

Start VS Code from the Developer Command Prompt If you don't require CMake support (and the Windows SDK that it depends on) the size on disk should be about 3GB.

With the default settings, the download size is about 1GB and the size on disk is about 4GB.

This tutorial does not teach you details about Windows or the Microsoft C++ toolset or the C++ language. After completing this tutorial, you will be ready to create and configure your own workspace, and to explore the VS Code documentation for further information about its many features. After configuring VS Code, you will compile and debug a simple program to get familiar with the VS Code user interface. In this tutorial, you configure Visual Studio Code to use the Microsoft C++ compiler and debugger on Windows.
