Does it work if you do it from the command palette ?
ESP-IDF: Select port to use (the board must be connected to the pc to use this command)
ESP-IDF: Flash

I had the same kind of issues when a started with esp-idf and vs code a few days ago. I probably missed something in the tutorials, but I think that I am not the only one ending up with with a non-usable environment. I managed to have it working. What I have written in this post should help you : ht...

Same for me, I come from a different world. Setting up a functional vs code environment took me a few retries and quite a lot of time before it works fine. My advices : -Fully uninstall vs code. The uninstaller does not erase all folders. Do it by hand (including a "code" folder that you will find s...

That was a misinstallation. I've uninstalled vs code, cleaned all the files and directories (including the "code" directory where vs code stores many things), done a brand new installation of vs code and added the espressif extension, recreated the project, and now it works.

I'am using IDF V5 with vs code and esp Wroom 32. I try to implement wifi provisioning through BT and the android ESP BLE Prov application. On the esp side I never get out of the wifi_prov_mgr_wait() function. On the android app side, on the screen of the phone : -Sending WI-FI credentials =>OK -Appl...

I have a brand new installation of vs code with ESP-IDF. I try to compile my own code + a custom component. It'a generating a lot of errors when linking. I've spent hours reading docs and forums with no success. Someone in a forum was suggesting to erase SDKconfig and to regenerate it with menuconfi...