How do I open multiple instances of Visual Studio Code?

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Binary Worrier picture Binary Worrier · Apr 30, 2015 · Viewed 111.9k times · Source

Today Microsoft released the Visual Studio Code file/folder editor.

The first limitation is it appears to be a single-instance application.

Is there a way of getting multiple instances, or otherwise having it open multiple folders simultaneously?

Answer

Blake Mumford picture Blake Mumford · Apr 30, 2015

Ctrl + Shift + N will open a new window, while Ctrl+K then releases the keys, and pressing O would open the current tab in a new window. You can then use menu File → Open Folder to have two instances of Visual Studio Code with different folders in each window.

⌘ + Shift + N and ⌘ + K for Mac.

List of helpful keyboard shortcuts can be found here.

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