Configuration
VSCode: 1.71.2
PIO IDE: v2.5.4
System: Windows_NT, 10.0.19044, x64
Anaconda: 4.12.0
python version (anaconda): 3.9.13
Exception
Error: Could not find compatible PlatformIO Core. Please enable `platformio-ide.useBuiltinPIOCore` setting and restart IDE.
at f.value (c:\Users\plgkm\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.5.4-win32-x64\node_modules\platformio-node-helpers\dist\index.js:1:801940)
at E.install (c:\Users\plgkm\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.5.4-win32-x64\dist\extension.js:1:4493)
at c:\Users\plgkm\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.5.4-win32-x64\dist\extension.js:1:27984
at w._withProgress (c:\Users\plgkm\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:83:45657)
at w.withProgress (c:\Users\plgkm\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:83:45413)
at Object.withProgress (c:\Users\plgkm\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:106:42556)
at Object.startInstaller (c:\Users\plgkm\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.5.4-win32-x64\dist\extension.js:1:27399)
at async Object.activate (c:\Users\plgkm\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.5.4-win32-x64\dist\extension.js:1:22835)
Supplementary notes
Fllow the Debugging information via VSCode > Help > Toggle Developer Tools > Console, I found something important:
[Extension Host] C:\Users\plgkm\anaconda3\python.exe Error: Error: The Python 3.8.8 (C:\Users\plgkm\anaconda3\python.exe) interpreter is not compatible.
Reason: Conda is not supported
at c:\Users\plgkm\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.5.4-win32-x64\node_modules\platformio-node-helpers\dist\index.js:1:5308
at ChildProcess.o (c:\Users\plgkm\.vscode\extensions\platformio.platformio-ide-2.5.4-win32-x64\node_modules\platformio-node-helpers\dist\index.js:1:4691)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:526:28)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:domain:475:12)
at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1092:16)
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:302:5)
y @ console.ts:137