VSCode stuck on "Starting Build...." - visual-studio-code

I use VSCode along with gcc to compile C code. I was using the same launch.json and tasks.json file last week too but it no longer compiles since today; it's stuck on "Starting Build..."
However, if I paste the command under "Starting Build..." directly to the terminal, the compiled binary is indeed created.
I got no help in Googling.
karthik#cosmic:~$ code --version
1.66.2
dfd34e8260c270da74b5c2d86d61aee4b6d56977
x64
karthik#cosmic:~$ uname -osr
Linux 5.16.19-76051619-generic GNU/Linux

I also faced the same issue, but on visiting your issue on GitHub and #9421 I noticed that the issue was due to the new version of the C/C++ extension. Just try to downgrade the version back to 1.9.8 (the latest version is 1.10.7, period).
This workaround worked for me and the code compiled in the latest version of VS code, 1.68.1, period.
(Note that I also had spaces in my folder names. So, I tweaked tasks.json by adding inverted commas for the file path.)
OS-Windows 10
VS code-1.68.1
GCC version(MSYS2)- 11.2.0

After opening an issue at Github, it was informed that this was a bug with the latest version of VSCode as of 02nd May 2022 and they're already on fixing it
A possible work-around for now is ensuring there's no spaces in directory names and file names in your project workspace; thus update the tasks.json and launch.json too with the same.
More info here

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Problem with editing LaTex in VS Code with TexLive after uninstalling MikTex

I'm a noob at setting up LaTeX and I'm completely stuck. I had a broken MikTex + TexStudio setup that the previous owner of my work computer left behind (I also mention that I recently upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11). Unable to fix it, I decided to just wipe out everything and start clean. I uninstalled TexStudio and MikTex (also deleted all the files in AppData, etc.) and I installed TexLive (and gave the PC a restart as prescribed) to use it in VS Code (which I already had). All the guides I found say that once I install the LaTex Workshop extension in VS Code, everything should work on it's own (or at least no one mentions that there are problems that could arise).
However, when I try to compile a tex file I get the following error:
11 [0x00002528] INFO latexmk null - this process (19956) started by 'Code' with command line: latexmk -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -file-line-error -pdf "-outdir=c:/Users/.../texfile_locationfolder" "c:/Users/.../texfile"
It seems that this is a fresh TeX installation.
Please finish the setup before proceeding.
For more information, visit:
https://miktex.org/howto/install-miktex-win
The fact that it mentions MikTex makes me think something messed up and VS Code is trying to use MikTex instead of TexLive. How can I fix this?
PS: I've tried to look at the settings for the VS Code extension, but there are dozens of settings options and, fairly enough, I don't have any idea what most of them do.
I found a fix: I went into the Environment Variables list and found that MikTex was still in there. After deleting everything related to MikTex in the PATH Environment Variables, all was working well. Yeey!
I had the same issue (on Windows). Resolved by deleting a MikTex folder, found by searching for MikTex in File Explorer.
Then, I deleted this folder from the recycling bin and restarted my computer. LaTeX Workshop detected TeXLive and works as expected.

Extension Host Terminated Unexpectedly (vs code) Mac

I have been struggling with this vs code issue (extension host terminated unexpectedly).
I've tried uninstalling/ reinstalling vs code, I've uninstalled and disabled all my extensions and still get the error, I've downloaded an older version which worked temporarily, I'm out of ideas.
I don't understand how I can have no extensions but the still get the error?
does anybody know the answer to this?
it seems I'm having the same issue as your from around the same time. I would suggest to add more infos, in my case for example
> MacOS X : 10.11.6 El Capitan
> VS Code Version: 1.57.1
> Commit: 507ce72a4466fbb27b715c3722558bb15afa9f48
> Date: 2021-06-17T13:28:32.912Z
> Electron: 12.0.7
> Chrome: 89.0.4389.128
> Node.js: 14.16.0
> V8: 8.9.255.25-electron.0
> OS: Darwin x64 15.6.0
After a long period of not using VS Code I found this alert always popping up
-Extension host terminated unexpectedly
-Open Developer Tools -Restart Extension Host
And restarting just repeated this alert.
If I choose from the context menu (aka right click) Run a line/selection or Run Current File, either on terminal or in interactive window with Jupyter, it has no reaction (while a couple of days ago it worked perfectly, when I used it in offline cause there was no wifi)
In hope it could help you, here are what I tried:
to deactivate and reactivate the extension (cmd+shift+p > Reload With
Extensions disabled)
to install a previous extension of Python ms-python.python (or whatever suit your case)
to run the command Bisect (cmd+shift+p > Help: Start Extension
Bisect)
So far I found no solution for me.
Soon I will try to follow what sumitparakh commented in this github issue , meaning to save the former extensionHostProcess.js file (renaming it) and adding in its stead the file he provided
On Windows the location should be
C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\services\extensions\node\extensionHostProcess.js
While MacOS path should be:
'/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js'
UPDATE 1: after adding the file and reloading I get even this message
-Your Code installation appears to be corrupt. Please Reinstall
-More information
UPDATE 2: I tried to follow this fix from a github issue . Here is the quote:
ehamwey commented on Jan 4
The following steps worked for me, after upgrading from an x86 build
of vscode-insiders to Darwin arm64 (version 1.53.0-insider) I got the
behavior described above.
Remove the folder: /Users/[your-home-folder]/.vscode/ # **NOTE:** I renamed it as a backup
This will remove all extensions and any vscode configurations from your system!
Reinstall vscode and any extensions
BUT, even after I reinstalled the same version 1.57.1 of Code the extension host error is there, without any extension yet installed...
So maybe, I should try to revert to a previous update and maybe even reporting this issue
I'm open to suggestion aswell
I solved it running in the notebook kernel:
pip install six

