Visual Studio Code – Java project which runs fine in Inteliji, can't compile in VSCode

Quick disclaimer: It’s my 1st day at work and the following project has been written by my superior. All of this is very new to me so thank you for being patient.

Now to the point. So I received a java project that uses jdk 17. So today I tried to run it in VSCode using the Java Language Support and Java Debugger extensions. It showed some critical errors.
vscode showing error

So when I right clicked it and chose ‘Run Java’ on my ‘RifseepApplication.java’, it showed lots of compiling errors and the application crashed.
the errors

But when I open the exact project in Inteliji, it detects no errors in the code and I can run it perfectly.

So jdk version in Inteliji was set to 17 for the project, so I tried to change jdk version in VScode too. I added to ‘settings.json’:

{   "java.jdt.ls.java.home": "C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-17.0.4.101-hotspot",
    "java.configuration.runtimes": [
        {
        "name": "JavaSE-17",
        "path": "C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-17.0.4.101-hotspot"
        }
    ]
}

And when I check in the terminal, the jdk and java version are all good
But the editor is still showing errors in the code and I still can’t compile and run my application.
If someone has some insights to this, please share.
Thank you.