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# FAQ
- [Questions?](#questions)
- [How can I reuse my VS Code configuration?](#how-can-i-reuse-my-vs-code-configuration)
- [What's the deal with extensions?](#whats-the-deal-with-extensions)
- [Where are extensions stored?](#where-are-extensions-stored)
- [How is this different from VS Code Codespaces?](#how-is-this-different-from-vs-code-codespaces)
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- [Isn't an install script piped into sh insecure?](#isnt-an-install-script-piped-into-sh-insecure)
- [How do I make my keyboard shortcuts work?](#how-do-i-make-my-keyboard-shortcuts-work)
- [Why can't I use VS Code's Remote extensions?](#why-cant-i-use-vs-codes-remote-extensions)
- [Why can't I use VS Code Live Share?](#why-cant-i-use-vs-code-live-share)
- [Enterprise](#enterprise)
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The issue tracker is **only** for bugs.
## How can I reuse my VS Code configuration?
The very popular [Settings Sync](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Shan.code-settings-sync) extension should just work.
To manually reuse, you can just copy `~/.vscode` into `~/.config/code-server`
and `code-server` will reuse your existing extensions and configuration.
## What's the deal with extensions?
Unfortunately, the Microsoft VS Code Marketplace license prohibits use with any non Microsoft
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Unfortunately, Microsoft has opted to make [VS Code's Remote SSH and Container
extensions closed source](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release) and
it is against their TOS to use the published extensions so we are unable to
add them to our marketplace.
it is against their TOS to use the published extensions against anything other
than Microsoft VS Code builds so we are unable to add them to our marketplace.
We may reimplement them at some point.
You can subscribe to [#1315](https://github.com/cdr/code-server/issues/1315) for updates.
## Why can't I use VS Code Live Share?
Unfortunately, Microsoft has opted to make
[VS Code's Live Share extension closed source](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/38733#issuecomment-388213016) and
it is against their TOS to use the published extension against anything other
than Microsoft VS Code builds so we are unable to add them to our marketplace.
We may implement our own at some point. See [Collaboration](#collaboration).
## Enterprise
Visit [our enterprise page](https://coder.com) for more information about our