Use code command to run VSCode Insiders
August 05, 2022
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Recently I completely moved from VSCode to VSCode Insiders. It means that I uninstall VSCode and I have only VSCode Insiders installed now.
The most annoying problem I have is that now, if I want to run VSCode Insiders, I have to type in the Windows Terminal:
code-insiders .
versus very simple command that I used to use
code .
However it's very easy to solve this really annoying issue. Below are the steps if you are on Windows:
- Make sure that you have the VSCode Insiders path
"C:\Users\<your-user-name>\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\bin"
in the system environment variable PATH. - Open VSCode Insiders path
"C:\Users\<your-user-name>\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\bin"
in the File Explorer - Create the new file
"code.cmd"
in this folder - Edit this file and add the next content:
@echo off
code-insiders.cmd %*
To check that it works you can type the next command in the terminal:
code --version
And if you see the version of VSCode Insiders then everything works well.
That's it.