# Visual Studio Code

Application: Microsoft Corporation

Dem still dey call am vscode, vs code, visual studio code, code.exe

Microsoft Corporation, Productivity

Lightweight editor from Microsoft. Di process na Code.exe. Visual Studio di IDE na devenv.exe and different installer.

## Wetin you need know

VS Code na Code.exe. Visual Studio na different product.

Visual Studio Code na folder-based editor wey get extension host. E no be di Visual Studio IDE, compilers, and designers wey dey come as devenv.exe.

- **Wetin e be?**: One Electron code editor

  **Na Visual Studio?**: No

  **E heavy?**: Extensions and huge repos fit be

Feex tok say

If guide talk say make you close Visual Studio and na only Code.exe you get, you already dey on top di other product. I go close di editor, I no go dey find devenv.

## Wetin be Visual Studio Code?

Visual Studio Code na Microsoft Electron editor. User installs dey land under AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code. Di Insiders channel dey use different exe name.

## If you never use am before

If class talk say "install VS Code", na this small editor dem mean, no be Visual Studio di IDE. Download am from code.visualstudio.com. You dey open folder, install language extension, and edit files. devenv.exe na di other product. Code.exe na this one.

## Wetin dem dey use am for?

**Dey edit code and markup**

Folder-based editor for source, config, and notes. E no be Word.

**Extensions and language servers**

Di Marketplace dey add languages. Those servers na di reason why RAM dey grow after Python or TypeScript install.

**Remote and WSL windows**

Remote-SSH and WSL dey run di heavy work for another place. Di window for Windows still be Code.exe.

## Na who e dey for?

- People wey want editor, no be full Visual Studio workload
- Users wey dey live inside extensions and terminals
- Anybody wey mix up di Start menu names

## Current status

Dem dey actively develop am. Monthly stable releases. Dis article na about di stable Windows build, no be VS Code for the Web.

## How old e be?

Microsoft release VS Code for 2015. E young pass Visual Studio (1997) and old pass most AI editor forks. Di monthly stable train na di current product. VS Code for the Web na different host.

## Versions

Major channels first. Exact build numbers no dey all verified here.

Stable

Insiders

## System requirements

Values dey follow wetin di publisher release publicly. Workload still dey change di real need.

### Minimum

| CPU              | 64-bit processor, according to Microsoft                          |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| RAM              | 1 GB class na wetin dem list. Language servers dey want more      |
| Operating system | Current supported Windows 10 or Windows 11 release, per Microsoft |

## Resource profile

- **CPU demand**: File watchers and TypeScript servers

  **RAM demand**: Extensions dominate

  **GPU demand**: Electron GPU process

## Installed processes

Dese executables belong to dis product when e dey installed.

| Code.exe | Main, GPU, renderer, extension host |
| -------- | ----------------------------------- |

## Startup components

VS Code fit restore di last folder. Windows session restore fit still reopen am. Dat one no be service.

## File locations

| User install | C:\Users\\\<you>\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\\ |
| ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| User data    | C:\Users\\\<you>\AppData\Roaming\Code\\                     |

## File formats

Plenty through extensions, JSON, Markdown

## Common wahala dem

### Watcher storms on top node_modules

Exclude those folders for settings. Dat one na VS Code fix, no be SysMain.

### Name collision with Visual Studio

To uninstall Visual Studio no dey comot Code.exe, and di other way around.

## How to get unstuck

### Disable extensions as test

code --disable-extensions dey launch clean window. Dat one dey isolate bad language server.

### Exclude node_modules from di watcher

Files: Watcher Exclude for settings. Dat one na VS Code fix, no be SysMain.

### Install from code.visualstudio.com

User versus system installers, di two dey. "VS Code pro" bundle na useless thing.

## Alternatives

Visual Studio, Neovim, and other editors get areas wey dem overlap. Pick dem for debugging and compilers, no be because Code.exe look busy.

## Official help and downloads

Start with di vendor. Random exe sites no be support channel.

| Download     | [code.visualstudio.com/ ](https://code.visualstudio.com/)Official stable Windows build                                                |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Docs         | [code.visualstudio.com/docs ](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs)Getting started and settings                                         |
| Requirements | [code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/requirements ](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/requirements)Wetin Microsoft list |
| Marketplace  | [marketplace.visualstudio.com/vscode ](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/vscode)Extensions                                         |
| Issues       | [github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues ](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues)Product bugs. No be account billing                  |

## Related hardware

SSD and RAM dey help large repos pass gaming GPU. Remote-SSH dey move di heavy work comot from this PC.

## Technical details

Technical details

Per-version file hashes and volume-license paths no dey verified inside dis preview.

## Related

Dis entities connect to dis article. Type dey show for every link.

[Code.exe: Application Process](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/code.exe/)[Windows PowerShell: Application](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/windows-powershell/)[Wen high CPU dey normal: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/when-high-cpu-is-normal/)

## Sources and verification

Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. [How we dey do research](https://feex.it/wiki/research/).

- [Visual Studio Code ](https://code.visualstudio.com/)· Official editor
- [VS Code requirements ](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/requirements)· Windows requirements
- [Foxhole process map ](https://foxhole.feex.it/)· First-party samples on top Windows PCs. No be lab benchmark.

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Quick facts

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- **Developer**: Microsoft Corporation

  **Category**: Code editor

  **Process**: [Code.exe](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/code.exe/)

  **No be di same as**: Visual Studio (devenv.exe)

  **First released**: 2015

  **Official site**: [code.visualstudio.com](https://code.visualstudio.com/)

  **Feex map am**: Dem see am on top Windows PCs for Foxhole

Recorded source status: Feex Reviewed: Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification.

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