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How to Run EXE Files Directly in VSCode IDE Tutorial
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Jul 3, 2025
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Uh hello guys, welcome to this video. So
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in this video, I'll show you how to run
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.exe files, executable files directly
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inside VS code without leaving your
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editor.
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So this is actually extension that you
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need to install here which is execunner.
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Just go to the extensions tab and in the
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search bar simply type exeunner. The
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very first extension which comes right
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here. This is the extension. So here it
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allows you to directly run.exe files
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directly from your VS code environment.
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I have already installed it. So just
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click the install button and uh after
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that now if you have any kind of exe
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file let's suppose this is my index.exe
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file.
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So there will be this button available
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run executable directly inside your VS
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code. So you can simply click this
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button and then it will actually uh run
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this executable file directly in the
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terminal itself like this. If I again
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click this you will see enter first
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number enter second number and sum is
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equal to 18. So this is a simple C++
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program exe compile to any exe
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application. But if you don't have this
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extension, you need to again go to file
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explorer and then open this manually. So
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you can do this process directly inside
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VS code. This will save you a lot of
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time as well. So this is a good kind of
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extension. Just go to the extensions
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tab. Just type exeunner and just install
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this extension and you can directly
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execute
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executable files in VS code environment.
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