diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts
index e75241ab340..b6465d6db5c 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { Server, serve, connect } from 'vs/base/parts/ipc/node/ipc.net';
 import { TPromise } from 'vs/base/common/winjs.base';
 import { AskpassChannel } from 'vs/workbench/parts/git/common/gitIpc';
 import { GitAskpassService } from 'vs/workbench/parts/git/electron-main/askpassService';
-import { spawnSharedProcess } from 'vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess';
+import { spawnSharedProcess } from 'vs/code/node/sharedProcess';
 import { Mutex } from 'windows-mutex';
 import { LaunchService, ILaunchChannel, LaunchChannel, LaunchChannelClient } from './launch';
 import { ServicesAccessor, IInstantiationService } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/instantiation';
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ function main(accessor: ServicesAccessor, mainIpcServer: Server, userEnv: IProce
 	const instantiationService = accessor.get(IInstantiationService);
 	const logService = accessor.get(ILogService);
 	const envService = accessor.get(IEnvService);
+	const environmentService = accessor.get(IEnvironmentService);
 	const windowsService = accessor.get(IWindowsService);
 	const lifecycleService = accessor.get(ILifecycleService);
 	const updateService = accessor.get(IUpdateService);
@@ -121,10 +122,13 @@ function main(accessor: ServicesAccessor, mainIpcServer: Server, userEnv: IProce
 	electronIpcServer.registerChannel('url', urlChannel);
 
 	// Spawn shared process
-	const sharedProcess = spawnSharedProcess({
+	const initData = { args: environmentService.args };
+	const options = {
 		allowOutput: !envService.isBuilt || envService.cliArgs.verbose,
 		debugPort: envService.isBuilt ? null : 5871
-	});
+	};
+
+	const sharedProcess = spawnSharedProcess(initData, options);
 
 	// Make sure we associate the program with the app user model id
 	// This will help Windows to associate the running program with
diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts b/src/vs/code/node/sharedProcess.ts
similarity index 74%
rename from src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts
rename to src/vs/code/node/sharedProcess.ts
index 3348239f100..1f65413ac58 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/node/sharedProcess.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ import * as cp from 'child_process';
 import URI from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 import { IDisposable } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
 import { assign } from 'vs/base/common/objects';
+import { ParsedArgs } from 'vs/platform/environment/node/argv';
+
+export interface ISharedProcessInitData {
+	args: ParsedArgs;
+}
 
 export interface ISharedProcessOptions {
 	allowOutput?: boolean;
@@ -15,7 +20,7 @@ export interface ISharedProcessOptions {
 
 const boostrapPath = URI.parse(require.toUrl('bootstrap')).fsPath;
 
-function _spawnSharedProcess(options: ISharedProcessOptions): cp.ChildProcess {
+function _spawnSharedProcess(initData: ISharedProcessInitData, options: ISharedProcessOptions): cp.ChildProcess {
 	const execArgv = [];
 	const env = assign({}, process.env, {
 		AMD_ENTRYPOINT: 'vs/code/node/sharedProcessMain'
@@ -32,12 +37,12 @@ function _spawnSharedProcess(options: ISharedProcessOptions): cp.ChildProcess {
 	const result = cp.fork(boostrapPath, ['--type=SharedProcess'], { env, execArgv });
 
 	// handshake
-	result.once('message', () => result.send('hey'));
+	result.once('message', () => result.send(initData));
 
 	return result;
 }
 
-export function spawnSharedProcess(options: ISharedProcessOptions = {}): IDisposable {
+export function spawnSharedProcess(initData: ISharedProcessInitData, options: ISharedProcessOptions = {}): IDisposable {
 	let spawnCount = 0;
 	let child: cp.ChildProcess;
 
@@ -46,7 +51,7 @@ export function spawnSharedProcess(options: ISharedProcessOptions = {}): IDispos
 			return;
 		}
 
-		child = _spawnSharedProcess(options);
+		child = _spawnSharedProcess(initData, options);
 		child.on('exit', spawn);
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/vs/code/node/sharedProcessMain.ts b/src/vs/code/node/sharedProcessMain.ts
index d7ede781b9b..deeda5b65f7 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/node/sharedProcessMain.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/node/sharedProcessMain.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import { SyncDescriptor } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/descriptors';
 import { InstantiationService } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/instantiationService';
 import { IEnvironmentService } from 'vs/platform/environment/common/environment';
 import { EnvironmentService } from 'vs/platform/environment/node/environmentService';
-import { parseArgs } from 'vs/platform/environment/node/argv';
 import { IEventService } from 'vs/platform/event/common/event';
 import { EventService } from 'vs/platform/event/common/eventService';
 import { ExtensionManagementChannel } from 'vs/platform/extensionManagement/common/extensionManagementIpc';
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ import { resolveCommonProperties } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/node/commonProper
 import { TelemetryAppenderChannel } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryIpc';
 import { TelemetryService, ITelemetryServiceConfig } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/common/telemetryService';
 import { AppInsightsAppender } from 'vs/platform/telemetry/node/appInsightsAppender';
+import { ISharedProcessInitData } from './sharedProcess';
 
 function quit(err?: Error) {
 	if (err) {
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ function setupPlanB(parentPid: number): void {
 
 const eventPrefix = 'monacoworkbench';
 
-function main(server: Server): void {
+function main(server: Server, initData: ISharedProcessInitData): void {
 	const services = new ServiceCollection();
 
 	services.set(IEventService, new SyncDescriptor(EventService));
-	services.set(IEnvironmentService, new SyncDescriptor(EnvironmentService, parseArgs(process.argv), process.execPath));
+	services.set(IEnvironmentService, new SyncDescriptor(EnvironmentService, initData.args, process.execPath));
 	services.set(IConfigurationService, new SyncDescriptor(ConfigurationService));
 	services.set(IRequestService, new SyncDescriptor(RequestService));
 
