cannot find real location of %APPDATA%\Code\User\settings.json in explorer-CodePudding

I know I can edit settings.json in vscode but I want to actually locate the physical file. According to vscode doc https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/settings the user settings file is located here:

Windows %APPDATA%\Code\User\settings.json

but when going to it with explorer I cannot see any settings.json

CodePudding user response：

Settings file locations

Depending on your platform, the user settings file is located here:

Windows %APPDATA%\Code\User\settings.json

from Settings documentation

But how do figure out where %APPDATA% is on your system? One easy way is to create a keybinding (in your keybindings.json) like this:

{
  "key":  "alt q",       // whatever you want
  "command": "workbench.action.terminal.sendSequence",
  "args": {
    "text": "echo ${env:APPDATA}"
  }
},

When this is run the variable ${env:APPDATA} will be resolved and printed out.

It will be something like this:

C:\Users\Cerberus\AppData\Roaming

so for the full path add \Code\User\settings.json to the end of that. Or use this in the keybinding:

"text": "echo ${env:APPDATA}\\Code\\User\\settings.json"

outputs: C:\Users\Rodan\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\settings.json