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Brad Parks
Brad Parks

Reputation: 72141

visual studio code - couldn't start client language support for java

Visual Studio code was working fine with maven projects, and suddenly stopped after I installed a new extension (Lombok).

I can't seem to get it to work anymore, even if I'm not using Lombok, and have the plugin disabled.

As soon as I start Visual Studio Code, it complains with

Couldn't start client language support for java

How can I fix this?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 17722

Answers (3)

Harsha
Harsha

Reputation: 79

Had issue with the version of Language support for Java(TM) by Red Hat. To resolve the issue, follow the below steps.

  1. Go to VS code extensions and select Language support for Java(TM) by Red Hat.
  2. Then select the drop-down related to the uninstall, which is situated next to it.
  3. Then select 'install specific version'.
  4. Choose another version, but not the latest.

Then the issue will be solved.

Upvotes: 0

jonathan ngundu
jonathan ngundu

Reputation: 11

I went to the the extension tab clicked on Language support for Java(TM) by Red Hat and clicked install previous version on the installation options and restarted vscode and worked perfectly for me.

Upvotes: 1

Brad Parks
Brad Parks

Reputation: 72141

To solve this, I did the following:

  • Went to the installed extension (Command Pallette, Extensions: Installed Extensions)
  • found "Language suppoort for Java(TM) by Red Hat"
  • Clicked on the drop down arrow by "Uninstall", and chose "Install another version"
  • Chose a recent version, and restarted Visual Studio Code
  • it worked - I assume I could upgrade to latest again, but haven't done so yet.

Note: I feel that somehow I broke my settings.json file, and doing this fixed it up.

Upvotes: 6

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