Port recent pull requests from v2 to vNext

[t1m0thyj]

Below is a list of PRs that may need to be ported to vNext - if you are tagged, please either open a PR to port the changes, or comment below if the PR has already been ported or doesn't need to be 🙂

• [ ] https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2776 @rudyflores
• [x] https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2801 @t1m0thyj
• [x] ~https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2804 @SanthoshiBoyina~
  • Unable to reproduce. Thanks @SanthoshiBoyina1
• [x] https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2765 @likhithanimma1
• [x] https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2816 @JillieBeanSim
• [ ] https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2810 @rudyflores
• [x] https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2853 @traeok
• [x] https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2838 @t1m0thyj
• [x] https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2848 @likhithanimma1
• [x] https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2860 @traeok
• [x] https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2872 @t1m0thyj
• [x] https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2865 @JillieBeanSim
• [x] ~https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2820 @t1m0thyj~
  • Not applicable to vNext because FileSystemProvider replaced old save logic
• [x] https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2869 @JillieBeanSim
• [x] ~https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2885 @t1m0thyj~
  • Not applicable to vNext because temp folder setting will be removed soon: https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/issues/2951
• [x] https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2802 @t1m0thyj
• [x] https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2908 @traeok
• [x] https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2917 @t1m0thyj
• [x] https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2919 @t1m0thyj
• [x] https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2942 @likhithanimma1
• [x] https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2943 @t1m0thyj
• [x] https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2948 @traeok

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[traeok]

I've removed #2874 from this list as the issue does not occur in v3 😋

[JillieBeanSim]

PR for items tagged jilliebeansimm https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2945

[SanthoshiBoyina1]

Not able to recreate this issue https://github.com/zowe/zowe-explorer-vscode/pull/2804 on Next branch. It may not need porting.