Paste Image to Folder

Right-click any folder in the VS Code Explorer → Paste Image from Clipboard → type a file name → saves whatever's on your clipboard (e.g. a Win+Shift+S snip) as a PNG directly into that folder.

Usage

1. Take a screenshot (Win+Shift+S), which puts the image on the clipboard.
2. Right-click a folder in the Explorer sidebar.
3. Click Paste Image from Clipboard.
4. Confirm/edit the file name.

How it works

Reads the Windows clipboard via a small PowerShell script (System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard), Windows-only.

Install

npx @vscode/vsce package
code --install-extension paste-image-to-folder-0.0.1.vsix

Reload VS Code after installing.