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Hello,

 

I'm currently trying to complete my Salesforce playground set up in Visual Studio Code. When trying to select SFDX: Create a Project, nothing happens. Towards the bottom an "Activating Extensions" blurb comes up then goes away after about 5 seconds and I'm not prompted to do anything else. 

 

#Trailhead Challenges  #Visual Studio Code Salesforce Extensions

16 answers
  1. Oct 22, 2024, 3:10 PM

    Hi @Anthony Martin,

    When you install -

    • First install Salesforce CLI
    • Second Salesforce Extension pack in the VS Code
    • Try to restart the VS Code
    • Then try to put SFDX in the VS Code terminal 
  2. Feb 11, 8:06 PM

    @Alan McCabe all good. I've found a working solution but hopefully can get a more permanent one in the future. It seems like this is somehow related to user permissions and PATH variables on my computer. I'm working on a non-administrator user, but when I run VS Code as admin, I am able to start a new project and connect to a Salesforce org successfully. So, something weird must be snagging when it comes to permissions. Hopefully this will help others as well!

  3. Jan 10, 6:46 PM

    I was having the same issue. Not able to create a project. It looked like I had Salesforce CLI installed, but it was part of the extension pack. My issue was resolved after installing Salesforce CLI from the Salesforce developers page in the previously linked document. 

  4. Feb 11, 8:00 PM

    @Zach Goldberg

    it seems like an extension issue to me but I can't explain it.  Can you create the project manually.  Open a terminal and create a project using something like: 

    sf project generate --name testproject

  5. Feb 11, 5:48 PM

    @Alan McCabe I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling VS Code, Salesforce CLI, Salesforce Extension Pack, and even JDK multiple times in multiple orders, and the issue persists.

  6. Feb 11, 5:13 PM

    Hello @Zach Goldberg.  I believe what corrected the issue for me was uninstalling and reinstalling the Salesforce Extension Pack.  Hope that helps for you.

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