STEP ONE: Install VS Code

1. Download either the 32-bit or 64-bit Windows User Installer version of Visual Studio Code (VS Code) from the link https://code.visualstudio.com/download . To know if you have 32- or 64-bit,
   • Right click on This PC in Windows File Explorer and go to Properties. 
   • On the “System” type line, it should say either 64-bit Operating System or 32-bit Operating System.
   • Once you click on the correct download link, it will take you to the VS Code “Getting Started” page, and a download of the executable file should automatically begin.
     
2. Run the executable (double click on it from your downloads folder) to install VS Code, and check “I accept the agreement” and click Next button
   
3. Select the location in your computer to install VS Code (you can leave it to the default if you want) and click Next button
   
4. Check ALL the check boxes in the “Select Additional Tasks” screen:
   • Create Desktop Icon
   • Add “Open with Code” action to Windows Explorer file context menu
   • Add “Open with Code” action to Windows Explorer directory context menu
   • Register Code as an editor for supported file types
   • Add to PATH
     
5. Then, click Next button in the “Select Additional Tasks” screen.
   
6. Click Install button to start installation.
   
7. After completion of setup, click Finish button to finish installation of VS Code.
   
8. If you select the “Launch Visual Studio Code” check box in step 7 above then it directly launches VS Code initially. Otherwise, you can launch VS Code by clicking the Desktop VS code icon.

STEP TWO: Install C++ Extension to VS Code

1. Click on the Extensions button  in VS Code. It is in the menu on the left side (see image below).
   Then, type “C++” in the search bar (see image below) and hit the Enter key on your keyboard to display all extensions related to C++.
   
   
2. Then, click on the C/C++ Extension Pack Microsoft extension and click the Install button. This extension will install four extensions at one time.