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Oct 22, 2024, 2:31 PM

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.

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Srinivasa Reddy Somu (Cohesity)
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

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Mar 31, 2025, 3:28 AM

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Apr 19, 2023, 1:02 PM
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