How to code pwd for proxy in visual studio code

Follow these notes to configure visual studio when using the proxy to connect to the corporate network

  • Open VisualStudio Code
  • Go to File > Preferences > Settings
  • Search & click on “Edit in settings.json”
  • Insert this snippet
  • replace your user,password,proxy url,proxy port

If in the password there are special characters like # – @ … you have to decode them into HEX. So @ becomes %40 and # becomes %23

To know all the encoded characters click here