Edk2: Extension in WSL

[selvamuthuks]

Hi VS Code,

I have installed VSCode (VSCodeSetup-x64-1.105.1.exe)in my laptop, which has WSL subsystem.
I have downloaded an EDK source and kept it in WSL Ubunutu 22.04.
I have been opening the EDK source in the WSL linux terminal by "code . " .
After loading the source in VS Code, none of the EDK2 facilities are working, like EDK2: Goto Definition, EDK2: Goto Inf, EDK2: Show Reference Tree. Even default, Goto Defination, Goto Declarations are not working.

I have installed the following extension in vscode,

code --install-extension alefragnani.project-manager 

code --install-extension esbenp.prettier-vscode 

code --install-extension gitlab.gitlab-workflow 

code --install-extension intel-corporation.edk2code 

code --install-extension ms-python.debugpy 

code --install-extension ms-python.python 

code --install-extension ms-python.vscode-pylance 

code --install-extension ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl 

code --install-extension ms-vscode.cmake-tools 

code --install-extension ms-vscode.cpptools 

code --install-extension ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack 

code --install-extension ms-vscode.cpptools-themes 

code --install-extension twxs.cmake 

I have tried disabling and enabing extension, but nothing is working. 

My WSL details,

WSL version: 2.6.1.0
Kernel version: 6.6.87.2-1
WSLg version: 1.0.66
MSRDC version: 1.2.6353
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.26100.1-240331-1435.ge-release
Windows version: 10.0.26100.6899

My windows OS details,

Edition	Windows 11 Pro
Version	24H2
Installed on	‎8/‎1/‎2025
OS build	26100.6899
Serial number	GM0MMGQM
Experience	Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.253.0

Please provide your suggestion.

Thanks,
Dhanasekar

[alefragnani]

Hi @selvamuthuks ,

If you are having issues while using dealing with EDK2 extension in VS Code, the best place to look for help would be the EDK2 support channel, which by the extension list you provided (intel-corporation.edk2code), I guess would be https://github.com/intel/Edk2Code/issues.

In the meantime, be sure you have installed the extension inside the WSL, because looking at the extension's source I did't see it saying it works remotely. Which means, if you install it in your Windows OS and tries to load projects located in the WSL, it may not work properly.

Btw, for future questions about using VS Code itself, please use Stack Overflow, as indicated by VS Code documentation (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/vscode), since this discussion forum is intended for extension development only, for now.

Hope this helps