nRF extension on vscode doesn't load

[Farhang]

Hi,

The nRF Connect Extension on my Windows VS code doesn't load altogether:

I uninstalled VS code - including all it's settings/extensions etc using this post's suggestion (in case anything was corrupt/locked up) - then I installed VS code and then nRF connect Extension pack - that did not help.

In extensions -> nRF Connect Extension Pack -> nRF connect for VS code -> Runtime Status = Not yet activated.

Looking at the log files in VS code I can see this in AppData\Roaming\Code\TIMESTAMP\renderer1.log

[2022-04-01 13:22:42.925] [renderer1] [error] command 'nrf-connect.showWelcomeView' not found: Error: command 'nrf-connect.showWelcomeView' not found
at v._tryExecuteCommand (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/farhang.jalilian/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft%20VS%20Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:1680:3532)
at v.executeCommand (vscode-file://vscode-app/c:/Users/farhang.jalilian/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft%20VS%20Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js:1680:3414)
at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)

Someone had a similar issue and they hinted that "it was missing a workspace". I already have a workspace and I saved it using File -> Save Workspace As...

Any idea why this is happening?

Full log attached

0434.20220401T131941.zip

[Edvin]

Hello,

Can you please try to remember if you have started some samples, and hence, copied them to some folder on your computer. If that is the case, can you please try to delete that folder (or rename it, so taht it is no longer present in the same path that Visual Studio Code think it is. I have seen this issue occur once, when there was a corrupt project folder, which nRF Connect for VS Code didn't manage to load properly.

Try that, and let me know if it doesn't work.

Best regards,

Edvin

[thanosPr]

Hello,

I am facing exactly the same problem, what i have to do to resolve this issue?

Thanks in advance,

Thanos

[thanosPr]

nope, nrf connect is still loading.... any other solution?

How can i unistall everything regarding vs code with nrf extension?

[Edvin]

Hello,

Can you please try to open the VS Code settings, and set nrf-connect.welcome.showOnStartup to false (untick the box). 

Please let me know if enables it to load.

BR,

Edvin

[Farhang]

Edvin

That didn't work for me but let's see if it does for thanosPr

[Edvin]

I will forward it to our developers.

BR,

Edvin

[thanosPr]

According to your colleague's guidelines regarding a new post that i created, in my occasion the problem solved by deleting ../Users/<your-user-name>/AppData/Roaming/Code.

[Starbuck]

FWIW:  I tried this today and it didn't fix my issue.  Same issue.