"code ." command is not working

Question

I get this error:

code . is not recognised as an external or internal command, operable program or batch file

moreover shell commands are not coming in my compiler VS code neither do setx path "%path%;C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code" is working in command prompt .

Answer 1

I found it. In the "search" type environment variables then click on the "edit system environment variables".

Inside Environment variables->Path put C:\Users\{your_username}\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin.

Go to the project folder and open the cmd with it typing in the location bar and then type code .

That will do.

Answer 2

It looks as if you do not have the code program installed. You can open the Command Palette,

• Mac: ShiftCmdP
• Windows/Linux: ShiftCtrlP

And search "install command", which should return this as one of the options:

• Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH

Run that, and it should install the code command, after which you should be able to use it.

Answer 3

For Mac OS, You can paste this into your terminal, or in your .bashrc file (or whatever shell config file you are using) :

export PATH="$PATH:/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin"