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How to fully reset your VisualCode installation (on windows 10)
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Uinstalling and reinstalling visualcode won't reset your settings or remove your extensions.

To do a 100% fresh restart with visual code, you'll have to uinstall VS-code and remove some directories from your system.

These are all the standard places wher VS-code store files:

Storing extensions: %USERPROFILE%\.vscode

Storing backups, cache, settings, etc.: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Code

Default installtion folder: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code

Note: %USERPROFILE% = C:\Users<user_name>

Do a normal uninstallation of VS-code and then check to manually delete the above directories, if you want a full reset for the next time you install Visual Studio Code.

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