# C/C++ Extension Usage Restriction Message Appears in Cursor **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [April 7, 2025, 3:08am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/c-c-extension-usage-restriction-message-appears-in-cursor/75902 "2025-04-07T03:08:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gautsang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f14d63/32.png) [@gautsang](https://forum.cursor.com/u/gautsang)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 3:08am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/c-c-extension-usage-restriction-message-appears-in-cursor/75902/1 "2025-04-07T03:08:52Z")
Hello Cursor team, I’m reporting an issue related to the usage of the C/C++ extension within Cursor. 🧩 **Bug Description** When attempting to use the C/C++ extension, I receive the following message, and the extension’s functionality appears to be restricted: > “The C/C++ extension may be used only with Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, Visual Studio Code, Azure DevOps, Team Foundation Server, and successor Microsoft products and services to develop and test your applications.” ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/e/9/e916f33ff995387654d94c11948a1ba0687ac074.png) Thanks for reporting a bug you have found in Cursor! Please add the following info to help us diagnose your issue: ✅ **Check the forum** to ensure the issue hasn’t been reported already 🐞 Provide a **clear description** of the bug 🔄 Explain how to **reproduce the bug** (if known) 📷 Attach **screenshots or recordings** (e.g., `.jpg`, `.png`, `.mp4`). 💻 Tell us your operating system and your **Cursor version** (e.g., `Windows, 0.x.x`). 🚫 Tell us if the issue stops you from using Cursor. ---
**Author:** ![bugLesssss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/buglesssss/32/27567_2.png) [@bugLesssss](https://forum.cursor.com/u/bugLesssss)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/c-c-extension-usage-restriction-message-appears-in-cursor/75902/2 "2025-04-07T03:13:41Z")
The C/C++ extension is blocked by Microsoft 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![CtrlCV-King](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/ctrlcv-king/32/43049_2.png) [@CtrlCV-King](https://forum.cursor.com/u/CtrlCV-King)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/c-c-extension-usage-restriction-message-appears-in-cursor/75902/3 "2025-04-07T07:30:32Z")
Right click on the C++ extension, and install a specific version, like 1.24.3, then you can use it again. ---
**Author:** ![tangjun](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/tangjun/32/16356_2.png) [@tangjun](https://forum.cursor.com/u/tangjun)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/c-c-extension-usage-restriction-message-appears-in-cursor/75902/4 "2025-04-07T10:49:00Z")
I’m disgusted. 😭 I think this is a tactic Microsoft uses to enhance the competitiveness of Copilot. I can do nothing about it. ---
**Author:** ![normalnormie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/normalnormie/32/18258_2.png) [@normalnormie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/normalnormie)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/c-c-extension-usage-restriction-message-appears-in-cursor/75902/5 "2025-04-07T11:03:21Z")
> [@tangjun](#): > > Microsoft uses to enhance the competitiveness of Copilot 100% users in Cursor reddit explain this in detail: [https://old.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1jrl981/microsoft\_has\_released\_their\_own\_cursor/](https://old.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1jrl981/microsoft_has_released_their_own_cursor/) VSCode is opensource, marketplace isn’t, Cursor may use another market in the future to solve this issue ---
**Author:** ![tangjun](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/tangjun/32/16356_2.png) [@tangjun](https://forum.cursor.com/u/tangjun)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/c-c-extension-usage-restriction-message-appears-in-cursor/75902/6 "2025-04-07T14:29:13Z")
Because a new version of VS Code has been recently released, which supports **agents** , this behavior has now become reasonable. 😅 😭 ---
**Author:** ![QTom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/b77776/32.png) [@QTom](https://forum.cursor.com/u/QTom)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/c-c-extension-usage-restriction-message-appears-in-cursor/75902/7 "2025-04-07T23:51:37Z")
It’s because Cursor hasn’t updated the version of vscode, please update the version, I can use C++ normally after modifying the application marketplace with vscodium ---
**Author:** ![m4l490n](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/m4l490n/32/20693_2.png) [@m4l490n](https://forum.cursor.com/u/m4l490n)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/c-c-extension-usage-restriction-message-appears-in-cursor/75902/8 "2025-04-09T02:49:59Z")
Or they can create an extension instead. Wjy forking the whole thing? ---
**Author:** ![m4l490n](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/m4l490n/32/20693_2.png) [@m4l490n](https://forum.cursor.com/u/m4l490n)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/c-c-extension-usage-restriction-message-appears-in-cursor/75902/9 "2025-04-09T02:51:41Z")
I tried it yesterday. VSC agent functionality is so bad is mostly useless. The autocomplete is really bad as well ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/c-c-extension-usage-restriction-message-appears-in-cursor/75902/10 "2025-05-09T02:52:06Z")
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