# How to use Visual Studio Code with Processing 3

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**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [October 6, 2019, 9:34am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-use-visual-studio-code-with-processing-3/14458 "2019-10-06T09:34:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-use-visual-studio-code-with-processing-3/14458/22 "2021-05-19T16:19:09Z")

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If you are stuck at step 1 because you do not see the `Tools -> Install “processing-java”` menu item, this video is what did it for me:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LKuu-WcOZYA/maxresdefault.jpg "Processing + Visual Studio Code setup for Windows") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKuu-WcOZYA&t=205)

Essentially, I had to manually add processing to the PATH environment variable (the part from 3:27 to 4:56 in the video above)

In a nutshell

1. Look up where processing is installed and copy the path
2. Open the system settings and search for “advanced system settings”
3. Click on “Environment Variables…”
4. In “user variables for {yourName}” double click the line that says “Path”
5. Click on “New” and paste the path where Processing is located. It should look something like the screenshot below

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/1/10621700c101395e716bf9051229f8b833750a4b.png)

1. Follow the rest of the steps in @michaelPaulukonis’ post above and you should have a working setup

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