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Disable the VS Code preview pane integration in Windows Explorer

Whenever I select a file while the preview pane is active, VS Code tries to display it. How can I get rid of this integration? I searched around but strangely didn't see any trace of this feature ...
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Having conda terminal as a terminal in VScode (in Windows 10)

I do not have this problem in Linux. However when I (very rarely) program in Windows 10, and I use VScode (as usual) I want to use the attached terminal. When I do, I have the following options: ...
KansaiRobot's user avatar
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1 answer
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Is there an underlying task/service that I can restart when Discord, Chrome, Edge and VSCode all become unresponsive?

Windows 10 Pro, after a week or two of uptime I often run into an issue where several applications become unresponsive simultaneously. Best I can tell from my research, these applications (Discord, ...
humulos's user avatar
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error creating registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.ts\OpenWithProgids. RegCreateKeyEx failed: code 5 Access denied

When I open VSCode on Windows 10, I get the following pop-up window message and it requires an action: error creating registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.ts\OpenWithProgids ...
user3486308's user avatar
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Autohotkey script doesn't work when VSCode focused

The default behavior for the shortcut <Windows Key + Number> is to open the respective application on your taskbar. I have this behavior overridden by the AHK script posted here, which changes ...
Gaston Gilbert's user avatar
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WSL2 : Why is windows gcloud in my WSL $path?

I've been working with WSL2 for some time and I'm very happy with it overall. I develop my applications with google cloud platform tools. However, I notice that every time I install a WSL distribution,...
DamDam's user avatar
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2 votes
1 answer
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SSH from Windows PowerShell to Linux server fails to allocate Pseudo-Terminal; "stdin is not a terminal"

Problem I want to work on code projects on my linux droplet in digital ocean by loading the remote folder using Visual Studio Code's remote SSH plugin. In the interim, I'm trying to verify that ...
Ross Jacobs's user avatar
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Cannot Reinstall Visual Studio Code After New PC Move [duplicate]

let me outline that there are 2 PCs in this problem; 1 old pc and 1 new pc. The old PC had visual studio code installed on a secondary drive. Later, I moved the main drive to the 1 new pc. I then ...
Royce's user avatar
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Icon of all file types that open with vscode has changed to one icon

I wanted to change default icons for .py .cpp .c using FileTypeMan. But after that, the icons of all of them became the same because the default app for these extensions was vscode. I tried to fix it ...
Ali Ent's user avatar
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How to configure the ssh plug in for Visual Studio Code in case the remote server uses port knocking?

So there is a server which has port knocking (e.g by using linux subsystem for windows) I can easily ssh to by $ knock -v "ip of the server" Xport:udp Yport:udp Zport:udp $ ssh -i ~/.ssh/...
papajo's user avatar
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How to Create a Repository on Github Using Only SSH?

I don't want to use web credentials (the password) at all when working with git. Name and e-mail is OK to be stored. My SSH environment is properly set up in Windows when it starts (the authentication ...
Bluebird45's user avatar
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1 answer
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Change file icon while vscode is installed?

I've been trying to change the icons of my code files (e.g. .c, .cpp, .js, .lua, etc.) and I've been having a super annoying problem: Because I use VSCode, all the icons are grouped together (VSCode ...
Prince Komali's user avatar
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How to hide protected operating system files in the VSCode workspace?

Although I have ticked "Hide protected operating system files" from Windows 10 file explorer options, I can still see files like desktop.ini and other random files with long names. I've ...
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Windows 10 Boot very slow

After installing chocolatey, meteor, git and vscode my Windows boot time got up from like 5 seconds to 25 seconds. I installed meteor by this installer https://forums.meteor.com/t/meteor-windows-...
Gobliins's user avatar
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2 votes
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How to fully uninstall Kite? (windows 10)

I had installed Kite on the completion of anacondas installation (on Windows 10). Then I noticed that Spyder was badly (and I mean badly) lagging. I suspected it was because of Kite because Spyder had ...
rahul-ahuja's user avatar
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How do I get Visual Studio Code to show its icon on the taskbar in Windows 10?

