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Visual Studio Code – How to continue debug VSCode extension when extension open new windows?

I press F5 to debug a VSCode extension and VSCode will open a new window that will contain the extension. The extension will open a new VSCode window to open a specific project. But this new VSCode window didn’t contain the extension and I can’t debug it anymore. What can I do? 😩

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    Not sure if you are looking for a specific extension. If you have already installed the debugger extension, Try to uninstall/reinstall.

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    Your automatically generated extension launch configuration should look like this:

    {
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Run Extension",
            "type": "extensionHost",
            "request": "launch",
            "runtimeExecutable": "${execPath}",
            "args": [

                "${workspaceFolder}/../OneDrive/Test Bed",     // add the path here 

                "--extensionDevelopmentPath=${workspaceFolder}"
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Extension Tests",
            "type": "extensionHost",
            "request": "launch",
            "runtimeExecutable": "${execPath}",
            "args": [
                "--extensionDevelopmentPath=${workspaceFolder}",
                "--extensionTestsPath=${workspaceFolder}/test/suite/index"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

    You see in the Run Extension configuration that I added a path from the extension’s ${workspaceFolder} up one level and then into my OneDrive folder to another folder named Test Bed. That Test Bed folder will be opened in the first ExtensionHost window that is opened when you F5 and you can debug the extension using that folder immediately.

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