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ function setupIPC(hook: string): TPromise<Server> {
 	return setup(true);
 }
 
-function handshake(): TPromise<void> {
-	return new TPromise<void>((c, e) => {
+function handshake(): TPromise<ISharedProcessInitData> {
+	return new TPromise<ISharedProcessInitData>((c, e) => {
 		process.once('message', c);
 		process.once('error', e);
 		process.send('hello');
@@ -156,6 +156,6 @@ function handshake(): TPromise<void> {
 }
 
 TPromise.join<any>([setupIPC(process.env['VSCODE_SHARED_IPC_HOOK']), handshake()])
-	.then(r => main(r[0]))
+	.then(r => main(r[0], r[1]))
 	.then(() => setupPlanB(process.env['VSCODE_PID']))
 	.done(null, quit);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/environment/common/environment.ts b/src/vs/platform/environment/common/environment.ts
index 37c65bc3db2..57d50f59025 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/environment/common/environment.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/environment/common/environment.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+import {ParsedArgs} from 'vs/platform/environment/node/argv';
 import { createDecorator } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/instantiation';
 
 export const IEnvironmentService = createDecorator<IEnvironmentService>('environmentService');
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ export const IEnvironmentService = createDecorator<IEnvironmentService>('environ
 export interface IEnvironmentService {
 	_serviceBrand: any;
 
+	args: ParsedArgs;
+
 	execPath: string;
 	appRoot: string;
 
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/environment/node/environmentService.ts b/src/vs/platform/environment/node/environmentService.ts
index 5e2ea603787..11a66c7a1d5 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/environment/node/environmentService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/environment/node/environmentService.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ export class EnvironmentService implements IEnvironmentService {
 
 	_serviceBrand: any;
 
+	get args(): ParsedArgs { return this._args; }
+
 	@memoize
 	get appRoot(): string { return path.dirname(URI.parse(require.toUrl('')).fsPath); }
 
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ export class EnvironmentService implements IEnvironmentService {
 	get userHome(): string { return path.join(os.homedir(), product.dataFolderName); }
 
 	@memoize
-	get userDataPath(): string { return this.args['user-data-dir'] || paths.getDefaultUserDataPath(process.platform); }
+	get userDataPath(): string { return this._args['user-data-dir'] || paths.getDefaultUserDataPath(process.platform); }
 
 	@memoize
 	get appSettingsHome(): string { return path.join(this.userDataPath, 'User'); }
@@ -75,20 +77,20 @@ export class EnvironmentService implements IEnvironmentService {
 	get appKeybindingsPath(): string { return path.join(this.appSettingsHome, 'keybindings.json'); }
 
 	@memoize
-	get extensionsPath(): string { return path.normalize(this.args.extensionHomePath || path.join(this.userHome, 'extensions')); }
+	get extensionsPath(): string { return path.normalize(this._args.extensionHomePath || path.join(this.userHome, 'extensions')); }
 
-	get extensionDevelopmentPath(): string { return this.args.extensionDevelopmentPath; }
+	get extensionDevelopmentPath(): string { return this._args.extensionDevelopmentPath; }
 
-	get extensionTestsPath(): string { return this.args.extensionTestsPath; }
-	get disableExtensions(): boolean { return this.args['disable-extensions'];  }
+	get extensionTestsPath(): string { return this._args.extensionTestsPath; }
+	get disableExtensions(): boolean { return this._args['disable-extensions'];  }
 
 	@memoize
-	get debugExtensionHost(): { port: number; break: boolean; } { return parseExtensionHostPort(this.args, this.isBuilt); }
+	get debugExtensionHost(): { port: number; break: boolean; } { return parseExtensionHostPort(this._args, this.isBuilt); }
 
 	get isBuilt(): boolean { return !process.env['VSCODE_DEV']; }
-	get verbose(): boolean { return this.args.verbose; }
-	get performance(): boolean { return this.args.performance; }
-	get logExtensionHostCommunication(): boolean { return this.args.logExtensionHostCommunication; }
+	get verbose(): boolean { return this._args.verbose; }
+	get performance(): boolean { return this._args.performance; }
+	get logExtensionHostCommunication(): boolean { return this._args.logExtensionHostCommunication; }
 
 	@memoize
 	get mainIPCHandle(): string { return `${ IPCHandlePrefix }-${ pkg.version }${ IPCHandleSuffix }`; }
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ export class EnvironmentService implements IEnvironmentService {
 	@memoize
 	get sharedIPCHandle(): string { return `${ IPCHandlePrefix }-${ pkg.version }-shared${ IPCHandleSuffix }`; }
 
-	constructor(private args: ParsedArgs, private _execPath: string) {}
+	constructor(private _args: ParsedArgs, private _execPath: string) {}
 }
 
 export function parseExtensionHostPort(args: ParsedArgs, isBuild: boolean): { port: number; break: boolean; } {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/extensions/electron-browser/extensionsWorkbenchExtension.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/extensions/electron-browser/extensionsWorkbenchExtension.ts
index af6b0034bb0..3728de76e7a 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/extensions/electron-browser/extensionsWorkbenchExtension.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/extensions/electron-browser/extensionsWorkbenchExtension.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export class ExtensionsWorkbenchExtension implements IWorkbenchContribution {
 	}
 
 	private install(extensions: string[]): TPromise<void> {
-		return TPromise.join(extensions.map(extPath =>	this.extensionManagementService.install(extPath)))
+		return TPromise.join(extensions.map(extPath => this.extensionManagementService.install(extPath)))
 			.then(() => {
 				this.messageService.show(
 					Severity.Info,