New to PlatformIO today - so go easy on me
I’m shifting over from Arduino IDE to PlatformIO on Windows
First I installed MS Studio Code (user)
And then I installed the extensions:
PlatformIO which also included
C/C++
The trouble is I get a build error with just the default code template
The error is provided
here
Any idea what I need to do to resolve the error?
Seems like both your toolchain and framework download are corrupted. No idea how that could happen in a regular setting though.
Delete the folders
C:/Users/Charles/.platformio/packages/framework-arduinoespressif32/C:/Users/Charles/.platformio/packages/toolchain-xtensa-esp32C:/Users/Charles/.platformio/.cacheand build + upload the project again.
If this happens again, you likely have some interfering antivirus active, have heavy internet problems, or a full harddrive.
Hi,
I did as you suggested and now the build doesn’t even start.
When I click the code variation ‘tick’ I simply have an exception reported:
command ‘platform-ide.build’ not found
I don’t understand,I have
sufficient memory
windows firewall and antivirus turned off
internet works fine*
* It comes via NordVPN
Any suggestions?
i.e. Are there other directories I could delete to completely remove any trace before I go ahead with a reinstall?
Thanks for getting back to me
Just popped over to Dave’s Garage and he installed MS VSCode with no hassle.
That said, he started with a clean Windows installation 
So I did some housekeeping and uninstalled MS Visual Studio 2015
Removed all trace of MS VS Code and performed a fresh install
But I still get command ‘platform-ide.build’ not found
Then I performed the pio run command from the CLI.
This time it paused a long time and in the bottom status bar I saw PlatformIO Loading tasks . . .
And then eventually it reported a clean build. Initiating a build by clicking the ‘tick’ now works fine too
So after the clean up and adopting a little patience all is well.
Thank you very much for your patience