fail to create a new Freestanding Application under NRF Connect

[Sergio Bezz]

I am trying to create my first Freestanding Application under NRF Connect, I have SDK version 1.8.0.
As soon as I click on "Create Application" I got the error message "Application already exists".
I see that a directory with the name I have chosen for the application is created, the directory is empty.
This seems basic, what I did wrong ?

[Øyvind]

Hello, 

Can you please share the steps that you used? Please provide a screenshot of your setup. Are you using the VS Code extension or SES?

Make sure that the folder you are trying to generate your application in is empty. 

Have a look at our VS Code extension playlist on YouTube

Kind regards,
Øyvind

[Sergio Bezz]

Of course the directory was non existing before the attempt to create the application, and the tool has writing rights to the provided directory path.
Nevertheless, I have found a walk-around to the issue on VS: instead of invoking "Create a new Application from sample" from the "Welcome" tab (on the left of the screen), I 1st do "Open welcome page" and once the "Welcome to RF connect" page is opened, I click on "Getting Started >> Create a new Application from sample", this time it works !

[Alexandre Desgagne]

I had the same issue and this workaround works!