VS code, julia linter doesn't work (on mac)

having assured myself that julia is enabled and that the linter is too (in vs code settings: Julia › Lint: Run), i get syntax highlighting on my xxx.jl script but no linting at all.
im on the latest vs code + latest julia 1.07 extension + latest macosx.
i did a clean installation of vs code, wiping all old related folders prior to installation (https://stackoverflow.com/a/53839847/11608725)
so julia is the only extension/package installed, no conflicts should be present.
what am i missing?
thanks!
edit/update:
i also found that i can NOT run an open script (via the leftmost button)
a pop-up says
and clicking on open launch.json gives
from which point on im pretty much stuck. googling around, a couple of very similar issues appeared (eg. https://stackoverflow.com/a/61284896/11608725, https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/94725#issuecomment-612062020), but which should presumably have been fixed with vs code 1.44 and i am on 1.49.
perhaps the no-linting is related to this?
Have you tried Julia Formatter 0.3.0 for vs code? This has always worked for me.
similar message "Please first open a folder in order to .." pretty annoyingly appeared, my end, on a different platform [Win] [Visual Studio Code version: 1.56.2], too
meaning : it's likely the workflow/settings logic specific to VS Code, not an os/platform issue as such
all problems solved, my end, simply by
after launching VS Code
via "File" > "Open Folder..." : just do first -- before doing anything else in VS Code and/or with code-files -- open the current/working project folder [ie. the very folder with a ".code-workspace"-file in it for the given project (source file dir) ]

vs code not opening up in windows

whenever i try to open my vs code editor, nothing happens it doesn't launch and even there are no errors..!! And i am confused what's wrong here in my vs code. Please anyone help me fix it..!!
Below are the verbose command i typed in the terminal..
C:\Users\Avinash>code . --verbose
[main 2020-05-10T05:17:56.317Z] Error: UNKNOWN: unknown error, mkdir
[main 2020-05-10T05:17:56.318Z] Lifecycle#kill()
[main 2020-05-10T05:17:56.320Z] [File Watcher (node.js)] Error: UNKNOWN: unknown error, stat 'c:\Users\Avinash Maurya\AppData\Roaming\Code\User'
no need of Unistalling, just go to your vscode-setup and reinstall it. (by this procedure all of your's settings, files , extensions etc.. will be restored as it is.)
I also came across the same issue.
Uninstalling and Reinstalling it again worked out and all my extensions were there already(that was strange).
You may want to try "Run as Administrator".
try code --no-sandbox in kali linux
try this it worked for me!
got to the Microsoft store
install vs code form there
then an error massage will appear
now try to open your vs code and wait ...
You can try by searching vs code and if it opens you can right click it, create the shortcut and use it instead of the old shortcut. This worked for me so please try it.
Here is the best solution:
No need to uninstall or do anything.
I was also facing the same issue. Go to task manager. You'll see that visual studio code is running. Select it and press end task. Now you can open vscode normally. It's fixed!
Somehow I had two vs code installs on my computer (one user and one system) and they appeared to be conflicting. I uninstalled user and everything worked. I suggest uninstalling all versions and reinstalling using the system installer executable.
Just reinstall the vs code from previously downloaded setup, everything including extensions get restored. enjoy coding
I Have Got the Same Problem as you just open the folder where you have downloaded VS Code. Like in My case its in Drive C and open from icon in that folder.
you can fix this issue by selecting run this program as administrator under compatibility tab.
If you are on win10, kill all vscode processes, delete folder 'C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\Code', and launch vscode again.
if anyone is still wondering abt it, Microsoft ended support for Windows 7 in January, 2020 and no longer provides security updates. VS Code desktop versions starting with 1.71 (August 2022) will no longer run on Windows 7 and you will need to upgrade to a newer Windows version to use later versions of VS Code.
Thus, if you want to keep windows 7 version, you have to download an older version than 1.71 of VS Code , for example, 1.69 version (https://www.filepuma.com/download/visual_studio_code_64bit_1.69.1-32681/) and uncheck all the auto updates from the settings.
whenever you want to add any extension, you just have to choose the older version of it.
If you cannot open the vs code editor on windows 7, then you need to download the latest version 1.70.2 from July 2022, which is supported by windows 7. Here is a link as an example: https://update.code.visualstudio.com/1.70.2/win32-x64/stable

