VSCode - You don't have an extension for debugging HTML error

Question

I worked a lot with Visual Studio Code, but since yesterday on all my devices it says: You don't have an extension for debugging HTML.

After a few tries I deleted VSCode and re-installed it. It worked right but as soon that I close VSCode and re-open it, the error keeps showing.

I've noticed that when I close it there is a tiny update box. I've reinstalled it a few times but it keeps happening.

Solution 1

Go to RUN and select ADD Configuration...

After select your browser and bingo!

Solution 2

It seems launch.json file is missing. Go to Run and Debug and click Create a launch.json.

Comments

[www-0av-Com]

And if you want it to do nothing, change "type": "pwa-msedge", (or chrome etc) to "type": "pwa-node", add the line "runtimeExecutable": "c:\\none.bat", and make that batch file a stub with just an echo line. I don't have node installed on my system,

[Eric Eskildsen]

Worked for me! Pressing F5 used to prompt me to generate launch.json in a new project. Instead I was getting, "You don't have an extension for debugging C#." I didn't connect it to a missing launch.json until your answer. Run > Add Configuration... > .NET Core solved it. Maybe the prompt to generate the launch file was removed in a VS Code update...?