Skip to content
| Marketplace
Sign in
Visual Studio Code>Other>Open Folder Context Menus for VS Code | dewstouhNew to Visual Studio Code? Get it now.
Open Folder Context Menus for VS Code | dewstouh

Open Folder Context Menus for VS Code | dewstouh

dewstouh

|
69 installs
| (0) | Free
Quickly open a new instance of VS Code from the Explorer | dewstouh
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
Copied to clipboard
More Info

Open Folder Context Menus

Features

This extension adds two new context menus to the Explorer:

  • Open New Workbench Here: Opens a new instance of VS Code scoped to the selected folder OR to the folder containing the selected file.
  • Reopen Workbench Here: Reopens VS Code scoped to the selected folder.

Using

Right click on a folder in the Explorer, choose Open New Workbench Here or Reopen Workbench Here.

Preview

Packaging

The repository field in package.json points to github.dev. Override this to ensure links to artifacts are correct when packaging.

 vsce package --baseContentUrl https://github.com/chrisdias/vscode-opennewinstance/blob/HEAD --baseImagesUrl https://github.com/chrisdias/vscode-opennewinstance/raw/HEAD

License

MIT

  • Contact us
  • Jobs
  • Privacy
  • Manage cookies
  • Terms of use
  • Trademarks
© 2025 Microsoft