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Visual Studio Code Linux Desktop File
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Visual Studio Code
Icon=/home/dan/Apps/vsc/resources/app/vso.png
Exec=/home/dan/Apps/vsc/Code
Comment=Develop with pleasure!
Categories=Development;IDE;
Terminal=false
StartupWMClass=visual-studio-code

How to use

  1. Follow the linux documentation found here to install Visual Studio Code.
  2. Copy the contents of code.desktop to ~/.local/share/applications/code.desktop
  3. Change /home/dan/Apps/vsc in the code.desktop file to the location you extracted the application to.

This how only been tested by myself on ElementaryOS Freya.

@markxnelson
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Thanks, this worked great for me

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