In the following folder I created a new language for VS Code C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\mynewlanguage
Today I updated VS Code to v1.17.2.
After VS code update, this folder doesn't exist anymore. Is it normal? Where should I have created my language? Did I lose all my work?
Thanks, David
Yes, that is normal. The C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions folder is reserved for extensions that VS Code ships with by default. It appears that this folder is overwritten upon each update, which would clear out any files you put there.
The place where all extensions from the marketplace go (and where you should have put your custom extension) is in C:\Users\[USERNAME]\.vscode\extensions.
Chances are high that unless you made a backup of the extension somewhere else, your work is lost.
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I've put Visual Studio Code on OneDrive, for the purpose of syncing it with its settings across my devices.
However, extensions are stored in %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions on Windows.
Is it possible to change this folder's location so I can put it in the main Visual Studio Code folder?
At first I thought that copying the extensions in the resources\app\extensions of Visual Studio Code folder will be a nice workaround, but that doesn't work.
I've also searched for a solution on the documentation page and in the user settings, with no results.
What I did - after installing Visual Studio Code for the first time, I checked the documentation and added at the end of 'Target' field of editor's shortcut the following (there's a space before the two dashes):
--extensions-dir="DRIVELETTER:\VSCODE\extensions"
--user-data-dir="DRIVELETTER:\VSCODE\settings"
where DRIVERLETTER and VSCODE are the corresponding drive and directory where Visual Studio Code is installed. So mine looks like this:
"D:\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" --extensions-dir="D:\Microsoft VS Code\extensions"
Here is for the user data directory:
"D:\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" --user-data-dir="D:\Microsoft VS Code\settings"
Accessing the 'Target' field is done by right-clicking the shortcut and choosing 'Properties'
Anyway, there's a simpler solution to that problem - just use the portable version of Visual Studio Code. It works under Windows, Linux, and macOS:
Enable Portable Mode
Windows and Linux
After unzipping the Visual Studio Code download, simply create a data folder within Visual Studio Code's folder:
|- VSCode-win32-x64-1.25.0-insider
| |- Code.exe (or code executable)
| |- data
| |- ...
From then on, that folder will be used to contain all Visual Studio Code data, including session state, preferences, extensions, etc.
The data folder can be moved to other Visual Studio Code installations. This is useful for updating your portable Visual Studio Code version: simply move the data folder to a newer extracted version of Visual Studio Code.
macOS
On macOS, you need to place the data folder as a sibling of the application itself. Since the folder will be alongside the application, you need to name it specifically so that Code can find it. The default folder name is code-portable-data:
|- Visual Studio Code.app
|- code-portable-data
Portable mode won't work if your application is in quarantine, which happens by default if you just downloaded Visual Studio Code. Make sure you remove the quarantine attribute, if portable mode doesn't seem to work:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine Visual\ Studio\ Code.app
Note: On Insiders, the folder should be named code-insiders-portable-data.
UPDATE 14.12.2021
From Visual Studio Docs
Note: Do not attempt to configure portable mode on an installation from the Windows User or System installers. Portable mode is only supported on the Windows ZIP (.zip) archive. Note as well that the Windows ZIP archive does not support auto update.
A little hack:
Create a symbolic link to the folder %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions under the Visual Studio Code install path.
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/extension-gallery
code --extensions-dir 'new_directory_to_set'
Set the root path for extensions.
Follow the below steps for changing the extension path in VS.
Set "code" path in environment variable.
path = VS_CODE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY/bin;
Open VS , in VS terminal execute the below command.
code --extensions-dir "new_directory_path"
Install the required extension.
All Done.
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According to this page, after installing VS Code we should make a language profilers folder like this:
mkdir code_profiles
cd code_profiles
mkdir code-ruby
cd code-ruby
mkdir exts
mkdir data
For Windows, I prepared a batch file (.bat) for each language I work on, it contains this line:
Start "" "D:\programs\VSCode\code.exe" --extensions-dir D:\programs\VSCode\code_profiles\code-python\exts --user-data-dir D:\programs\VSCode\code_profiles\code-python\data .
This is for Python. If I work on PHP, I will make code-php folder, then make exts and data folders in it and prepare another batch file for PHP, just like the one I made for python.
I put this batch file on the main project folder then double click on it to run VS Code with the preferred profile.
I notice that since version 1.70.0, VSCode has removed %localappdata%\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\code\electron-browser\workbench folder.
Hence it broke extensions that rely on the file workbench.js in this folder.
Is there any workaround for this problem or the extensions need to be re-written?
these files have moved to
resources\app\out\vs\code\electron-sandbox\workbench
Visual Studio Code has crashed and deleted all files and all file changes I've been working on for the last 5 days, although I've saved them. Is there any solution for recovery ...
If you are using Windows, your Visual Studio code files can be found at %appdata%/Code/Backups
If you are using MacOS, then you can find all your Visual Studio code files at
$HOME/Library/Application Support/Code/Backups
Same problem for me. The entire vs-code folder is empty!
I searched the recycle bin, vs-code backup folders, recovery tools for deleted files but found nothing.
Thanks to the message below, I found a copy of the code in the folder:
%appdata%/Code/User/History
While working for a js project on vs code and vs 2019 synchronously. Is there any way to update .njsproj automaticly file when adding a new folder and file on vs code? Thus, those files can be include solution explorer for vs 2019 without manuel selecting files.
Update:
I created an extension to sync .njsproj file on vs code automatically.
Vs Code .njsproj Extension
VS Code does not have built-in support for synchronizing Visual Studio project files.
You could try:
An extension could provided this feature. This one claims it can, but I have not tested it
Write a simple script that updates your njsproj based on current folder contents.
If you are only using the project to open a set of files in VS, switch to use open folder as workspace instead.
[Windows 10] I have "Microsoft VS Code (User Setup)" installed in a custom directory and whenever I try to update it this shows up:
and then this
Log Info
Dec 23 11:42:40.673 INFO Starting: C:\Users\jeremy\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe, false
Dec 23 11:42:40.674 ERRO Bad arguments: Code path doesn't seem to exist: C:\Users\jeremy\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe
How do I change the path to point it to the right directory where "Code.exe" exists?
I had the same problem recently. I ended up reinstalling VS Code.
Do I lose my settings?
No. Note that I did not uninstall VS Code, I just downloaded the installer from the website and installed VSCode. This won't hurt, as it does not touch your settings and extensions.
What I tried
I first tried to visit the path mentioned in the error log, and I noticed that the folder _ within that directory contained the new VS Code version, downloaded by the updater.
So the path should have been C:\Users\myusername\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\_\Code.exe instead, perhaps.
I tried to move all files from _ to their parent directory, and then, in VS Code, Help ยป Restart to update. This opened the new version of VS Code, but after closing it and starting it from the original install location (or through a shortcut I have always been using), the old version was still loaded. So apparently, this "trick" didn't work.
Then I tried to make a symbolic link to Code.exe within the _ directory, so the VS Code updater would find Code.exe. This caused roughly the same things to happen. So, this didn't work either.
At last, I decided to just download VS Code from their website, and simply install it. This seemed the most simple option to me.
Create a hard link for Code.exe using mklink, works for me.
Command should look like this (depends where your custom installation is, my in C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/):
mklink /H "C:/Users/$username/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft VS Code/Code.exe" "C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/Code.exe"