Visual Studio Code by Microsoft is arguably one of the best IDEs for coders. It supports multiple languages and has a plethora of extensions that you can install on top of a feature-rich coding setup. However, things have not been so simple for many programmers as VS Code on their computer keeps on crashing. Therefore, in this article, we will be seeing how to fix the issue where your Visual Studio Code is crashing on Windows 11/10.
Visual Studio Code crashing on Windows 11/10
Why is Visual Studio Code crashing on my computer?
There are two scenarios faced by users, VSCode either crashes as soon as it open or crashes in the middle of a project. Now, there can be multiple reasons for this peculiar behavior such as a corrupted file, infinite loop, etc. We will be talking about all the possible solutions in detail.
Fix Visual Studio Code: The window has crashed error
These are the things you can do to fix Visual Studio Code crashing or freezing issue on Windows 11/10.
- Update Graphics Driver
- Turn off Hardware Acceleration
- Delete Backup of Open Files
- Reinstall VS Code
Let us talk about them in detail.
1] Update Graphics Driver
The first thing you need to do to fix the error is to update the Graphics driver. An outdated Graphics driver won’t allow you to run any games or programming apps, and they may end up crashing on your system, especially if your program is long. Hence, update your outdated driver and see if the issue persists.
2] Turn off Hardware Acceleration
Next up if the issue continues then try disabling GPU Hardware Acceleration. This way VSCode will only use Software rendering, which will result in a much stable experience. To do that, follow the given steps.
- Open Visual Studio Code on your system.
- Hit Ctrl + Shift + P to open Command Palette.
- Type ‘Preferences: Configure Runtime Arguments‘ and hit Enter.
- Now, add the following command and save the file(Ctrl + S).
"disable-hardware-acceleration": true,
3] Delete Backup of Open Files
If while opening a large file, VSCode freezes and then crashes, you need to delete some files. So, open Run, paste “%AppData%” and click Ok. Now, open Code > Backup and then delete the only folder that is inside that directory. Finally, restart VSCode and see if the issue persists.
4] Reinstall VS Code
If nothing works, then maybe the issue is because of a corrupted VSCode file. So, to fix the issue, you should uninstall VSCode and then redownload and reinstall a fresh copy of the software to see if the issue persists.
Hopefully, you are able to fix the issue with the given solutions.
Infinite Loop causing VSCode or System to crash
Sometimes, there can be no issue with the app or your Graphics driver, but still, your VSCode crashes, or sometimes even your system crashes because of it. This scenario can be because of you implementing an Infinite Loop.
If you know that you are using Infinite loop, then you must know the consequences, that is, your computer may crash if you fail to stop the process. However, sometimes, we unintentionally write an Infinite Loop.
Infinite Loop is nothing but a loop that has no condition that can terminate the process. For example, look at the following code.
int x;
for (x = 4; x>4; x++)
{
//some code
}
In this case, since the condition, i.e; x>4, will always be satisfied, therefore, the loop will never end.
So, make sure that you are not using Infinity Loop unintentionally. If you accidentally wrote such a loop, keep an eye on the output, as soon as you see a series of unwanted output, just end the process Ctrl + Alt + M.
This way, you will be able to stop the code and save your computer from crashing.
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