https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/120953/vscodeHi nordic: When I open VS Code, it stays like this and doesn&#39;t display the menu. How can I fix this? Thank you!! best regards jermien-USTelligent Community 13Sat, 19 Jul 2025 15:30:56 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/542927?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 19 Jul 2025 15:30:56 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:43fd373f-17f0-444f-8ac1-776f3828d1d4ssstik<p data-start="154" data-end="350">That issue usually happens if VS Code&#39;s UI components fail to load properly &mdash; it could be due to an extension conflict, corrupted cache, or incomplete update. A few things you can try:</p> <ul data-start="352" data-end="720"> <li data-start="352" data-end="495"> <p data-start="354" data-end="447">Launch VS Code with the <code data-start="378" data-end="400">--disable-extensions</code> flag to check if an extension is causing it:</p> <div class="contain-inline-size rounded-2xl relative bg-token-sidebar-surface-primary"> <div class="flex items-center text-token-text-secondary px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans justify-between h-9 bg-token-sidebar-surface-primary select-none rounded-t-2xl">bash</div> <div class="sticky top-9"> <div class="absolute end-0 bottom-0 flex h-9 items-center pe-2"> <div class="bg-token-bg-elevated-secondary text-token-text-secondary flex items-center gap-4 rounded-sm px-2 font-sans text-xs">Copy<span class="" data-state="closed">Edit</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="overflow-y-auto p-4" dir="ltr"><code class="whitespace-pre! language-bash"><span>code --disable-extensions </span></code></div> </div> </li> <li data-start="496" data-end="619"> <p data-start="498" data-end="619">Try resetting the user data by deleting the contents of the <code data-start="558" data-end="564">User</code> folder in your VS Code config (but back it up first!).</p> </li> <li data-start="620" data-end="720"> <p data-start="622" data-end="720">Reinstalling VS Code completely can also help &mdash; especially if it was interrupted during an update.</p> </li> </ul> <p data-start="722" data-end="738">Hope that helps!</p> <p data-start="740" data-end="954">Also, side tip: if you&#39;re working with demo videos or dev clips and need to grab clean TikTok content (no watermark), <a title="tiktok downloader no watermark" href="https://snaptik.fit" data-start="858" data-end="900">snaptik</a> is a solid downloader I often use for quick HD grabs.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/532990?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 25 Apr 2025 10:54:59 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:01f7561c-14de-460f-a213-2c926613959fSwRa<p>Hi Jermi,</p> <p>Were you able to use nRF Connect extension without issues previously.? Or is it newly installed.?&nbsp;</p> <p>Regards,</p> <p>Swathy</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>