{"id":18766,"date":"2022-02-23T10:20:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T18:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-apps\/installing-the-power-platform-extension-for-vs-code-when-unable-to-install-directly-from-the-web\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T07:50:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:50:46","slug":"installing-the-power-platform-extension-for-vs-code-when-unable-to-install-directly-from-the-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-apps\/installing-the-power-platform-extension-for-vs-code-when-unable-to-install-directly-from-the-web\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing the Power Platform extension for VS Code when unable to install directly from the web"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In some organizations, it is quite challenging to download installation executables or VS Code extensions directly off the web. This document shows an alternate way to install the Power Platform VS Code extension.<\/p>\n<h2>Power platform extension from Visual Studio marketplace<\/h2>\n<p>Go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.visualstudio.com\/search?term=Power%20Platform&amp;target=VSCode&amp;category=All%20categories&amp;sortBy=Relevance\">Visual Studio Marketplace<\/a> and select Visual Studio Code and search for Power Platform<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2974\" height=\"918\" class=\"wp-image-18767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-25.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-25.webp 2974w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-25-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-25-1024x316.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-25-768x237.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-25-1536x474.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-25-2048x632.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2974px) 100vw, 2974px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on Power Platform Tools, and on the Power Platform tools page, instead of clicking the install button (the one in green), select \u201cDownload Extension\u201d from the links on the right-hand side<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2140\" height=\"1846\" class=\"wp-image-18768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-26.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-26.webp 2140w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-26-300x259.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-26-1024x883.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-26-768x662.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-26-1536x1325.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-26-2048x1767.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2140px) 100vw, 2140px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This will download a Visual Studio Extension file (*.vsix) file in your downloads folder.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1358\" height=\"203\" alt=\"A screenshot of a computer screen Description automatically generated with medium confidence\" class=\"wp-image-18769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-screen-description-aut.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-screen-description-aut.webp 1358w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-screen-description-aut-300x45.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-screen-description-aut-1024x153.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-screen-description-aut-768x115.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1358px) 100vw, 1358px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Installing VSIX in Visual Studio Code<\/h2>\n<p>launch Visual Studio Code and go to extensions icon (or press ctrl-shift-x) in the Visual Studio code interface. This will open the extensions library<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"910\" height=\"325\" class=\"wp-image-18770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-27.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-27.webp 910w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-27-300x107.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-27-768x274.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This will launch the extension panel, at the top of the panel, click on the ellipsis i.e., \u2026, this will show you menu, and in that menu select install from VSIX<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1410\" height=\"501\" class=\"wp-image-18771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-28.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-28.webp 1410w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-28-300x107.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-28-1024x364.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-28-768x273.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1410px) 100vw, 1410px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Navigate to the folder where the downloaded extension is and select the extension. Once the extension is selected, the installation will proceed and now you are ready to use the Power Platform extension from within Visual Studio Code.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1239\" height=\"501\" alt=\"Text Description automatically generated\" class=\"wp-image-18772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-10.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-10.webp 1239w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-10-300x121.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-10-1024x414.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-10-768x311.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1239px) 100vw, 1239px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>Most users will be able to install directly from the marketplace or the extensions panel. 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