code . is not recognized as an internal or external command

Question

I want to open directory using cmd in visual studio code but its give me error in cmd. So, What setting is require for that?

I have performed below command

D:\RND>code .

Answer 1

It needs to be setup so that Code is found in your PATH. If you're on a mac system, do the following (for windows systems, read below):

1. Launch VS Code
2. Open up command palette (press F1) and type shell command to find Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH command.
3. Restart terminal

If you're on Windows, you can also set the PATH manually by adding:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code\bin

to your PATH environment variable.

1. Open command prompt
2. type setx path "%path%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code\bin"
3. Restart terminal

Answer 2

For me it was due to not running cmd as an administrator. (Right click Command Prompt -> Run as Administrator)

Answer 3

Make sure you know where is the installation of VS Code, it can be in Program Files (x86) if you installed the 32bits version or Program Files if you installed the 64bits version VS Code location Once you know that Run (Win+r) cmd and type: setx path "%path%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code"

or

setx path "%path%;C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code"

after that, you can type code . to open VS Code with the project of the current folder.

Answer 4

O/S windows

Setting the environment variable path to C:\Users\chawki\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin solve the issue.