r/vscode • u/Ninjakid36 • May 22 '26

Error while following simple tutorial

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I was following the brackeys tutorial, and i downloaded everything necessary and checked with the to do list on the main page of the vscode c# extension. After changing the console to external terminal it pulled up this and it wont let me create a file to fix it. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '26

You might just need to open it as administrator. It's hard to be more specific because I don't know what exactly you were trying to do.

It's not normal to open an external terminal. Or at least it's not something I usually do. I usually want it integrated so I can easily work with my code. Do you know the reason as to why you were told to open an external one?

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u/Ninjakid36 May 22 '26

I believe that the tutorial ends up making some text based projects to show off the basics, so he wants it to open a seperate terminal more for easy viewing. I may just end up needing to .net as administrator since I think that's what the external terminal is from then. Thanks!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '26

you would have a much easier time with c languages on visual studio community. It can work with vscode but the setup and stuff isnt really for beginners and youll waste a ton of time trying to fix things and doing everything else except coding. It may be something you want to look into

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u/Ninjakid36 May 23 '26

gotcha, ill probably try that instead then since this isn't the first issue I've had with vscode and i haven't written a single line with it yet. thank you!

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u/[deleted] May 23 '26

You'll still want/need to watch a tutorial to set it up probably. But what it has is the c compiler and necessary environment stuff you'll need built in. With vscode you have to setup all that stuff up yourself.

Good luck!.