How to update VS Code on Windows?

Question

I have VS Code version 1.37.1 and I want to update to the current available version 1.43. My OS is Windows 10.

How can I update the current version to the latest?. Like in Eclipse, check for updates is not updating the installation, rather it gives me a zip.

Answer 1

VS Code will automatically update itself on windows 10. If you'd like to force an update check there's an option available for that under 'Help > Check for Updates'.

If the update still doesn't complete, you can run the installer from here as described in the official Visual Studio Code Documentation under Docs » Supporting » Howtoupdate, found here.

Answer 2

If Update:Mode in VS Code's setting is on 'none' , 'Check for Updates ...' option will disappear from Help. Just be sure it's not on 'none' then you can check for updates.

Answer 3

2021-12-15, if you don't see Check for Updates... then Settings

Make sure it's not none

Then Help, Check for updates..., it won't auto-install. Once it downloads the update, either Help, Install update, or

Answer 4

Normally you don't need to do anything. The default configuration auto-updates and tells you it needs a restart.

If you experience different behaviour then either someone has interfered with settings in VS Code or the platform (Win/Lin/Osx) is misconfigured.

Type Ctrl+, or your platform equivalent and then filter for "update", then inspect your settings to see what may be mucked up. You can also force an update in the Help menu, and if this results in the download of a zip file it's not VS Code that's messed up, it's your platform.