No option for updating VS Code

[Morsheda]

Type: Bug

I can not find any option to update Visual Studio Code. Neither does it automatically update.

VS Code version: Code 1.73.1 (6261075646f055b99068d3688932416f2346dd3b, 2022-11-09T04:27:29.066Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045 Modes: Sandboxed: No

System Info

|Item|Value| |---|---| |CPUs|11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz (8 x 1382)| |GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
skia_renderer: enabled_on
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
vulkan: disabled_off
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled
webgpu: disabled_off| |Load (avg)|undefined| |Memory (System)|15.73GB (8.15GB free)| |Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id dcb56c6b-68a6-49c2-884b-8762cd081772| |Screen Reader|no| |VM|0%|

Extensions (24)

Extension|Author (truncated)|Version ---|---|--- columnHighlighter|anw|0.1.5 dbclient-jdbc|cwe|1.2.6 vscode-mysql-client2|cwe|6.6.9 code-runner|for|0.12.0 vscode-dotnet-runtime|ms-|1.6.0 isort|ms-|2022.8.0 python|ms-|2022.18.2 vscode-pylance|ms-|2023.1.10 jupyter|ms-|2022.9.1303220346 jupyter-keymap|ms-|1.1.0 jupyter-renderers|ms-|1.0.14 vscode-jupyter-slideshow|ms-|0.1.5 remote-ssh|ms-|0.96.0 remote-ssh-edit|ms-|0.84.0 remote-wsl|ms-|0.72.0 makefile-tools|ms-|0.6.0 remote-explorer|ms-|0.4.0 resourcemonitor|mut|1.0.7 oracledevtools|Ora|21.6.0 perl|ric|2.6.1 LiveServer|rit|5.7.9 volar|Vue|1.8.8 vscode-typescript-vue-plugin|Vue|1.8.8 txt-syntax|xsh|0.2.2 (2 theme extensions excluded)

A/B Experiments

``` vsliv368:30146709 vsreu685:30147344 python383:30185418 vspor879:30202332 vspor708:30202333 vspor363:30204092 vslsvsres303:30308271 vserr242cf:30382550 pythontb:30283811 vsjup518:30340749 pythonptprofiler:30281270 vshan820:30294714 vstes263cf:30335440 vscoreces:30445986 vscod805:30301674 binariesv615:30325510 bridge0708:30335490 bridge0723:30353136 vsaa593cf:30376535 pythonvs932:30410667 py29gd2263:30792226 vsclangdf:30486550 c4g48928:30535728 dsvsc012cf:30540253 pynewext54:30695312 azure-dev_surveyone:30548225 vscccc:30803845 3biah626:30602489 f6dab269:30613381 2i9eh265:30646982 showlangstatbar:30737416 pythonfmttext:30731395 pythoncmv:30756943 fixshowwlkth:30771522 showindicator:30805244 pythongtdpath:30769146 i26e3531:30792625 gsofb:30804716 pythonnosmt12:30797651 pythonidxpt:30805730 pythonnoceb:30805159 dsvsc013:30795093 dsvsc014:30804076 ```

[vscodenpa]

Thanks for creating this issue! It looks like you may be using an old version of VS Code, the latest stable release is 1.81.1. Please try upgrading to the latest version and checking whether this issue remains.

Happy Coding!

[gjsjohnmurray]

I guess you are using the Run As Administrator option when you launch VS Code. Please launch it normally and check for updates from the gearwheel menu.

Alternatively, close VS Code, go to code.visualstudio.com, download the latest version and run the installer.

[Morsheda]

Thanks @gjsjohnmurray. It's working now.