Portable mingw64/vscode

To enable Sandbox using PowerShell, open PowerShell as Administrator and run:

Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -online -FeatureName Containers-DisposableClientVM
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -FeatureName "Containers-DisposableClientVM" -All -Online

Create the portable folder

Download this repository as zip-file and extract it to the Desktop.
Double-click bootstrap.wsb to start the Sandbox.
In the sandbox, open bootstrap_share and execute the bootstrap.cmd command.
After some time, you can find the folder portable_mingw_vscode within bootstrp_share.
This folder the final portable install - you can move it to another computer or a thumb-drive.

Using the portable folder

Double-click on vscode/Code.exe to open Visual Studio Code.
Select Open Folder... form the File menu and navigate to projects\hello_world.

Kit and debugger

Kit: Clang cpp4bio
Debugger: C++ (GDB/LLDB)

Tools used

• Shortcut.exe
• tx.exe
• wget.exe