vs code cannot find module '@angular/core' or any other modules

Question

my project was generated with [Angular CLI] version 1.2.6.

I can compile the project and it works fine, but I always get error in vs code telling me cannot find mo

Answer 1

In the VSCode status bar, it must be showing typescript version - like this

Clicking on that version number will show you this, different versions available.

If you are using the VSCode version then switching to Workspace version solves the problem if it is VScode issue rather than your tsconfig.json (I am already using that one, so not highlighted)