VSCode NRF Connect plugin broken

RE: VSCode NRF Connect plugin broken

caezar — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:52:35 GMT

Thank you! This worked for me too.

The extension definitely has feelings about a pre-existing folder. Maybe it's a permissions issue?

RE: VSCode NRF Connect plugin broken

luc_eac — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 08:34:45 GMT

It turns out the new version of the extension did not cope with my existing toolchain and SDK installation.

After relocating my toolchain and SDK from C:\ncs to C:\_ncs and rebooting VS Code, the extension now showed an "Install toolchain" button. Having installed the toolchain and SDK through there, everything looks like it's working again. The application shows up and I am able to build it.

The strange thing is that this process has essentially created a 1:1 copy of the folder that I had just moved, nothing changed as far as I can tell. Somehow it magically fixed the extension though.

RE: VSCode NRF Connect plugin broken

luc_eac — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 06:34:04 GMT

Not really, no. The welcome menu is completely empty:

This is with the project folder already opened. I usually expect the nRF plugin to load for a bit and then under the welcome tab show the project contents and build targets and such. But that is not happening anymore.

Edit:

Also when I try to use the buttons that appear when you hover the welcome tab, for all three I get similar error messages:

Error running command nrf-connect.openOnlineDocumentation: command 'nrf-connect.openOnlineDocumentation' not found. This is likely caused by the extension that contributes nrf-connect.openOnlineDocumentation.

RE: VSCode NRF Connect plugin broken

nordicator_prim3 — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 19:10:50 GMT

I believe the welcome page doesn't exist anymore; all that functionality is just in the welcome tab now.

My screen only ever looks like what you described if the application isn't added to the nrf extension, although it usually picks it back up automatically i would check that. Are you able to "create a new application"?