Receiving error message 'Extension host terminated unexpectedly.' in Visual Studio Code

Question

I have been looking around and I haven\'t found any answers to my issue.
I keep getting this error \"Extension host terminated unexpectedly.\" and I

Answer 1

I started getting this error when vscode automatically updated to March 2020 (version 1.44). I have tried many suggestion given in the forum and over the internet but non of them worked.

Worked for Me: I downloaded January 2020 (version 1.42) build from https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_42 and ran over previous installation without uninstalling and surprisingly error disappear and all extension are loading and working properly.

I tried following things and non of them worked:

1. I disabled all the installed extension from GUI.

2. uninstalled all the extension and installed again.

3. removed the left over extension from Windows %USERPROFILE%.vscode\extensions.

4. tried launching from command prompt with --disable-extensions option.