VSCode First Extension Hello World Example --inspect Error - visual-studio-code

Question

About 10 months ago I started writing my own extension for VSCode I set everything up following the page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/extensions/example-hello-world
Everything was running/debugging fine. Few days ago I went back to it and after software updates all I get is a Ensure Node was launched with --inspect... ... Error,
I can't even run the Hellow World example. Can anyone help me?
this is the launch.json file it gave me
// A launch configuration that compiles the extension and then opens it inside a new window
{
"version": "0.1.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Extension",
"type": "extensionHost",
"request": "launch",
"runtimeExecutable": "${execPath}",
"args": ["--extensionDevelopmentPath=${workspaceRoot}" ],
"stopOnEntry": false,
"sourceMaps": true,
"outFiles": [ "${workspaceRoot}/out/**/*.js" ],
"preLaunchTask": "npm: watch"
},
{
"name": "Extension Tests",
"type": "extensionHost",
"request": "launch",
"runtimeExecutable": "${execPath}",
"args": ["--extensionDevelopmentPath=${workspaceRoot}", "--extensionTestsPath=${workspaceRoot}/out/test" ],
"stopOnEntry": false,
"sourceMaps": true,
"outFiles": [ "${workspaceRoot}/out/test/**/*.js" ],
"preLaunchTask": "npm: watch"
}
]
}