VSCode: moving files out of appdata directory

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VSCode: moving files out of appdata directory



I'm on a company laptop and appdata has restricted storage space. An initial google showed there isn't really any settings to move directories. I was thinking of simply copying relevant directories i.e. AppDataRoamingCode to somewhere else, then creating a hard symbolic link (junction) with the same name and then point it to the same location



i.e. in command line:


mklink /J C:UsersmeAppDataRoamingCode C:myFolderCode



I played around with moving the whole appdata folder (right click on roaming/local/locallow then click on properties then location tab then change directory). I managed to only move half the files over. it seemed to work until i restarted and it caused chaos.



I don't want the same thing to happen again with vscode. (that said I haven't tried using a symbolic link for appdata



what is everyone's advice? can i create a symbolic link and have everything work fine? or will i cause more chaos again? if it works for vscode, i'd like to do the same for appdata too




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Symbolic links should work, but you can also tell VS Code to use a custom extension and user setting location with the --extensions-dir and --user-data-dir flags respectively


--extensions-dir


--user-data-dir


$ code --extensions-dir "/User/me/vscodeExtensions" --user-data-dir "/User/me/vscodeData"



There are some key limitations to this approach, such as extension updates not working. We are tracking support for a truly portable VS Code here: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/329



Portable Mode in Visual Studio Code
You can use Portable Mode: After unzipping the VS Code download, simply create a data folder within Code's folder



After first launch 2 folders will be generated inside:


..dataextensions
..datauser-data



Then you can copy your company folders with files from


%APPDATA%CodeUser



Then copy the extensions directory to data:


%USERPROFILE%.vscodeextensions



Portable mode is not supported if you install VS Code. It is only supported if you get the ZIP download.






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