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User setup for Windows
Announced last release, the user setup package for Windows is now available on stable. Installing the user setup does not require Administrator privileges as the location will be under your user Local AppData (LOCALAPPDATA) folder. User setup also provides a smoother background update experience.
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If you are a current user of the system-wide Windows setup, you will be prompted to install user setup, which we recommend using from now on. Don't worry, all your settings and extensions will be kept during the transition. During installation, you will also be prompted to uninstall the system-wide setup.
Reference: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_26#_user-setup-for-windows
I installed the user version side-by-side with the system version with no problems. The basic differences between the two is that the system version installs on the file system like every other app. The user install is basically a click-once (or web installer) version that installs in the User folder of the machine.
The settings made to VS Code in the system version save for Everybody on the computer and the user version the settings are only for the user. I find that the behavior of the user version is a bit annoying for me because I have reasons to want to open multiple copies of VS Code at the same time and the user version only allows one instance. Otherwise, there's not really anything different between the two as far as I can tell.
Look for the system installer instead of the user setup installer. The system installer will give you the option to: 1. Install for all users 2. Choose a directory.
Download here (oficial page): https://code.visualstudio.com/download
Can't find it? The system installer is below the big blue button to download. You'll see 3 options. The middle option will say system installer.
The current download page has a Windows icon that downloads the AMD64 user installer. You don't get an option to select the user or system installer. Interestingly, below the Windows icon there are links to multiple ARM64 installers, including the ARM64 system installer, but you don't want that one.
The link to download the AMD64 system installer file is here. This link is on the Visual Studio Code installation and setup page in the 'User setup versus system setup' section: Visual Studio Code on Windows
Hi Guys,
By default it seems to install VSCode to AppData, however as the only user on my PC I was wondering if there were any issues with installing to Program Files? I generally prefer software to go there as it makes it more mangible and easy to find, but i'm not sure if there is a strict reason why it wants to put everything in AppData?
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