I also still use Windows 7 Pro 64-bit. I discovered that the latest version of Code downloaded directly from Microsoft - 1.74.3 at the time I'm writing this - runs fine and all features (like debugging) appear to work IF you use the ZIP download. Every time I start it, it pops up the message "Visual Studio Code on Windows 7 will no longer receive any further updates." But when the next update comes along, I plan to just download the newest zip.

Note that all the projects I had opened in the installed version are still available in the zipped version. So, I won't be upgrading this system to Windows 10.

Now you have visual studio code x64 stable build. Go here - Official download

It turns out I’m not the only one curious about this.

Firstly, my guess is that VSCode @1.70.3 is a version exclusive to Windows 7. It adds a “stop updating” notification and no longer automatically checks for new versions, so we can’t get it through normal channels.

In other words, only when installing a version lower than 1.70.2 on Windows 7 will it automatically upgrade to 1.70.3, but that’s not what we want because it’s not an installation package. However, this also allowed me to obtain some version information, so we have the official download link.

VSCode 1.70.3

x64 - https://az764295.vo.msecnd.net/stable/a21a160d630530476218b85db95b0fd2a8cd1230/VSCodeSetup-x64-1.70.3.exe

x86 - https://az764295.vo.msecnd.net/stable/a21a160d630530476218b85db95b0fd2a8cd1230/VSCodeSetup-ia32-1.70.3.exe

Arm64 - https://az764295.vo.msecnd.net/stable/a21a160d630530476218b85db95b0fd2a8cd1230/VSCodeSetup-arm64-1.70.3.exe