SDKs and Toolchains no longer available in VSCode extension

Question

After working with the VSCode extension for a few weeks now I find the extension no longer thinks the SDKs or Toolchains I was using are installed. 
 [08:48:38] west build --build-dir d:\DataRoot\Projects\Equla\Nordic_Apps\vert2_ble_fanstel_eval\build_ev_bm833 d:\DataRoot\Projects\Equla\Nordic_Apps\vert2_ble_fanstel_eval
[08:48:38] Failure (code 1).
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 Please help to resolve this, 
 Sid

SidPrice · Answer

As I wrote in my initial post: 
 After working with the VSCode extension for a few weeks now I find the extension no longer thinks the SDKs or Toolchains I was using are installed . 
 After manually making some changes to the settings files I finally have the extension working again. 
 This experience is concerning, it seems that support from Nordic for the extension is not great. I did not receive any real help at all, resulting in the loss of several days on the project. The extension is a very good addition to the nRF toolchains; however, it is vital that when getting support, the very least that happens is that the details presented are read. 
 Hoping for a brighter future for nRF Connect for VSCode. 
 Sid