Visual Studio Code "Open With Code" does not appear after right-clicking a folder

Solution 1:

Copied from Right click on Windows folder and open with Visual Studio Code

• Create file vsCodeOpenFolder.reg with this content (If you didn't choose the default installation path then you need to adjust the paths in this file):

   Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
   ; Open files
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with VS Code]
   @="Edit with VS Code"
   "Icon"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe,0"
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with VS Code\command]
   @="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\" \"%1\""
   ; This will make it appear when you right click ON a folder
   ; The "Icon" line can be removed if you don't want the icon to appear
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\vscode]
   @="Open Folder as VS Code Project"
   "Icon"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\",0"
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\vscode\command]
   @="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\" \"%1\""
   ; This will make it appear when you right click INSIDE a folder
   ; The "Icon" line can be removed if you don't want the icon to appear
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\vscode]
   @="Open Folder as VS Code Project"
   "Icon"="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\",0"
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\vscode\command]
   @="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\" \"%V\""
  

• Double click it to create the registry entries.

• If the "Open with Code" doesn't appear in the Explorer's context menu then you should restart your system.

• If you're running the 64-bit or Insiders version of VS Code, change the path accordingly.

Solution 2:

When installing (or reinstall and) check all checkBoxes especially:

Add "Open with Code" action to Windows Explorer file context menu
Add "Open with Code" action to Windows Explorer directory context menu

I hope this helps.