Extension Installation Error

mohsenjr · October 11, 2019, 4:19pm

hi everyone, i’ve been trying to install an extension to VS code and i get the first image error and when i try to install it manually i get the second image error, need some help please! c%20%20%20ex%20problem c%20%20%20ex%20problem2

DanM · October 12, 2019, 9:10am

The second message is due to opening it in Visual Studio instead of Visual Studio Code.

mohsenjr · October 12, 2019, 9:23am

i opened it with visual studio code and that’s what happened

DanM · October 12, 2019, 10:15am

To install manually, open cmd and cd to the path to where that file is and then do

code WhateverTheFileIsCalled.vsix

Replacing WhateverTheFileIsCalled with the file name.

mohsenjr · October 12, 2019, 7:45pm

can u explain a little bit more please? didnt get it well.

DanM · October 13, 2019, 9:37am

Open cmd (Windows Key + R > “cmd”)
cd to where you have the .vsix file saved e.g.
```
cd /Users/Dan/Downloads
```
Will put me in C:/Users/Dan/Downloads, if it’s on a different drive you would need to enter the drive letter folllowed by a colon, e.g.
```
D:
```
Would put me in D:/
Then type code thing.vsix where thing is the name of the file e.g.
```
code cpptools-win32.vsix
```