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Dan edited this page Dec 18, 2018 · 13 revisions

This page is for troubleshooting the Settings Sync.

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Invalid Gist ID or Invalid / Expired GitHub Token

If for some reason you get one of these errors, try the following:

  1. manually create a Gist in GitHub (https://gist.github.com/<username>)
  2. copy its Gist ID (https://gist.github.com/<username>/<GistID>)
  3. manually paste the Gist ID into VSCode settings "sync.gist": "<GistID>"
  4. manually upload settings with either shift + alt + u or >Sync : Update/Upload Settings

You may need to reset the extension settings with >Sync : Reset Extension Settings before following these steps.

Extensions not installed/removed - OSS

Option 1 - PR Not merged yet

Variants of VS Code like OSS are sometimes installed in different paths than the extension expects. If you get a Unable to find cli path. error - try setting the codeCliPath in the Advanced Options -> Edit Extension Local Settings to where the VS Code cli is on your system.

it most likely resides in a bin folder which is next to the VS Code GUI executable.

Option 2

Create symlink between the expected cli path (shown in the error message) and the real cli path.

Option 3 - PR Not merged yet

Set useCliBaseInstallation to false in Advanced Options -> Edit Extension Local Settings