nRF9151DK: Add Build Configuration button (under the application name) in Visual Studio code produces an empty window.

RE: nRF9151DK: Add Build Configuration button (under the application name) in Visual Studio code produces an empty window.

Adam.L — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:43:51 GMT

Glad to hear you found a work around. If the reinstall works out for you, please let me know. I am curious about the proper fix myself.

Best,

Adam

RE: nRF9151DK: Add Build Configuration button (under the application name) in Visual Studio code produces an empty window.

Skips — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:27:06 GMT

Hi Adam,

Before to see your last reply removed the VS Code instance from my Win10 machine
and I used a laptop of a work colleague (where was installed a VS Code v1.112.0 version
- the last one should be v1.130.0 if I'm not wrong) and it worked!

I apologize but I can not do the checkings you asked me: I can only tell you that the erasing
of %APPDATA%\Code was engaged (but %APPDATA%\Code did not exist!).

So I think that my VS Code installation did not work because of I installed via Scoop installer.
I will try again getting it from official Microsoft officail channels.

Thank you very much for your help.

RE: nRF9151DK: Add Build Configuration button (under the application name) in Visual Studio code produces an empty window.

Adam.L — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:58:29 GMT

Hi,

The last bit was just a sanity check on my part. There was a case like this in the past and it traced back to VS Code's extension/user-data paths rather than the SDK or toolchain install. Could you try the following:

Check whether the VSCODE_EXTENSIONS environment variable is set, if so, that overrides where extensions are installed and can cause this.
Check your VS Code user settings for anything that changes the default extension install location.
As a last resort (this is destructive to VS Code's own settings/extensions, not your project), delete %APPDATA%\Code and reinstall the nRF Connect extension fresh.

I know you said that you have no time to troubleshoot further but if you wish to circle back and try out Windows, we are happy to assist further.

Br,

Adam

RE: nRF9151DK: Add Build Configuration button (under the application name) in Visual Studio code produces an empty window.

Skips — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:28:13 GMT

Hi Adam,

yes I installed both the SDK and the toolchain (v3.4.0) as indicated by the steps present in the
Lesson 1 - nRF Connect SDK Introduction".

The only big difference respect to the lesson is that I have a Win10 machine and that I installed
Visual Studio Code via scoop installer. I think that I I should have taken a Win 11 machine and
downloaded the latest VS Code directly from official Microsoft channel.

But now I have no time to do that, fortunately I have already a Ubuntu 22.04 VM where I installed
a working nRF Connect SDK .

RE: nRF9151DK: Add Build Configuration button (under the application name) in Visual Studio code produces an empty window.

Adam.L — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:03:01 GMT

Hi,

Do you have an SDK and toolchain installed? One possible cause is that the pop-up relies on that information to populate some of the fields. Without them, it can get hung up on loading in.

Best regards,

Adam