You can just go to the ESP-IDF path and do a `git pull --recurse-submodules`. When ESP-IDF is updated, use the `ESP-IDF: Configure ESP-IDF extension` using existing ESP-IDF path to download and configure the ESP-IDF tools and create a virtual environment for the new version.

Make sure drivers are configured correctly as specified in https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp ... ction.html

Maybe you can try disabling launching the monitor by setting `idf.launchMonitorOnDebugSession` to false and try again.

Can you change the terminal for Visual Studio Code like:

"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" in you settings.json

or command prompt ? We haven't tested the extension tasks using Cygwin64 bash

Based on Doctor command output I assume something failed while installing Python packages for ESP-IDF in your setup. In any terminal in your system do: C:\Users\asgar\.espressif\python_env\idf4.2_py3.7_env\Scripts\python.exe -m pip install -r "C:\Users\asgar\esp\esp-idf\requirements.txt" C:\Users\as...

Can you provide additional information of your setup ? **Environment (please complete the following information):** - OS Name & Version: [e.g. MacOS X 10.14.5] - VSCode Version: [e.g. 1.35.1] - ESP-IDF Version: [e.g. v3.2.2] - Python Version: [e.g. 2.7.10] You can use the "ESP-IDF: Doctor command" t...

Have you look into C_CPP_CONFIGURATION ?

Can you check your project's settings.json values? If your project settings.json have idf.espIdfPath, for example, this will override any global settings in Visual Studio Code. Can you share a bit about your setup and any errors ? You can use the `ESP-IDF: Doctor command` to generate a report of you...

In your project's/.vscode/launch.json set logLevel:5 to increase output logs in debug console as shown in debugging.md.

Any error on your project's debug.log or in the debug console or in openOCD ?

If idf.openOcdConfigs is missing, it might be the issue. As shown in Configuration settings Board Specific settings idf.openOcdConfigs specifies the configuration files used by openOCD to communicate with your board. In Visual Studio Code extension, when you use Select OpenOCD Board Configuration co...