Hello, Brand new user here. I just installed VS Code and Particle Workbench and have immediately run into problems. I am getting the apparently common issue of not being able to find libraries. In my case it is the example sketch that opens with a new project, and it cannot find "Particle.h" I mad…

I don't know for sure why you're unable to download the toolchain, but the problems could be related. Since the Particle.h file is part of the toolchain, if it wasn't actually downloaded before that would explain why Intellisense could not find the file. However I think the underlying problem is th…

Oh okay, interesting. I will try re-naming my PC, re-installing VS Code and the Workbench and report back.

Cannot open source file "Particle.h"

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cth43 May 22, 2026, 12:58am 4

Thank you, Rick! That was the issue.

Performed a clean install of windows and changed my username. The toolchains downloaded and now intellisense appears to be working.

I was looking for an excuse to de-bloat windows 11 anyways.

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Cannot open source file "Particle.h"

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