VSCode extension installation failure?

I am starting the Academy SDK course and getting my tools installed. I have VSCode installed (I have used it on many other projects and the "nRF Connect for VSCode" is installed and enabled. However, I do not see the nRF Connect icon in the left sidebar. I have reset the VSCode to views ot defaults, but it still does not appear. VSCode has been restarted, but the icon still does not appear.

Note that I did install this extension some months ago, however, since my current project did not need it, I uninstalled it.

The host OS is Windows 11, x64.

I have other extensions installed, e.g., Platform IO and ESP-IDF, and these work as expected.

Please advise how to resolve this.

Sid

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