title: What is VSCode User Setup for Windows?
body: <p>On a Windows workstation after a recent update of VSCode I'm prompted (recommended) to install a &quot;User Setup Distribution of VSCode for Windows&quot;</p>
  <p>The link for more info leads to:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Download User Setup</p>
  <p>If you are a current user of the system-wide Windows setup, you will be prompted to switch to the user setup, which we recommend using from now on. Don't worry, all your settings and extensions will be kept during the transition.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>I don't see anything that explains what changes this distribution makes or how it's different from a distribution for other platforms, like X11/linux.</p>
  <p>Code is a great editor, so I use it on various platforms depending where I am.  Where is the explanation of what is included in this updated &quot;Distribution&quot;?</p>
  <p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_26#_user-setup-for-windows" rel="noreferrer">https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_26#_user-setup-for-windows</a></p>
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