Code Runner creates .class files along with the .java files in my src folder rather than bin (VS Code)

Question

It works fine when I run it through the Java Extension Pack, though I would much prefer to use Code Runner for all my projects in all languages if that is at all possible. If anyone can help me I will be eternally grateful.

I have tried various solutions offered in other Stack Overflow questions of this same nature, including:

• Editing settings.json to include { "java.project.outputPath" = "bin" }
• Editing code-runner.executorMap
• Creating a tasks.json file with the relevant commands and running build task
• Creating a compile.bat file with the relevant commands
• Cleaning the Java language server workspace
• Configuring the classpath
• Rebuilding the project both manually and with Maven
• Installing the latest version of JDK
• Ensuring JAVA_HOME is set to C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-22
• Editing the PATH variable to include the bin directory