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Configuration in VSCode:

Settings(Ctrl+,)-Search latex, and open settings.json. Replace the UserName with the actual user name on system.

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{
    // Latex workshop
    // 设置预览方式
    "latex-workshop.view.pdf.viewer":"external",
    "latex-workshop.view.pdf.ref.viewer":"external",
    
    "latex-workshop.view.pdf.external.viewer.command": "C:/Program Files/SumatraPDF/SumatraPDF.exe",
    "latex-workshop.view.pdf.external.viewer.args": [
        "%PDF%"
    ],
    
    "latex-workshop.view.pdf.external.synctex.command": "C:/Program Files/SumatraPDF/SumatraPDF.exe",
    "latex-workshop.view.pdf.external.synctex.args": [
        "-forward-search",
        "%TEX%",
        "%LINE%",
        "-reuse-instance",
        "-inverse-search",
        "\"C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft VS Code/Code.exe\" \"C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/cli.js\" -r -g \"%f:%l\"",
        "%PDF%"
    ],
    "latex-workshop.latex.tools": [
          {
            "name": "latexmk",
            "command": "latexmk",
            "args": [
            "-synctex=1",
            "-interaction=nonstopmode",
            "-file-line-error",
            "-pdf",
            "%DOC%"
            ]
          },
          {
            "name": "xelatex",
            "command": "xelatex",
            "args": [
            "-synctex=1",
            "-interaction=nonstopmode",
            "-file-line-error",
            "%DOC%"
              ]
          },          
          {
            "name": "pdflatex",
            "command": "pdflatex",
            "args": [
            "-synctex=1",
            "-interaction=nonstopmode",
            "-file-line-error",
            "%DOC%"
            ]
          },
          {
            "name": "bibtex",
            "command": "bibtex",
            "args": [
            "%DOCFILE%"
            ]
          }
        ],
    "latex-workshop.latex.recipes": [
          {
            "name": "xelatex",
            "tools": [
            "xelatex"
                        ]
                  },
          {
            "name": "latexmk",
            "tools": [
            "latexmk"
                        ]
          },
          {
            "name": "xe-bib-xe-xe",
            "tools": [
              "xelatex",
              "bibtex",
              "xelatex",
              "xelatex"
            ]
          },
          {
            "name": "pdflatex -> bibtex -> pdflatex*2",
            "tools": [
            "pdflatex",
            "bibtex",
            "pdflatex",
            "pdflatex"
                        ]
          }
        ],
    // "latex-workshop.view.pdf.viewer": "tab",  
    "latex-workshop.latex.clean.fileTypes": [
        "*.aux",
        "*.bbl",
        "*.blg",
        "*.idx",
        "*.ind",
        "*.lof",
        "*.lot",
        "*.out",
        "*.toc",
        "*.acn",
        "*.acr",
        "*.alg",
        "*.glg",
        "*.glo",
        "*.gls",
        "*.ist",
        "*.fls",
        "*.log",
        "*.fdb_latexmk"
      ],
      "window.zoomLevel": 1,
      
      "python.pythonPath": "C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\python.exe"
}

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Settings-Options-Set inverse search command-line

Replace the username in the following settings:

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"C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft VS Code/Code.exe"  "C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/cli.js" -r -g "%f:%l"

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Open View: Ctrl+Alt+V Search: Ctrl+Alt+J Inverse:Double click on SumatraPDF