'VS Code Denied Permission unlink 'usr/local/bin/code'

I can add the "shell command install 'code' command". Testing it works, but if i close out of the VS Code or after a couple of hours of adding the command it doesn't work. Terminal says "zsh: command not found: code" and on VS when click on the "shell command install code command" has a "EACCES: permission denied, unlink 'usr/local/bin/code' " pop up. How should i go about this? I'm using a macbook 2020 if that matters

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Solution 1:^[1]

Uninstall the code command from PATH in VS and reinstalled. Open the command palette in VS cmd + shift + p search "uninstall 'code'" and select the first option to uninstall. Do the same for installing too. That should fix it

Solution 2:^[2]

This happened to me on Macbook Pro M1 Chip. Basically follow this:

Simply uninstall the code command from PATH in vscode and reinstalled. i.e open the command pallete, search "uninstall 'code'" and select the first option to uninstall. Do same for installing too. That should fix it.

Found this solution on github

Solution 3:^[3]

Try run:

sudo chown -R yourUsername /usr/local/bin

Solution 4:^[4]

From a sample size of me and three friends, this is a common problem on M1 MacBooks and Mac Minis. Running the command:

sudo chown -R yourUsername /usr/local/bin

This resolved the VS issue for me and allowed me to install npm packages globally.

Solution 5:^[5]

This command solves user just for copy paste.

sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local/bin

Solution 6:^[6]

For macOS:

Try uninstalling and reinstalling. (command + shift + p) >shell Command: Uninstall 'code' command from Path
append the following to your ~/.bash_profile file (~/.zshrc in case you use zsh).
```
code () { VSCODE_CWD="$PWD" open -n -b "com.microsoft.VSCode" --args $* ;}
```

Solution 7:^[7]

I was getting same error to Install on Windows 11:

Just deleted folder C:\Users\my-username\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin
Also removed VS Code from environment variables

Installed successfully!

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Solution	Source
Solution 1	Sabrina Tolmer
Solution 2	Ash Singh
Solution 3	GChaves
Solution 4	benson23
Solution 5	uruapanmexicansong
Solution 6	Manthan Shah
Solution 7	Ali Adravi

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