How to open folder directly in Visual Studio Code by right click in windows explorer

Visual Studio Code lightweight code editor and runs on any platform. It is so much easy to work with it.

Often we need to open folder in Visual Studio Code in order to run project,

So its easy if there is an option to open any folder directly in Visual Studio Code from  windows explorer 

We can do it by changing  "Right Click Context Menu" registry 

Step 1 : Create a file with ".reg" extension

Step 2 : Apply following code...

Note : Change "Code.exe" file path as per your folder directory structure

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Open files [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with VS Code] @="Edit with VS Code"
"Icon"="C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe,0"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with VS Code\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\" \"%1\""

; This will make it appear when you right click ON a folder
; The "Icon" line can be removed if you don't want the icon to appear
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\vscode]
@="Open in VS Code"
"Icon"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\",0"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\vscode\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\" \"%1\""

; This will make it appear when you right click INSIDE a folder
; The "Icon" line can be removed if you don't want the icon to appear
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\vscode]
@="Open in VS Code"
"Icon"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\",0"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\vscode\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\" \"%V\"" 

Save the file and close it

Step 3: Open that file by double click / hit enter.

It will ask for permission, after that it will apply a new context to right click in windows explorer

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