# VSCode includePath not working with RTOS

**URL:** <https://forums.freertos.org/t/vscode-includepath-not-working-with-rtos/11982>\
**Category:** Kernel\
**Created:** [March 12, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/vscode-includepath-not-working-with-rtos/11982 "2021-03-12T22:26:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Samp17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Samp17](https://forums.freertos.org/u/Samp17)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/vscode-includepath-not-working-with-rtos/11982/1 "2021-03-12T22:26:34Z")

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I am new to FreeRTOS and trying to get a test environment working in VS Code on a Mac.

Having created a new directory for my project, I create a main.cpp file. In the same directory I copy the FreeRTOS/source folder. (Including the ‘include’ and ‘portable’ folders.

I also create a new folder in my root directory called ‘Demo’ and copy one demo app across.

Now with everything in the same directory, I set up my target build to use C/C++ clang, and I edit c\_cpp\_properties to make sure my includePath is included. Be default my includePath has the "${workspaceFolder}/\*\*” path, which to my understanding is the workspace folder and all subdirectories.

If I go to main.cpp with one empty function, I can build this successfully. However if I add #include \<FreeRTOS.h\> I am presented with the error ‘File not Found’. However Ctrl + left click on this include links me to the file.

I have spent about 10 hours now trying to figure out how to successfully get a working environment. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![rtel](https://d3iykfbgfh8zhg.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.freertos.org/rtel/32/31_2.png) [@rtel](https://forums.freertos.org/u/rtel)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://forums.freertos.org/t/vscode-includepath-not-working-with-rtos/11982/2 "2021-03-12T23:29:49Z")

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Sorry if this is a daft question - but FreeRTOS is just C code, so there should not be anything different you have to do to find FreeRTOS header files than you would for any other header files in your system - so what are you doing to find other header files?