External Script Editor resetting to default on restart

Hello! I am new to Untiy3D and I was having a few issues with the external script editor. I have it set to VSCode (Visual Studio Code) and it works perfectly fine, but when I close Unity and open it up again, it resets to "devenv.exe" (not sure what that is, probably the internal console?) I was wondering if anyone knew how to resolve this, as it gets kind of frustrating to reset it each and every time I reopen Unity. Thank you for reading!

- DJ

 

In Visual Studio (2019 / 2022 Preview), the Development Environment (devenv.exe) is the VS application.

VS Code Setup Link
Microsoft Visual Studio Code and Unity

 

did you ever figure this out? I have it reset it to VSC every time I restart unity, and it's driving me up the wall. Unity version 2021.1.21

 

I'm also having this problem in 2021.1.23f1

 

This is still an issue as of 2021.2.7f1

 

I get this issue too.

 

Same here with 2021.2.9

 

Same here with 2021.2.10f1

EDIT: Instead of selecting Visual Studio Code from the dropdown, I went via "browse" and selected the devenv.exe in the Visual Studio Code installation path manually. Worked for me.

 

Same here with 2021.3.4f1.243

 

Yep, same - editor keeps resetting every restart. (2021.3.5f1)

 

Still an issue in 2021.3.6f1, where it keeps resetting to VS 2017 from VS 2022. Selecting devenv.exe correctly sets the editor, but it still resets on launch.

Edit: I copied all the project files to another folder, as I was moving the project to git, and from that point on the setting stuck.

 

Issue doesn't seem to be affected by your actual choice. I'm trying to use VS2022 with unity and it resets to vsc insiders whenever I restart unity, even if I set it to vs2022, open a script, change my input engine, etc, and then open a different script, it resets...

 

Same here, very annoying. I was originally just trying out VSCode, and realized that I liked VS 2022 much better for Unity Development, though now I have to set it back to VS 2022 EVERY SINGLE TIME I open a project!

 

Found myself here, then resolved the issue in my environment.

Had to go into the Visual Studio installer and uninstall the 2019 version that was still showing there. Once that was removed Unity projects defaulted to the VS 2022 I had kept setting. Rebooted, restarted, seems good so far.

 

I had the same problem. Then did the following which fixed the problem:
Right click over Unity Hub icon -> "Run as administrator" -> Run random or new project -> In editor Edit -> Preferences -> Change External Scrip Editor. Close Unity and Unity Hub and open again to see if the problem is fixed.

 

Thank you soo much, now I'm working happily at the Unity.

 

i logged in just to let everybody know that this solved my problem

 

Thank you so much. You fixed my problem

 

This should be sticky. Thank you very much.

 

Thank you

 

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This worked! Thank you, fladevart

 

Same issue :/
version: 2022.2.11f1

 

Flavdev, you're the man! It's working!

 

Flavdev, you're the man! It's working! Thank you!

 

This worked THANK YOU

 

Unity Hub 3.5.0 and Unity 2023.1.5 experienced the same issue, same with most of 2022.LTS and 2023.1.x too.
Starting Hub as Admin and launching the project I saw that the External Script Editor had STUCK!

Thank you for the 'fix'

 

Perfect! Thank you!

 

Same here. Getting tired of having to switch the external editor every now and then. After all those years, could this bug be fixed once for all?

 

Still an issue in June 2023

 

Issue still 2022.3 version.

 

This still works and the issue is still occuring. Thank you op! 2021.3.23f1 for me

 

As of Unity 2022.3.10, this workaround still work.
Thanks!

 

If someone's still having problems, do this:

0- MAKE BACKUP OF YOUR WHOLE REGISTRY (Regedit -> File -> Export)
1- Install RegScanner
2- Scan for the location of the INCORRECT Script editor (For me it was Visual Studio Community 2022 that I uninstalled months ago, and the location was S:\Unity\VS22IDE\Common7\IDE\Devenv.exe)
3- After scanning for a location IF YOU ARE 100% SURE IT IS FOR UNITY ONLY, delete all of the registries. (I knew because I had a folder specifically for Unity in S: disk)
4- If there are problems deleting the registries, install PsExec.exe and run "PsExec -i -d -s C:\LOCATION\RegScanner.exe"
5- Scan again and delete the rest of the registries.