Launch VSC with clean or custom profile
Normally VSC stores settings and user data in %appdata%Code (and extensions in %userprofile%.vscode.
Is there a way to tell new instance to load some other profile or start with a "blank canvas" (like you can do with Firefox using -no-remote -profile "pathtoprofile" command line arguments)?
It would be great for testing.
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Normally VSC stores settings and user data in %appdata%Code (and extensions in %userprofile%.vscode.
Is there a way to tell new instance to load some other profile or start with a "blank canvas" (like you can do with Firefox using -no-remote -profile "pathtoprofile" command line arguments)?
It would be great for testing.
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Normally VSC stores settings and user data in %appdata%Code (and extensions in %userprofile%.vscode.
Is there a way to tell new instance to load some other profile or start with a "blank canvas" (like you can do with Firefox using -no-remote -profile "pathtoprofile" command line arguments)?
It would be great for testing.
visual-studio-code
asked Apr 5 at 8:29
myf
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Normally VSC stores settings and user data in %appdata%Code (and extensions in %userprofile%.vscode.
Is there a way to tell new instance to load some other profile or start with a "blank canvas" (like you can do with Firefox using -no-remote -profile "pathtoprofile" command line arguments)?
It would be great for testing.
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Yes, it is possible and documented in Advanced CLI options, arguments:
--user-data-dir <dir>Specifies the directory that user data is kept in, useful when running as root.
--extensions-dir <dir>Sets the root path for extensions.
So creating shortcut with both arguments provides possibility to have a "vanilla" VSC instance launcher:
code --extensions-dir "C:tmp-exts" --user-data-dir "C:tmp-profile"
Important: make sure you are invoking correct code executable: it should be VSCodebincode.cmd, not the VSCodeCode.exe (bug?).
VSCode now supports portable mode, i.e. folder called data located in applications directory takes precedence over appdata (and for now even over command line switches, bug?).
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Yes, it is possible and documented in Advanced CLI options, arguments:
--user-data-dir <dir>Specifies the directory that user data is kept in, useful when running as root.
--extensions-dir <dir>Sets the root path for extensions.
So creating shortcut with both arguments provides possibility to have a "vanilla" VSC instance launcher:
code --extensions-dir "C:tmp-exts" --user-data-dir "C:tmp-profile"
Important: make sure you are invoking correct code executable: it should be VSCodebincode.cmd, not the VSCodeCode.exe (bug?).
VSCode now supports portable mode, i.e. folder called data located in applications directory takes precedence over appdata (and for now even over command line switches, bug?).
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Yes, it is possible and documented in Advanced CLI options, arguments:
--user-data-dir <dir>Specifies the directory that user data is kept in, useful when running as root.
--extensions-dir <dir>Sets the root path for extensions.
So creating shortcut with both arguments provides possibility to have a "vanilla" VSC instance launcher:
code --extensions-dir "C:tmp-exts" --user-data-dir "C:tmp-profile"
Important: make sure you are invoking correct code executable: it should be VSCodebincode.cmd, not the VSCodeCode.exe (bug?).
VSCode now supports portable mode, i.e. folder called data located in applications directory takes precedence over appdata (and for now even over command line switches, bug?).
answered Apr 5 at 8:29
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Yes, it is possible and documented in Advanced CLI options, arguments:
--user-data-dir <dir>Specifies the directory that user data is kept in, useful when running as root.
--extensions-dir <dir>Sets the root path for extensions.
So creating shortcut with both arguments provides possibility to have a "vanilla" VSC instance launcher:
code --extensions-dir "C:tmp-exts" --user-data-dir "C:tmp-profile"
Important: make sure you are invoking correct code executable: it should be VSCodebincode.cmd, not the VSCodeCode.exe (bug?).
VSCode now supports portable mode, i.e. folder called data located in applications directory takes precedence over appdata (and for now even over command line switches, bug?).
answered Apr 5 at 8:29
myf
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Yes, it is possible and documented in Advanced CLI options, arguments:
--user-data-dir <dir>Specifies the directory that user data is kept in, useful when running as root.
--extensions-dir <dir>Sets the root path for extensions.
So creating shortcut with both arguments provides possibility to have a "vanilla" VSC instance launcher:
code --extensions-dir "C:tmp-exts" --user-data-dir "C:tmp-profile"
Important: make sure you are invoking correct code executable: it should be VSCodebincode.cmd, not the VSCodeCode.exe (bug?).
VSCode now supports portable mode, i.e. folder called data located in applications directory takes precedence over appdata (and for now even over command line switches, bug?).
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