Recognizing this shift, Microsoft officially discontinued support for 32-bit versions of Visual Studio Code. The latest stable releases of the editor are now built exclusively for 64-bit systems. Consequently, a user on a 32-bit machine who attempts to download the most recent installer from the official website will be unable to run the executable. Furthermore, Microsoft ended official support for Windows 7 in January 2020, meaning neither the operating system nor the applications designed for it receive modern security updates or feature patches.
| Requirement | Official (Modern VS Code) | Reality for Windows 7 32-bit | |-------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------| | Windows Version | Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) | Windows 7 SP1 (32-bit) | | Architecture | x64 (64-bit) | x86 (32-bit) only | | Last supported version | Latest (1.9x) | | | Updates | Continuous | None after Aug 2022 | vs code for windows 7 32-bit