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Egon Stetmann.
Egon Stetmann.

Reputation: 489

Set as default the Developer Command Prompt of VS in Visual Studio Code

This trick seems very simple but I don't know how to set up,
What I did :
Go to Archive > Preferences > User Config.
and in the right panel I wrote this...

{
    "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": 
    "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2017\\Community\\Common7\\Tools\\VsDevCmd.bat"
}

works until suddenly disappears.
Thinking about a launch.json script just for the sake of not writing on the console and using a play button, I know cl is for calling the compiler but don't know how to deal with the parameters. Someone suggested to use Cmake.
All I want is to run scratch code with the VC/C++ compiler (not limited to the 2017 version, could be any) so any solution will be highly appreciated.

Upvotes: 10

Views: 8117

Answers (6)

John Vargas
John Vargas

Reputation: 1

How to set the default integrated terminal in Visual Studio Code 2022 to Developer Powershell

Developer Powershell for VS 2022

For a quick fix using powershell instead of cmd, I added something like this to my settings.json.

"terminal.integrated.profiles.windows" :
{
    "Developer Powershell": {
    "path": [
        "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe",
    ],
    "args": [
        "-Nologo",
        "-noe",
        "Import-Module C:\\\"Program Files (x86)\"\\\"Microsoft Visual Studio\"\\2022\\BuildTools\\Common7\\Tools\\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DevShell.dll;",
        "Enter-VsDevShell fb4ff659"
    ],
    "icon": "terminal-powershell"
    }
},

"terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.windows": "Developer Powershell"

Make sure to change the path and Enter-VsDevShell ######## to fit your system by looking at the target of Developer Powershell for VS 2022 in shortcut properties.

Developer Powershell for VS 2022 > Open file location > Properties > Target

*Works on Windows 10 Pro (19045.4894) and VS code 2022 (1.93.1)

Upvotes: 0

tomdinh
tomdinh

Reputation: 198

VS Code 1.73.1 and Visual Studio 2022 Developer Command Prompt v17.4.1 as of Nov 2022

go to with Windows Run to edit VS Code setting json

%APPDATA%\Code\User\settings.json

Add this inside { } of "terminal.integrated.profiles.windows"

"Developer Powershell": {
      "path": [
        "${env:windir}\\Sysnative\\cmd.exe",
        "${env:windir}\\System32\\cmd.exe"
      ],
      "args": [
        "/k",
        "C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\Professional\\Common7\\Tools\\VsDevCmd.bat"
      ],
      "icon": "terminal-powershell"
    }

Upvotes: 2

Markus
Markus

Reputation: 2455

While the other answers are still valid, note that the current (Nov. 2021) way of doing this is to use the terminal-profiles; the other mentioned methods have been deprecated.

    "terminal.integrated.profiles.windows": {
        "Command Prompt": {
            "path": [
                "${env:windir}\\Sysnative\\cmd.exe",
                "${env:windir}\\System32\\cmd.exe"
            ],
            "args": [
                "/K",
                "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2019\\Community\\Common7\\Tools\\VsDevCmd.bat",
            ],
            "icon": "terminal-cmd"
        }
    }

Upvotes: 4

Luiz Felipe F M Costa
Luiz Felipe F M Costa

Reputation: 100

Just updating the @K0j0 answer :)

Here is for Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Community.

{
    // New shell with Developer Command Prompt
    "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Windows\\Sysnative\\cmd.exe",
    "terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": ["/k", "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2017\\Community\\Common7\\Tools\\VsDevCmd.bat"]
}

Upvotes: 4

KeyC0de
KeyC0de

Reputation: 5257

Luiz's response mentions the 32bit command prompt. The following are the settings for the 64bit Visual Studio 2017 Developer command prompt:

   "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Windows\\Sysnative\\cmd.exe",
    "terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": [
        "/k",
        "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2017\\Community\\VC\\Auxiliary\\Build\\vcvars64.bat"
    ],

Upvotes: 2

K0j0
K0j0

Reputation: 99

Try this

{

"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Windows\\Sysnative\\cmd.exe",
"terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": ["/k", "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\Common7\\Tools\\VsDevCmd.bat"]
}

Seems like you you need to use cmd as the shell but pass in /k and the batch script that sets the proper environment variables for the dev command prompt.

Btw, my command prompt is for Visual Studio 2015, you'll want to update yours for your version which looks like 2017.

Upvotes: 3

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