How To Run The Very Latest VS Code [v1.135] In Windows 7 No Matter What

UPDATED ON: 2026-09-16

Say you are as stubborn as myself and want to run VS Code editor in Windows 7 no matter what.
First thing to remember it will able to run only in x64 edition of Windows 7 with all ESU patches applied.

• get already patched 1.102 version from [e3kskoy7wqk repository]
• unpack it and start application to make sure it is working
• close software, be sure it is not showing in the task manager
• download newer version, for example v1.112.01907 / [zipped VSCodium archive]
• extract archive & copy RESOURCES folder to the original 1.102 installation, replacing existing one
• execute the editor / ta-da! it works!

Very draft investigations pointed out that even the very latest version 1.135.06055 runs.
But my custom color theme broke in some places and more importantly some plugins reported errors.
However, your experience may vary, so it is worth of trying.
As for me, i would recommend to stick with versions around 1.110 - 1.112.

In the modified version, there is a noticeable issue when trying to perform a global search using [CTRL] + [SHIFT] + [F].
Instead of searching across the entire workspace, VS Code only searches through currently opened files.
The root cause of this problem is an incompatible rg.exe executable, which is located here:

YOUR-VS-CODE-DIR\resources\app\node_modules.asar.unpacked\@vscode\ripgrep-universal\bin\win32-x64 

To find out release version of your RG executable.

rg.exe --version

You can obtain compatible version from previous VSCodium builds.
VsCodium v1.101.24242 contains [v13.0.0 of rg.exe] [direct link]
Newer versions of VsCodium contain incompatible versions.

The very last compatible version is 14.1.0.
You can grab it directly from [official Github repo] [direct link]

If you know another Windows 7 issue and have a solution for it, please drop me a line
and i’ll include your knowledge to this mini-FAQ for the good of all Windows 7/8 users.

Oh, and by the way, to work with modern web projects you can grab relatively new NodeJS 23.7 from [here] .

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