

Windows is a popular operating system and it can be a great cross-platform development environment. Note: You can disable auto-update if you prefer to update VS Code on your own schedule. If you're prompted by VS Code, accept the newest update and it will be installed (you won't need to do anything else to get the latest bits).

VS Code ships monthly releases and supports auto-update when a new release is available. If you need to run a 32-bit version of VS Code, both a 32-bit Installer and Zip archive are available. See the Download Visual Studio Code page for a complete list of available installation options. This also means that VS Code will be available to all users in the system. The system setup requires elevation to Administrator privileges and will place the installation under Program Files. User setup also provides a smoother background update experience. Installing the user setup does not require Administrator privileges as the location will be under your user Local AppData (LOCALAPPDATA) folder.
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VS Code provides both Windows user and system level setups. You will need to restart your console after the installation for the change to the %PATH% environmental variable to take effect. Tip: Setup will add Visual Studio Code to your %PATH%, so from the console you can type 'code. Once it is downloaded, run the installer (VSCodeUserSetup-\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code.Īlternatively, you can also download a Zip archive, extract it and run Code from there.Download the Visual Studio Code installer for Windows.Configure IntelliSense for cross-compilingĮdit Visual Studio Code on Windows Installation.
