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You start by getting the official installer from the Visual Studio Code website. Open your preferred browser on Windows. Go to the Visual Studio Code download page ...

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Agent HQ provides a single location for managing both local and remote coding agents and introduces a plan agent that breaks down complex tasks into steps before coding. The latest update to the ...

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The Windows Package Manager aka the Winget tool comes pre-installed on Windows 11. For Windows 10, you need to install the App Installer package from the Microsoft Store. We have added some Winget ...

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Editor's take: Microsoft has long been the financial lifeline of OpenAI, but its growing reliance on Anthropic's models suggests that loyalty may be giving way to performance. By favoring Anthropic in ...

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The first preview of Visual Studio 2026, with deeper GitHub Copilot AI integration, is available through Microsoft’s new Insiders channel. Microsoft has released its first preview of the Visual Studio ...

Crashes occur during the initial IDE startup when loading extensions or caches, immediately after installing updates (e.g., .NET upgrades or Visual Studio patches), or during specific actions such as ...

With Microsoft ending support for Windows 10, you might want to install Windows 11, but your PC isn’t compatible. What can you do? For older Windows 10 PCs, Flyby11 could be the answer to upgrading ...