Visual Studio Code - "Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH command."

Question

Consider:

I just started with Angular. I installed angular/cli and added a project. Now I want to use Visual Studio Code.

I open the Command Palette (Ctrl + Shift + P) and type 'shell command' to find the shell command: Install 'code' command in PATH command.

But I get this message

"No commands matching"

Why does it not exist?

Maybe an issue with vscode... maybe raise an issue in [github](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues) ? — Suraj Rao, Nov 28 '17 at 12:11
Also see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29963617/how-to-call-vs-code-editor-from-command-line — Suraj Rao, Nov 28 '17 at 12:17
Thank you @Suraj Rao . But I do not know what I can do. I added a photo. — Mahrooy, Nov 28 '17 at 12:41
Possible duplicate of ["code ." Not working in Command Line for Visual Code Studio on OSX/Mac](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29955500/code-not-working-in-command-line-for-visual-code-studio-on-osx-mac) — Vamsi Krishna B, Nov 28 '17 at 12:46
maybe https://stackoverflow.com/a/44291145/4826457 will help... you may have to set manually in windows — Suraj Rao, Nov 28 '17 at 12:53

score 43 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 15 '18 at 13:57

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With Windows it is installed by default so you don't need to add path. Just run " code . " in cmd and it will work fine

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answered Feb 15 '18 at 07:46

arslan ahmed mir

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thats not true, not by default on windows – Devmyselz Sep 16 '22 at 10:56
@Devmyselz I just made a fresh installation of latest vscode in Windows 11, and it's install by default. Just remember to close and open your terminal in order to have the command available. – Ema Suriano Jun 04 '23 at 08:46

score 18 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 18 '18 at 08:18

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If in Visual Studio Code doesn't appear that option and the installation didn't add to the path directly, you can add the Visual Studio Code bin folder manually to the path and it starts to work.

Go to the Enviroment Variables and edit the Path user variable. Inside of it, add a new variable with the current bin path of your Visual Studio Code installation. Mine, for example, is "C:\Users\Inazio\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin"

After that, you can start to use the code command in your OS

answered Oct 18 '18 at 08:18

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This worked for me. For new users on windows - like me - click on the windows icon, search for 'environment variables' this gives the option to edit the system environment variables... edit it there. The simplest solution to this irritating problem – OctaviaLo Jul 24 '19 at 09:38
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%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin – Devmyselz Sep 16 '22 at 10:58

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered May 09 '18 at 23:38

I had this same problem. Long story short, I uninstalled VS Code, re-downloaded the installer package and ran that. Sure enough, one of the install screens has a checkbox option to add to the PATH variable and this option is unchecked by default.

Checked the box, finished the install, works fine.

Of course it's perfectly valid to modify the PATH variable after install, but I think it's important to clarify that (at least version 1.23.0) does not update PATH by default. Most of the threads I looked at says it does.

Here is how you can do it easily from VS Code: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30065227/run-open-vscode-from-mac-terminal — Bertil Baron, Mar 30 '20 at 08:34

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 22 '20 at 05:37

This works for me

For Windows users

Open Environment Variables

System > Advance system settings > Advanced tab > environment variables on system variables click on Path and click Edit and add new Path named

"C:\Users\Your-Username\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin"

For window users follow steps below and add new Path, after doing so restart your terminal you will get code command on your terminal

score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Jan 22 '19 at 10:39

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I fixed this just adding "C:\Users\myUser\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" (where myUser is your windows user) without "" to system path.

same effect than " Shell Command: Install ‘code’ command in PATH ".

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answered Jan 22 '19 at 10:09

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This worked perfectly for me. Now I can open `code .` from `cmd` and `wsl2` using `Ubuntu-20.04` with `Hyper`. – robe007 Jul 01 '20 at 21:11

score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Apr 16 '21 at 19:32

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If you already have Visual Code into Windows path and in a terminal you put "code ." and Visual Code starts, what happens is that the command "code" is not linked to the path in wsl2. All you have to do is run the following command changing your user:

sudo ln -s /mnt/c/Users/CHANGE_USER/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft
VS\ Code/bin/code /usr/bin/code

This works on Ubuntu and Debian.

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answered Apr 13 '21 at 17:13

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 07 '18 at 05:07

it is already installed on Windows. You just have to make cmd path where the project created (e.g C:\WINDOWS\system32> cd C:\WINDOWS\system32\hello-world), then run the the comamnd "code ." like this (C:\Windows\System32\hello-world>code .)

I got this from VS Code documentation

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered May 29 '19 at 16:32

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the path has been set automatically when installing VS.But i noticed a difference between "code." and "code ." Can you see the difference? The second has space in between the code and the dot. Try that.

answered May 29 '19 at 16:32

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This could be added as a comment. – Arshad May 29 '19 at 17:01

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Nov 09 '20 at 10:45

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I was having the same exact problem and when i checked my PATH variable it said that the path was something\something\Microsoft VS Code . then i remembered my folder's name was Visual Studio Code.After I renamed it back everything works.

answered Nov 09 '20 at 10:45

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered May 11 '22 at 08:54

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Go to Extensions and install Shell. On newer versions you can just type in Code . in CMD and it will pop-up.

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score -3 · Answer 11 · edited Apr 24 '20 at 03:14

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Just open your command prompt and type:

cd hello-world

hello-world is the project name don't forget to change it then click (enter) and type

code .

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answered Apr 21 '20 at 19:21

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score -4 · Answer 12 · edited Nov 28 '17 at 12:57

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Visual Code already have internal terminal window

Use the Ctrl+` keyboard shortcut with the backtick character.

Its supports all Ubuntu terminal commands

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answered Nov 28 '17 at 11:27

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that is not what OP is asking – Suraj Rao Nov 28 '17 at 12:07

Visual Studio Code - "Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH command."

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