C#•6mo ago

✅ How to get Console app to open in console rather than within vs code

I am following a tutorial and whenever he runs his program it opens in the console. The code runs the same. However, he changes the window title and background color which does not happen for me since it is happening within vs code. Any way to change this?

16 Replies

Angius•6mo ago

.vscode/launch.json

{
    // other config
    "console": "externalTerminal"
}

{
    // other config
    "console": "externalTerminal"
}

MerrigOP•6mo ago

I don't have a launch.json as apart of my project so I was able to add one but do I have to add something before those curly brackets to make it work

Angius•6mo ago

No Just

{
    "console": "externalTerminal"
}

{
    "console": "externalTerminal"
}

should suffice

MerrigOP•6mo ago

and thats within my project folder?

Angius•6mo ago

Yes In the .vscode directory

MerrigOP•6mo ago

its still opening in the vs code terminal im pretty sure its in the right directory as the right name there is also a settings.json in that directory if i should put it in thee?

Angius•6mo ago

MyCoolProject
|— .vscode
|  \— launch.json
|— MyCoolProject.csproj
|— Program.cs
\— ...

MyCoolProject
|— .vscode
|  \— launch.json
|— MyCoolProject.csproj
|— Program.cs
\— ...

How do you run it? With F5, green arrow, or whatever it is that DevKit adds?

MerrigOP•6mo ago

run > run and start debugging running with or without debugging doesnt make a difference

Angius•6mo ago

Huh Sorry, never in my life have I used VSCode to write C# so I have no experience Actually, no, I used it a couple of times but always with dotnet run and never any debugging

MerrigOP•6mo ago

no problem thanks for the help anyways

reflectronic•6mo ago

there is no reason to do this manually in the json file there is an option in the VS code settings for this

reflectronic•6mo ago