How to Install Visual Studio Code on Windows

This guide will detail how to install Visual Studio Code on Windows.

Visual Studio Code Version

1.78.0

Prerequisites

Before you can install Visual Studio Code on your Windows computer, you need to make sure that your system meets the following prerequisites:

Windows 10 or 11 for both 32-bit and 64-bit. (8.1 version is available for download but not supported)
Processor: 1.6 GHz or faster processor
Hard disk space: At least 500 MB free space

Downloads

You can download the installer from the Visual Studio Code website

Installation

To install Visual Studio Code, double-click on the Visual Studio Code installer that you downloaded.

License Agreement

Read and accept the license agreement, then click Next.

Select Additional Tasks

Choose whether to:

Create a desktop icon: This option creates a shortcut to Visual Studio Code on your desktop for easy access.
Add "Open with Code" action to Windows Explorer file context menu: This option adds an "Open with Code" option to the right-click context menu when you click on a file in Windows Explorer. This makes it easy to open files directly in Visual Studio Code.
Add "Open with Code" action to Windows Explorer directory context menu: This option adds an "Open with Code" option to the right-click context menu when you click on a directory in Windows Explorer. This makes it easy to open directories directly in Visual Studio Code.
Register Code as an editor for supported file types: This option sets Visual Studio Code as the default editor for certain file types, such as .js, .ts, .html, and .css files. This makes it easy to open these files directly in Visual Studio Code by double-clicking on them.
Add to Path (requires shell restart): This option adds Visual Studio Code to the Windows PATH environment variable, which makes it easier to use Visual Studio Code from the command line. However, this requires a shell restart to take effect.

Then click Next.

Ready to Install

Review settings, then click Install.

Once the install completes, click Finish.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Visual Studio Code on Windows. Visual Studio Code is a powerful code editor with many features that can help you be more productive and efficient in your coding tasks.

In this runbook, you learned about the prerequisites for installing Visual Studio Code on Windows, how to download the necessary installer and how to install Visual Studio Code.

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