after updating VS code Version: 1.64.2

[bonniewt]

Bug type: Language Service

Describe the bug

• OS and Version: Mac OS Monterey version 12.1
• VS Code Version: Version: 1.64.2
• C/C++ Extension Version: v1.8.4
• Other extensions you installed (and if the issue persists after disabling them): N/A
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• A clear and concise description of what the bug is, including information about the workspace (i.e. is the workspace a single project or multiple projects, size of the project, etc).
  After updating VS code to version 1.64.2 and updating C/C++ extension to v1.8.4, IntelliSense no longer checks the code.

Steps to reproduce

1. Install update
2. Opened VS code and got "Couldn't start client cpptools" error message
3. Notice that IntelliSense is not working

Expected behavior
IntelliSense works as normal.

Code sample and logs
[Error - 8:45:09 PM] Starting client failed
Launching server using command /home/cit595/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-vscode.cpptools-1.8.4/bin/cpptools failed.

[Colengms]

Hi @bonniewt . Could you try deleting the /home/cit595/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-vscode.cpptools-1.8.4 folder and installing the C/C++ extension again? That might solve the issue, if due to the wrong version of the (native binaries for the) extension being deployed to your machine. (i.e. microsoft/vscode#141696 ).

If that does not address the issue, could you enable "C_Cpp.loggingLevel": "Debug" and provide all of the output to that C/C++ output channel leading up to the repro?

[bonniewt]

Resolved: I uninstalled the C/C++ extension and the cpptools error message disappeared. Intellisense appears to have returned.

[sean-mcmanus]

Yeah, we've seen other reports like this -- there could be some VS Code bug that can randomly cause the extension to install incorrectly.