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 had the same error after updating vsc to v. 1.31.0.

Disabling Live Server Extension worked for me.

Here's the error i'm getting having the extension enabled.

Error Image

Answer 2

In my case, the live server extension was causing this issue in 1.31.0v of VS Code. After uninstalling the extension it started working correctly.

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

for me, it was code runner extension I just disabled it.

Answer 5

In my case, I used typescript-hero extension. Disabling this extension fixed my problem. It's temporal fix but maybe will help somebody.

Answer 6

I had same problem with following error in my VSCode console.

`1: node::DecodeWrite
 2: node::InternalCallbackScope::Close
 3: v8::internal::VirtualMemory::TakeControl
 4: v8::internal::PerThreadAssertScope<4,1>::PerThreadAssertScope<4,1>
 5: v8::internal::operator<<
 6: v8::internal::operator<<
 7: 00000073ECF04481`

I solved it by uninstalling Angular Console extension. Not sure if it was that particular extension or some other memory issue but problem went away as soon as I uninstalled that.