[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":94},["ShallowReactive",2],{"/2025/11/11-vscode-code.exe-missing":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":85,"description":82,"extension":86,"meta":87,"navigation":88,"path":89,"robots":90,"seo":91,"stem":92,"__hash__":93},"posts/2025/11/11 vscode-code.exe-missing.md","11 Vscode CodeExe Missing",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":81},"minimark",[9,18,21,25,28,41,44],[10,11,13],"post-title",{":date":12},"date",[14,15,17],"h1",{"id":16},"vs-code-codeexe-missing","VS Code Code.exe Missing",[19,20],"br",{},[22,23,24],"p",{},"I had a case where the VS Code shortcut suddenly stopped working. It turns out that it can't find the Code.exe code. I didn't install new version or manually upgraded it. Visiting the directory, Code.exe is just gone.",[22,26,27],{},"But eventually found couple of suggestions on how to fix the problem in the following post:",[22,29,30],{},[31,32,35],"span",{"className":33},[34],"text-blue-600",[36,37,38],"a",{"href":38,"rel":39},"https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76187272/issues-with-vscode-cannot-open-code-exe-file-missing-and-failed-download",[40],"nofollow",[22,42,43],{},"Couple of suggestions are:",[45,46,47,63,69],"ol",{},[48,49,50,51,55,56],"li",{},"Copy the content of ",[52,53,54],"code",{},"_"," folder/directory to parent directory ",[52,57,62],{"className":58},[59,60,61],"bg-gray-200","p-2","rounded","C:\\Users\\\u003CUser>\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code",[48,64,65,66,68],{},"Create a shortcut to the Code.exe in ",[52,67,54],{}," folder/directory.",[48,70,71,72,76,77],{},"What I did is update the current shortcut from ",[52,73,75],{"className":74},[59,60,61],"C:\\Users\\\u003CUser>\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe"," to ",[52,78,80],{"className":79},[59,60,61],"C:\\Users\\\u003CUser>\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\_\\Code.exe",{"title":82,"searchDepth":83,"depth":83,"links":84},"",2,[],"2025-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","md",{},true,"/2025/11/11-vscode-code.exe-missing",null,{"title":5,"description":82},"2025/11/11 vscode-code.exe-missing","dA-QQEqkQEy2VpowZQ8phwrFTdywujGk-ei87Cp6gUE",1785167452567]