How to add Global Properties for cpp files in VSCode?

[vedanta28]

Now, for using VSCode in my Mac M1, I have to basically have to keep a .vscode folder in every directory where I run my code on. Which contains the c_cpp_properties.json, tasks.json, and settings.json files. Is there any way to make sure that every C++ file in my Laptop follows a specific configuration if there are no local configuration files overwriting them? Even a solution which inculcates this behaviour in subdirectories is also fine.

[michelleangela]

In the user scope settings.json file, you can set C_Cpp.default.* for the C++ extension (for more info see https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/customize-default-settings-cpp#_visual-studio-code-settings). Any C_Cpp.default.* set in the user scope settings.json file should be applied to any C++ folder that does not have a local settings.json or c_cpp_properties.json filess