No boards found in nRF Connect for VS Code

[Kampino]

I want to work with the nRF Connect Plugin for VS Code and my nRF52840 DK with Zephyr. I created a new application from the "nRF Connect" plugin and selected the hello world example for Zephyr

The project was created without an issue, but I can not create a build configuration, because there is no board available:

How can I fix this?

[Kenneth]

Hello,

Did you install nRF Connect SDK through the toolchain manager and start VS code from the toolchain manager (which will also check that all plug-ins are installed): https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/latest/nrf/installation/assistant.html

Kenneth

[Kampino]

Hi Kenneth ,

yes I did that. The toolchain manager has also installed one missing plugin for VS Code, but the problem still exists.

[Kenneth]

Did you also re-install vscode and delete the folders I specified while uninstalled?

Kenneth

[Kampino]

Yes. I have reinstalled VS Code, the whole nRF tools and I deleted the .vscode folder before reinstalling everything.

[Kampino]

It works now. I have removed everything VS Code and nRF related in the Appdata directory.

[Kenneth]

Sounds good. Thanks for updating!

[Chris Lovett]

I just found one more reason this can happen. Windows puts this silly empty file in "C:\Users\clovett.REDMOND\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python.exe" which is used to bootstsrap and install python.  Even if you never use this it puts this ahead of your ~ncs\toolchains\c57af46cb7\opt\bin\python.exe and that causes everything to break. Delete the windows stub and everything starts working properly.