Fixes https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/104636

This reverts commit 4e96ceff.

This reverts commit 50a10934.

This seems to be causing with extension require statements

Adds explicit `!!` operators for a few functions where we return `x is y` assertion types

This reverts commit 4dea398d.

Internal builds are yet to be published in vscode-electron-prebuilt

Fixes https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/104636

Co-authored-by: NBenjamin Pasero <benjpas@microsoft.com>

This reverts commit 3d0d50ca.

Fixes #98918