nrfConnect problems - no connected devices found

[Svein]

The last couple of months I have been following the course “nRF Connect SDK Fundamentals”, but I am unable to get further than Exercise 2. This is because Visual Studio cannot find any connected device. I use the board PCA10056 and SDK version is v2.6.2 and the “nrf Connect for VS Code Extension Pack” is version 2024.9.5.
The nrfConenct are re-installed several times along with Visual Studio.

I must mention that in the very beginning of the course I was able to find the board (connected devices), but then I had to have a pause for some weeks to do another job and when I continued the course for soon 2 weeks ago, I was not able to find the connected board.
I have read pages up and down about this but have not found any solution that helps.
If someone can give me a “step by step” instruction on how to solve the problem I would be very happy.

Kind regards
Svein

PS. Reason for running the course: I have used SDK17.1.0 and Segger Embedded Studio for 4-5 years now and the company I work for is considering to upgrade the Development Environment.

[Svein]

Additional information:

I'm not sure if the following has anything to do with the problem, but.....

I looked at the settings.json file for the extension and there are two configurations that give the error code "Unknown Configuration Setting". See a copy of the file below and text in bold.

"nrf-connect.enableTelemetry": true,

"kconfig.python": "C:\\Users\\sthor\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python311\\python.exe",

"cmake.configureOnOpen": true,

"workbench.startupEditor": "none",

"git.openRepositoryInParentFolders": "never",

"nrf-connect.deviceProvider": "nrfjprog",

"window.autoDetectHighContrast": false,

"window.zoomLevel": 1,

"nrf-connect.debugging.bindings": {

 

},

"nrf-connect.applicationOptions": {},

"nrf-connect.terminalProfile.shell": null