Cannot find Arduino IDE. Please specify the "arduino.path" in the User Settings. Requires a restart after change.

[ZBHorizon]

Ich habe Windows 10 un bekomme es einfach nicht hin den Arduino.path anzugeben

[hellyzh]

Have you installed Arduino IDE? And please add the setting of "arduino.path", if in Windows, go to Visual Studio Code, click File > Preferences > Settings, then click the Open Settings (JSON) icon in the upper-right corner of the Settings page.
add "arduino.path": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Arduino".

[mianqi2016]

I also meet this problem, and I have installed Arduino-1.8.12 on Ubuntu, but I couldn't find the location of Arduino IDE in it, so I don't know what should be filled in the "Arduino:Path" blank.

[hellyzh]

Fill like this "arduino.path":"/home/User/Arduino1.8.2/arduino-1.8.2" (replace "/home/User/Arduino1.8.2/arduino-1.8.2" with the path of Arduino IDE).

[tariqawni]

Hi i am new on vscode and i wana ask where i should to fill "arduino.path": "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino" ?
go to Visual Studio Code, click File > Preferences > Settings, then click the Open Settings (JSON) icon after that in what line i should to paste this "arduino.path": "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino"

[hellyzh]

Click this icon.

[tariqawni]

after open settings json in wich line i should to add "arduino.path": "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino" ?

[hellyzh]

Any line as you like. And use double backslash in windows as "arduino.path": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Arduino".

[K-zhao]

I apologize for necroing this post, but adding that didn't seem to fix the issue, even after a restart. I'm on Arduino 1.8.13. Are there potentially any other issues that might cause the extension to not function properly?

Edit: It turns out I installed the extension under WSL for VSCode which caused some issues. Using Arduino under Windows VSCode fixed the issue.

[umatbro]

I'm struggling with the same issue. arduino is installed in my system, it launches Arduino IDE properly. I'm using Manjaro Linux 20.0.3. Turning VS Code on and off does not have any effect.

[VictorVmg]

I'm struggling with the same issue. arduino is installed in my system, it launches Arduino IDE properly. I'm using Manjaro Linux 20.0.3. Turning VS Code on and off does not have any effect.

If your operating system is Windows 7 or higher you should follow the steps below:

1. Download the Arduino IDE: https://www.arduino.cc/download_handler.php?f=/arduino-1.8.13-windows.exe
2. Install the downloaded arduino IDE, this will create C:Program Files (x86)Arduino
3. Download Arduino extension on VSCode (Author: Microsoft)
4. Go to: file>>preferences>>settings>>Extensions>>Arduino configuration>>edit in setting JSON.
5. Add the Path: "arduino.path": "C:Program Files (x86)Arduino",
6. Inside the VSCode Open a new folder
7. F1+ arduino: initialized
8. name of the project.

There you go.

[umatbro]

@VictorVmg I'm using Linux Manjaro - as I stated in my comment. Unfortunately any of the F1 -> Arduino does not work, all are resulting in the same error :(

EDIT I've found the issue. In the arduino.path setting I was providing a path to the arduino executable instead of a directory.
I changed /usr/bin/arduino to /usr/bin and now VS Code seems to be able to detect my Arduino IDE properly :)

[TonyDiana]

/snap/arduino/41

[Tejas-Rathi]

GUYS TRY USING THIS CODE

"arduino.path": "C:\\Program Files\\Arduino IDE"

AFTER THIS PRESSctrl=shift=esc
in that window click on visual studio code and click on end task at the bottom right
boot up visual studio code again

[monsefe19]

for windows
arduino path command path (arduino.exe)
path
(C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino)