Vscode-extension-for-zowe: Installation error

Created on 5 Mar 2020 · 12Comments · Source: zowe/vscode-extension-for-zowe

I got this issue while installing installing the extension.

_Originally posted by @Ashish1981 in https://github.com/zowe/vscode-extension-for-zowe/issues/208#issuecomment-594857358_

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zFernand0

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I also had this error. I have recently installed the secure credentials plugin for the CLI but hadn't updated my old profiles.
I tried 2 methods to fix this which both worked independently

Uninstall the secure credentials store plugin by running zowe plugins uninstall @zowe/secure-credential-store-for-zowe-cli
Update profiles to be secure by running zowe scs update

@Ashish1981 does this resolve your problem too?

CForrest97 on 11 Mar 2020

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Jelly: https://github.com/zowe/vscode-extension-for-zowe/issues/208#issuecomment-595111097

zFernand0 on 5 Mar 2020

@ashish1981 @jellypuno, I was able to install the Zowe Explroer on a clean Windows environment without having NodeJS.

Can you provide OS details?

zFernand0 on 5 Mar 2020

@Ashish1981 @jellypuno, I was able to install the Zowe Explroer on a clean Windows environment without having NodeJS.

Can you provide OS details?

Ashish1981 on 6 Mar 2020

After doing some digging, this could very well be related to another extension preventing the Zowe one from being initialized.

Hope this is not too disruptive, but could you try checking which extension causes this?
The process may be a bit tedious, but may require you to disable all extensions and start enabling one by one and see which one prevents the Zowe Explorer from initializing.

If possible, could you share the list of installed extensions in your VSCode workspace?

zFernand0 on 6 Mar 2020

I do rename the the extension folder and again install zowe. Same problem.

Ashish1981 on 6 Mar 2020

I also had this error. I have recently installed the secure credentials plugin for the CLI but hadn't updated my old profiles.
I tried 2 methods to fix this which both worked independently

Uninstall the secure credentials store plugin by running zowe plugins uninstall @zowe/secure-credential-store-for-zowe-cli
Update profiles to be secure by running zowe scs update

@Ashish1981 does this resolve your problem too?

CForrest97 on 11 Mar 2020

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Great..!! The 1st one worked.. Thanks..!!!

Ashish1981 on 11 Mar 2020

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@zFernand0 @IgorCATech Can we log this error as a known issue? If they encounter it, we can point them to the Security Doc that we had so they can set-it up.

jellypuno on 12 Mar 2020

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Ever since I installed the secure credentials store plugin (win7), I too receive 'error encountered while activating and initializing logger'.
None of above methods works. Still get error.
I uninstalled plugin. Still get error.
Remove extension. Still get error.
Remove Zowe. Still get error.
Uninstall/reinstall VScode. Still get error.
Pls advice ?

bearou on 16 Mar 2020

@bearou In your settings .json, Is Zowe Securty:Credential Key set to spaces?

ZE-Settings

If you do not have any Secure Credential Plugin, this field should be blank

jellypuno on 16 Mar 2020

@bearou I experienced this issue and was able to resolve by recreating my existing profiles. Did the zowe scs update run cleanly for you? I hit an issue with a couple profiles so I just manually recreated them.

MikeBauerCA on 16 Mar 2020

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I also had this error. I have recently installed the secure credentials plugin for the CLI but hadn't updated my old profiles.
I tried 2 methods to fix this which both worked independently

Uninstall the secure credentials store plugin by running zowe plugins uninstall @zowe/secure-credential-store-for-zowe-cli

Update profiles to be secure by running zowe scs update

@Ashish1981 does this resolve your problem too?

Thanks, its works!