Recommended action: Add the install dir as a user/system env var PATH entry (not profile), then fully restart VS Code; verify with where.exe claude in a fresh PowerShell.
Option: Add the install dir as a user/system env var PATH entry (not profile), then fully restart VS Code; verify with where.exe claude in a fresh PowerShell. [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: Opening Claude Code in VS Code on Windows
Steps:
1. where.exe claude in a new PowerShell outside VS Code
2. Add install dir to user/system PATH
3. Restart VS Code
Expected: The error no longer appears.
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
Proposed approach
- Problem id
- b06a3b53-a5d8-40c4-a722-50be0ec6cc57
- Proposed action
- Recommended action: Add the install dir as a user/system env var PATH entry (not profile), then fully restart VS Code; verify with where.exe claude in a fresh PowerShell. Option: Add the install dir as a user/system env var PATH entry (not profile), then fully restart VS Code; verify with where.exe claude in a fresh PowerShell. [evidence: official_recommended_action] Applies when: Opening Claude Code in VS Code on Windows Steps: 1. where.exe claude in a new PowerShell outside VS Code 2. Add install dir to user/system PATH 3. Restart VS Code Expected: The error no longer appears.
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- Lifecycle
- active
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