Install Visual Studio Code Windows 10

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Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful source code editor which runs on your desktop and is available for Windows, macOS and Linux. It comes with built-in support for JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js and has a rich ecosystem of extensions for other languages (such as C++, C#, Java, Python, PHP, Go) and runtimes (such as .NET and Unity).

To install Visual Studio Code on Windows 10 follow below steps

Step 1: Go to this link

Step 2: It will auto detect your OS, click on Download

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Step 3: Open the downloaded exe and accept agreement and click on next on welcome screen

Install Visual Studio Code Windows 10

Step 4: Change the directory if you want otherwise click on next

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Step 5: You can change the start menu folder if you want on next screen

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Step 6: Select checkbox to create desktop shortcut.

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Step 7: Review Settings and click on Install

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Step 8: Select the checkbox Launch Visual Studio Code to launch it right now otherwise you can launch it later from Desktop or Start Menu shortcut you created.

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