Cannot find runtime 'node' on PATH - Visual Studio Code and Node.js

Question

With a downloaded and installed version of Visual Studio Code 1.2.1, and a 64bit version of node.exe msi placed in my working directory (I am assuming that is correct), how

Answer 1

Had the same issue and in my case it was a problem with a vs code extension. Try running code as:

$ code --disable-extensions

Once in the editor, I ran my program in the debug mode and worked, and then started code with

$ code

And it continued working fine.

Hope it works for you.