				if ((<FileOperationError>error).fileOperationResult === FileOperationResult.FILE_EXCEED_MEMORY_LIMIT) {
-					let memoryLimit = this.configurationService.getValue<number>(null, 'files.maxMemoryForLargeFilesMB');
+					let memoryLimit = this.configurationService.getValue<number>(null, 'files.maxMemoryForLargeFilesMB') | 4096;
 
 					return TPromise.wrapError<void>(errors.create(toErrorMessage(error), {
 						actions: [
-							new Action('workbench.window.action.reloadWithIncreasedMemoryLimit', nls.localize('reloadWithIncreasedMemoryLimit', "Reload"), null, true, () => {
-								return this.windowService.reloadWindow({ _: [], 'max-memory': memoryLimit }).then(() => true);
+							new Action('workbench.window.action.relaunchWithIncreasedMemoryLimit', nls.localize('relaunchWithIncreasedMemoryLimit', "Relaunch"), null, true, () => {
+								return this.windowsService.relaunch({
+									addArgs: [
+										`--max-memory=${memoryLimit}`
+									]
+								});
 							}),
 							new Action('workbench.window.action.configureMemoryLimit', nls.localize('configureMemoryLimit', 'Configure'), null, true, () => {
 								return this.preferencesService.openGlobalSettings().then(editor => {

src/vs/workbench/parts/files/electron-browser/files.contribution.ts

@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ configurationRegistry.registerConfiguration({
 		'files.maxMemoryForLargeFilesMB': {
 			'type': 'number',
 			'default': 4096,
-			'description': nls.localize('maxMemoryForLargeFilesMB', "The new limit on memory in MB to be used by the application when reloading to open large files. If you wish to start with a higher limit, you can launch the application from command line with --max-memory=NEWSIZE.")
+			'description': nls.localize('maxMemoryForLargeFilesMB', "The new limit on memory in MB to be used by the application when relaunching to open large files. If you wish to start with a higher limit, you can launch the application from command line with --max-memory=NEWSIZE.")
 		}
 	}
 });

src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/fileService.ts

@@ -318,9 +318,9 @@ export class FileService implements IFileService {
 			// Return early if file is too large to load
 			if (typeof stat.size === 'number') {
 				if (stat.size > Math.max(this.environmentService.args['max-memory'] * 1024 * 1024 || 0, MAX_HEAP_SIZE)) {
-					let memoryLimit = this.textResourceConfigurationService.getValue<number>(null, 'files.maxMemoryForLargeFilesMB');
+					let memoryLimit = this.textResourceConfigurationService.getValue<number>(null, 'files.maxMemoryForLargeFilesMB') | 4096;
 					return onStatError(new FileOperationError(
-						nls.localize('fileTooLargeForHeapError', "File size exceeds the default memory limit. Reload the window with a higher limit. The current setting is configured to reload with {0}MB", memoryLimit),
+						nls.localize('fileTooLargeForHeapError', "File size exceeds the default memory limit. Relaunch with a higher limit. The current setting is configured to relaunch with {0}MB", memoryLimit),
 						FileOperationResult.FILE_EXCEED_MEMORY_LIMIT
 					));
 				}
@@ -469,9 +469,9 @@ export class FileService implements IFileService {
 						}
 
 						if (totalBytesRead > Math.max(this.environmentService.args['max-memory'] * 1024 * 1024 || 0, MAX_HEAP_SIZE)) {
-							let memoryLimit = this.textResourceConfigurationService.getValue<number>(null, 'files.maxMemoryForLargeFilesMB');
+							let memoryLimit = this.textResourceConfigurationService.getValue<number>(null, 'files.maxMemoryForLargeFilesMB') | 4096;
 							finish(new FileOperationError(
-								nls.localize('fileTooLargeForHeapError', "File size exceeds the default memory limit. Reload the window with a higher limit. The current setting is configured to reload with {0}MB", memoryLimit),
+								nls.localize('fileTooLargeForHeapError', "File size exceeds the default memory limit. Relaunch with a higher limit. The current setting is configured to relaunch with {0}MB", memoryLimit),
 								FileOperationResult.FILE_EXCEED_MEMORY_LIMIT
 							));
 						}