<p>Visual Studio Code, also referred to as VS Code, is a free code editor that can run on multiple operating systems. Below are guides to Mac OS and Windows as of August 2021.</p>
<h1 id="heading-windows-10">Windows 10</h1>
<ul>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=534107">Click the this link</a> to download the .exe file for Windows.</li>
<li>Once the download has completed, run the .exe file by double clicking on the downloaded file.</li>
<li>Read through each prompt as you advance in the installation window by clicking on <strong>Accept</strong> or <strong>Next</strong> buttons.</li>
<li>After installation is complete press <strong>Finish</strong> and, by default, VS Code will open.</li>
</ul>
<h1 id="heading-mac-os">Mac OS</h1>
<ul>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=534106">Click this link</a> to download for Mac OS.</li>
<li>Once the download has completed, open the browser’s download list and locate the downloaded file.</li>
<li>Extract the contents by double clicking.</li>
<li>Drag the Visual Studio Code.app into the Applications folder, which will make it available in the Mac OS Launchpad.</li>
</ul>


Visual Studio Code, also referred to as VS Code, is a free code editor that can run on multiple operating systems. Below are guides to Mac OS and Windows as of August 2021.


# Windows 10
- [Click the this link](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=534107) to download the .exe file for Windows.
- Once the download has completed, run the .exe file by double clicking on the downloaded file.
- Read through each prompt as you advance in the installation window by clicking on **Accept** or **Next** buttons.
- After installation is complete press **Finish** and, by default, VS Code will open.

# Mac OS
- [Click this link](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=534106) to download for Mac OS.
- Once the download has completed, open the browser’s download list and locate the downloaded file.
- Extract the contents by double clicking.
- Drag the Visual Studio Code.app into the Applications folder, which will make it available in the Mac OS Launchpad.



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