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- Launch online help for the symbol under the cursor using `Ctrl+F1`
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- Local script debugging and basic interactive console support!
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## Example Scripts
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## Quick Installation
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There are some example scripts in the extension's `examples` folder that you can
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use to discover PowerShell editing and debugging functionality. Please
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check out the included [README.md](examples/README.md) file to learn more about
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how to use them.
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If you're on Windows 7 or greater with the [PowerShellGet](https://msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/gallery/readme)
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module installed, you can easily install both Visual Studio Code and the PowerShell
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extension by running the following command:
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This folder can be found at the following path:
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```
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c:\Users\<yourusername>\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.PowerShell-<version>\examples
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```powershell
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Install-Script Install-VSCode -Scope CurrentUser; Install-VSCode.ps1
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```
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To open/view the extension's examples in Visual Studio Code, run the following from your PowerShell command prompt:
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```
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code (Get-ChildItem $Home\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.PowerShell-*\examples)[-1]
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You will need to accept the prompts that appear if this is your first time running
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the `Install-Script` command.
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**Alternatively** you can download and execute the script directly from the web
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without the use of `Install-Script`. However we **highly recommend** that you
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[read the script](https://github.com/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/blob/develop/scripts/Install-VSCode.ps1)
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first before running it in this way!
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```powershell
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iex (iwr https://git.io/v9rJg)
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```
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## Installing the Extension
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> NOTE: If you are using VS Code Insiders, the command will be `code-insiders`.
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## Example Scripts
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There are some example scripts in the extension's `examples` folder that you can
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use to discover PowerShell editing and debugging functionality. Please
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check out the included [README.md](examples/README.md) file to learn more about
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how to use them.
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This folder can be found at the following path:
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```
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c:\Users\<yourusername>\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.PowerShell-<version>\examples
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```
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To open/view the extension's examples in Visual Studio Code, run the following from your PowerShell command prompt:
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```
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code (Get-ChildItem $Home\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.PowerShell-*\examples)[-1]
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```
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## Reporting Problems
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If you're having trouble with the PowerShell extension, please follow these instructions

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