Well, I needed to set up a new profile on my pc because we have kids and are now implementing microsoft screentime restricitons features... so I needed to basically start from scratch....
It was a cinch -
got vs code, added the particle extensions.
Got my 3 repositories from git hub (2 device projects and 1 library project).
Added the junction link using the info I had left in my readme file (mklink /j...).
Compiled fine.
I was getting this error when publishing...
:::: PUTTING DEVICE INTO DFU MODE
HTTP error 400 from https://api.particle.io/v1/devices/.... - The access token was not found
took a few googles, but I needed to log into particle in VS Code... forgot about that.
This got me back up:
really slick.