The difference is the System Installer does not have the word User, while the User installer has. Here is a screenshot of the two types of installer side-by-side.
So how can we tell which is which when we download it? Remember the Download for Windows button on the Home Page? What it downloads is the User Installer. How to tell the System Installer vs User Installer My computer is 64-bit so I downloaded the 64-bit System Installer.ĭouble click the downloaded file and just follow the installation wizard until you finish. Under Windows, download the correct System Installer for your computer. This will forward you somewhere below the homepage or to here –. On the homepage of Visual Studio Code website click on Other platform under the Download for Windows. Step-by-step Instruction to Install VS Code to All Users I had to install for different users.įollow the tutorial below to install Visual Studio Code for all Users. What if you have multiple users in your Windows computer like me? I have a different User Accounts for different projects and different use cases.
Visiting the website of Visual Studio Code ( ) and pressing Download for Windows will download the installer for a single user in Windows.
Now, I have tried to install Python 3.6.2 for ALL users from within the adminstrator account, hoping that the students then can start all the installed components from within their standard user accounts. Now and then these standard user accounts are deleted and new ones are added as students come and go. We have Windows 10 laptops each with a local administrator account for our teachers, and one or more local standard user accounts for our students.