Extra VS Code Settings for Windows

[ben]

Here’s the code you need to add to settings.json in VS Code in order to be able to use the Developer Command Prompt in Windows 10…

{
    "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "cmd.exe",
    "terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": [
        "/k", "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2017\\BuildTools\\Common7\\Tools\\VsDevCmd.bat"
    ]
}

You access settings as follows…

• File > Preferences > Settings
• Search settings for “shell”
• Choose “Edit in settings.json”

[NAP]

Cool, worked for me:
Before:

After:

[beegeedee]

Actually had to edit. Needed to change BuildTools to Professional. I imagine community and enterprise are the same.

[Abyss]

Hi, when i change the codes in the editors and if i terminal it, i would get the same result before the changes unless i compile it again ( by typing cl main.cpp in terminal).
Is there any workaround so i don’t have to compile it everytime in terminal?

[sgriff]

Thought I would share a solution to a minor snag I ran into. I started off with visual studio community installed along with an older version of the build tools (Microsoft ® C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 15.Something for x86) since it appeared I already had the developer command prompt for VS 2017 I skipped the download step.
Everything went find until I tried to run cl in the terminal. It wasn’t recognized even after making the changes to the settins.json file. I only needed to redownload and install the c++ build tools linked in “Install Windows 10 C++ Compiler” and everything was fine.

[Charlie_Nguyen]

Hello, I’m experiencing a problem. I keep getting this error

[Charlie_Nguyen]

Hello everyone, if anyone is having a similar problem to me, I found a fix. What you go is change “cmd.exe” to the path your command executable file is located. In my case, it was “C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe”. I’ve attached a screenshot. Hopefully, I’ve helped a few people out there!

[Miguel]

What did you do exactly? I’m getting the exact same error message.

[Miguel]

Nevermind I got it working. Changing the year of in the directory to the version of visual studio that I had fixed the issue.

Example:

Before: {
“terminal.integrated.shell.windows”: “cmd.exe”,
“terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows”: [
“/k”, “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat”
]
}

After: {
“terminal.integrated.shell.windows”: “cmd.exe”,
“terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows”: [
“/k”, “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat”
]
}

[Shannon_Fitzgerald]

Thanks for this - had same issue as I just downloaded VS 2019. Worked like a charm.

[Jake_Patterson]

ok im having the worst issue when i installed VS2019 i put it on the D:\ so now im trying this

“terminal.integrated.shell.windows”: “cmd.exe”,
“terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows”: [
“/k”, “D:\Unreal engine\Visual Studio\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat”

i have also tried
“terminal.integrated.shell.windows”: “C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe”,
“terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows”: [
“/k”, “D:\Unreal engine\Visual Studio\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat”

but i cannot get the Cl function to work

[Jake_Patterson]

So update i have went to a fresh copy of windows now and installed this specifially on my laptop this is the error i keep getting i have tried to search with no luck can someone please help me out

[D_Arroyo]

I had the same problem a few days back, i solved it by entering
View > Command Palette > Terminal: Select Default Shell > Command Prompt

Hope i’ve helped

[Finn]

For me it says that the command “C:\Program” couldnt be found, help!

[DanM]

Did you follow the comment before yours?

[kody]

I have this problem. I put the code in and when i open a new terminal this happens. ‘C:\Program’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

and then i type cl and i get this
‘cl’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

[Matty]

Did you try rebooting? Worked for me.

[Vadefac]

If anyone is using Visual Studio instead of VS Code, here is an easy walk through to setup the Dev Command Prompt.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/tools/developer-command-prompt-for-vs

[Tankthinker]

I am also getting:

‘cl’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

UPDATE: Got it to work by combining some of the fixes suggested above in previous comments, thanks

[Christian_Penner]

For those running Visual Studio 2019 -

{
“terminal.integrated.shell.windows”: “cmd.exe”,
“terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows”: [
“/k”, “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat”
]
}