Here's Visual Studio code in Windows explorer - note the icon And here it is in the taskbar, when I right-clicked it. It never has its own icon on the taskbar, even if I don't right click - I only ...
Mawg's user avatar
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How to make code navigation work in Visual Studio Code like it used to?

I have problems in getting (former?) code navigation work in Visual Studio Code properly. For example, Ctrl + click on an error link, in the Visual Studio Code native powershell terminal, does not ...
Hauns TM's user avatar
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1 vote
1 answer
371 views

How to lock the modifier key reliably using Sticky-Keys under Windows-10

I am having trouble with my hands, so I am trying Sticky-Keys to make typing easier. I have enabled "Lock the modifier key when pressed twice in a row", but is is not reliable, and there is ...
Nigel Davies's user avatar
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ctrl+shift+E shortcut in vscode is hijacked by an extension and I don't know which

I have some extensions installed in vscode and when i try to use the explorer shortcut it closes the whole window and I don't know which extension is causing that. I tried disabling all of them and ...
Nura's user avatar
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2 votes
1 answer
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Is there a way to open a second workspace on the visual studio code GUI?

I only use VSCode for text editing and formatting not really tasking advantages of the actual workspace architectures as much as I should. So I know its not meant for that or I can add just multiple ...
Juan Ojeda's user avatar
1 vote
2 answers
2k views

Visual Artifact on Visual Studio Code

Windows: windows 10 home (latest update) Graphics Card: RTX 2060 (driver updated) RAM: 2×8GB I am having this artifact. And It is just random. I don't know why.. If I move the cursor to it, it ...
Abrar Hasin Pranto's user avatar
3 votes
1 answer
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PowerShell window all black when run as administrator

All I did was run powershell as administrator. Its black. I can't see anything. I have somehow set the transparency for it, but that is beside the point. However, I notice when you right click on ...
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Cygwin shell in VS Code tries to activate conda. How to prevent this?

In my Windows 10 computer I have VS Code and Cygwin installed. I use Cygwin bash as the shell for VS Code. I also have the Anaconda Python distribution installed. Whenever I open a new shell in VS ...
jmlorenzi's user avatar
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1 vote
1 answer
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Windows 10 Do you want to run this file prompt

I am using Visual Studio code from the zip file so that I have more control of where my data is stored (trying to keep it from writing to my roaming profile), but every time that I launch the ...
dmoore1181's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
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EPERM: operation not permitted, open 'C:\Users\Moustafa\.vscode\extensions\.obsolete'

When i try to install extentions on vscode on my windows 10 machine the installation fails and asks me to install it manually, when i do so another error appears stating: EPERM: operation not ...
Moustafa Bendib's user avatar
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2 answers
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Visual Studio Code GIT Not Working

So I installed GIT and I'm in a GIT repository and I added a simple test file in the folder. I'm trying to connect to Azure DevOps. My Source Control says that I have made some changes, but it doesn't ...
coder_11's user avatar
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"Go to symbol in file" not working for PHP

For some reason, the "Go to symbol in file..." dialog for PHP only has an empty list. That dialog works fine for other languages, like JavaScript or TypeScript, but not PHP. I've set the PHP ...
laurent's user avatar
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VS Code installed on Windows 10 - no intergrated terminal

I just installed VS Code for Windows 10 on my laptop. I am running it also on my desktop, so I know how it should work. At very first entry, I opened a new terminal. It opened but an external ...
Maurice LEE III's user avatar
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Visual Studio Code error "Windows cannot find...iexplore.exe"

I have been using VS Code on my MBP for a month or so without issue. I have now also installed it on my Win10 workstation. When I press ctrl-shift-p to bring up the command palette I receive an ...
B H's user avatar
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.gitignore missing from repo managed with VS Code

I have Windows 10 and I've cloned the repo using Visual Studio Code. There is no .gitignore in the main folder and I have already configured the folder options to show hidden files and even to show ...
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