VSCode Multiple versions of an extension

• 02 March 2022
• extensions,
• extensions-space,
• multiple-extensions,
• vscode

If you want to use multiple versions of an extension in VS Code, you can create a new entry point to the VS Code with separate space for extension.

Prepare a folder where your extensions will be stored and create a file named code.bat and insert the following text:

Code.exe --extensions-dir ".\extensions"

Make sure all windows of VS Code are closed and double-click on the code.bat. This will open VS Code with new space for extensions. Here you can install extensions which will not affect the extensions in your normal mode.

Downside of this approach is that you can have only one space with extensions active at the same time. Either default or this one. On the plus side, you have one version of VS Code, so you only update it once.

Alternative is to install VS Code for insiders. Then you have two separate instances of VS Code.

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