If you’re an R programmer hoping to try GitHub Copilot, you’ll need to use Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. Here’s how to set up and use VS Code for R.

3] Run installer from another drive. If you have installed Visual Studio is another drive other than the system or C drive, you need to run the installer from that drive only.

And that’s how you can serve up an instance of Visual Studio Code over your network. It’s a bit of a franken-solution, but it works really well. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto ...

I am able to run the program from withing MS Visual C++, but if I copy the .exe to another location and then attempt to run it, the command window opens, and goes to the point where I type in my ...