VSCode - TypeScript language service died unexpectedly 5 times in the last 5 minutes

This error message keeps sliding down from the top every few seconds. I click on the close button and it comes back again. I am not and don't plan on using TypeScript in any of my projects.
Is there a way to "silent" this warning message?
Is there a way to change the frequency that the warnings slide down on the screen?
This is happening in VSCode 1.8.1 and 1.9 on Windows 10 and Windows 8.
I work on TypeScript for VSCode.
The TypeScript language service powers language features for both TypeScript and JavaScript code. Without it, you do not get any suggestions or intellisense or any other nice language support.
Please open an issue against VSCode if you are seeing this error. You can also try upgrading the version of TypeScript that VS Code uses to pick up the latest fixes and features: https://code.visualstudio.com/Docs/languages/typescript#_using-newer-typescript-versions
(I'm also looking into a better way to handle this message since it can be very spammy when the TypeScript service crashes continually)
I resolve my problem by use this way:
first, open your typescript.tsserver.log to "verbose"
restart vscode, and open ts log
and you will find when make your tsserver so slow, as for me, jest_cache is the problem. so I add a exclude in my tsconfig.json
restart, and the problem solve.
I the same problem with VSCode using a workspace Yarn and Typescript. After a couple months without a solution, I tried updating the Yarn VSCode SDK using yarn dlx #yarnpkg/sdks vscode as part of these instructions and that fixed my problem.
you can try to install this vscode extension to make vscode use latest typescript version
To people getting here using WSL2 & Ubuntu(?)
rm -rf ./vscode-server worked for me
Disabling the "JavaScript and TypeScript Nightly" extension worked for me.
The error always said that the workspace was using an old verison of typescript and that I should upgrade although I was up to date. It looks the workspace was using the latest dev build of typescript because of the extension or something like that maybe caused the error.
For a temprary solution you need to rollback to an older version. In my case it worked with: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_39.
upgrading to TypeScript v3.7.3 and using VSCode Insider's Edition seems to fix the issue for me.
There are multiple ways to upgrade. One way is:
yarn add -D typescript#3.7.3
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/84618#issuecomment-562290275
Here is my solution which I spent 1 week.
Fallback version to Version: 1.61.2 (Universal)
Rmove your local VsCode totaly.
quit it
remove it from your Application folder
remove the file ~/.vscode
rm -rf ~/.vscode
Install the vsCode v1.61.2 and open it;
Close the aoto update. it's important
find the menu Code > preferences > settings
search keyword of update
set Application/Update/update > mode > none
Open your ts project
Hope help you
took me a few confusing days, as it kept trying to default to 16.8 which I had not installed via nvm
I installed and un-installed 16.8, set the default and system aliases (always alias to a version number without any letters ['v']
Finally I found a posting that said, no matter what you have installed for nvm MacOS will always use the system Node if there is one.
So: brew uninstall node got rid of a version that I didn't was on my mac... I've been using nvm for many years, so I don't know how it got there. Perhaps it came in as a dependency...
Since I use nvm, and always want the typescript support I pinned it to a particular version of node that I know has typescript installed globally
tsdk: /Users/ajoslin/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.0/lib/node_modules/typescript/lib/
In my case, I didn't have the typescript compiler (tsc) installed on my system. So npm install -g typescript resolve my problem.