Intellisense include errors when Particle Workbench extension is enabled

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See screenshots below.

With Particle workbench core v 1.16.34 enabled:

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With Particle workbench core disabled:

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I tried installing previous versions of workbench core and it appears that the problem is still there in 1.16.33 and 1.16.32 as well, so this is not a new problem.

Note that the project still compiles properly (intellisense error only).

How can I fix these intellisense errors? Do I need to change all my include paths to be relative? That seems like a bad solution given that the compilation process works fine...

Here is my c++ configuration JSON file:

{
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Win32",
            "includePath": [
                "${workspaceFolder}/**",
                "${workspaceFolder}/src/**",
                "C:\\PARTICLE_LOCAL\\jaza_embedded\\pTest\\src\\**",
                "C:/PARTICLE_LOCAL/jaza_embedded/pTest/src/**"
            ],
            "defines": [
                "_DEBUG",
                "UNICODE",
                "_UNICODE"
            ],
            "cStandard": "c17",
            "cppStandard": "c++14",
            "intelliSenseMode": "windows-clang-x64",
            "configurationProvider": "particle.particle-vscode-core"
        }
    ],
    "version": 4
}
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I'm not sure why it's not working for you, but with the default configuration on the Mac, I don't get an Intellisense warning in the subfolder .c or .cpp files.

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If I include a non-existent file like app_main2.h I get the red squiggle warning, so Intellisense is working.

I created a new project using Create New Project and I had the default .vscode/settings.json file:

{
    "extensions.ignoreRecommendations": true,
    "C_Cpp.default.configurationProvider": "particle.particle-vscode-core",
    "files.associations": {
        "*.ino": "cpp"
    }
}

I also tested with Windows 11 and it worked properly. I'd guess it might have something to do with your custom path configuration, but I'm not really sure specifically what is wrong with it.

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What do you mean by that? Are you referring to the custom includePath entries in the c_cpp_properties.json file? Or are you talking about my user environment variables?

If so, I deleted the custom ones that I had added to try and get the intellisense to work. I am now using the default configuration, i.e.:

{
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Win32",
            "includePath": [
                "${workspaceFolder}/**"
            ],
            "defines": [
                "_DEBUG",
                "UNICODE",
                "_UNICODE"
            ],
            "cStandard": "c17",
            "cppStandard": "c++14",
            "intelliSenseMode": "windows-clang-x64",
            "configurationProvider": "particle.particle-vscode-core"
        }
    ],
    "version": 4
}

I still have the intellisense errors:

I ran Particle: Audit environment command and here is what I got:

{
    "username": null,
    "workspace": {
        "name": "Untitled (Workspace)",
        "isWorkspace": true,
        "folders": [
            {
                "location": "c:\\PARTICLE_LOCAL\\jaza_embedded\\pTest",
                "hasValidPath": true,
                "settings": {
                    "firmwareName": "deviceOS",
                    "firmwareVersion": "3.1.0",
                    "targetDevice": "",
                    "targetPlatform": "boron",
                    "debugWarningShown": false,
                    "compileButtonAction": "localAppDeviceOS",
                    "flashButtonAction": "localAppDeviceOS",
                    "disableWelcomeScreen": true,
                    "disableDeviceOSOutdatedCheck": true,
                    "disableLocalCompilerDirtyCheck": true,
                    "enableVerboseLocalCompilerLogging": true,
                    "compileDefines": [],
                    "customDeviceOSLocation": "",
                    "maxAllowedToolchains": 4,
                    "enablePre-releaseDeviceOSBuilds": true
                },
                "files": [
                    ".github",
                    ".github\\workflows",
                    ".gitignore",
                    ".vscode",
                    ".vscode\\c_cpp_properties.json",
                    ".vscode\\launch.json",
                    ".vscode\\settings.json",
                    "project.properties",
                    "README.md",
                    "src",
                    "src\\app_main.h",
                    "src\\pTest.cpp",
                    "src\\subfolder"
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "cli": {
        "binpath": "C:\\Users\\Boompy\\AppData\\Local\\particle\\bin\\particle.exe",
        "ok": true,
        "version": "3.33.5",
        "installed": 1742307177247
    },
    "localCompiler": {
        "ok": true,
        "dependencies": [
            {
                "id": "deviceOS@6.3.0",
                "ok": true
            },
            {
                "id": "gcc-arm@10.2.1",
                "ok": true
            },
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                "id": "buildtools@1.1.1",
                "ok": true
            },
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                "id": "buildscripts@1.16.0",
                "ok": true
            },
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                "id": "openocd@0.12.0-particle.2",
                "ok": true
            },
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                "id": "deviceOS@6.1.1",
                "ok": true
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                "id": "deviceOS@5.9.0",
                "ok": true
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                "id": "deviceOS@3.1.0",
                "ok": true
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                "ok": true
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                "id": "deviceOS@2.3.1",
                "ok": true
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                "id": "gcc-arm@9.2.1",
                "ok": true
            },
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                "id": "deviceOS@2.3.0",
                "ok": true
            }
        ]
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        "arch": "x64",
        "path": {
            "key": "Path",
            "value": "C:\\Program Files\\Python313\\Scripts\\;C:\\Program Files\\Python313\\;C:\\WINDOWS\\system32;C:\\WINDOWS;C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\Wbem;C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\;C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\OpenSSH\\;C:\\Program Files\\PuTTY\\;C:\\Program Files\\dotnet\\;C:\\Program Files\\LLVM\\bin;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\IVI Foundation\\VISA\\WinNT\\Bin\\;C:\\Program Files\\IVI Foundation\\VISA\\Win64\\Bin\\;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\IVI Foundation\\VISA\\WinNT\\Bin;C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\NVIDIA Corporation\\PhysX\\Common;C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd;;C:\\Program Files\\NVIDIA Corporation\\NVIDIA app\\NvDLISR;C:\\Ruby33-x64\\bin;C:\\Users\\Boompy\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsApps;C:\\OpenSSL-Win32\\bin;C:\\Users\\Boompy\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\bin;C:\\Program Files\\srecord\\bin;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\teraterm;C:\\Users\\Boompy\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\\bin;C:\\Program Files\\nodejs;C:\\Users\\Boompy\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm;C:\\Users\\Boompy\\AppData\\Local\\particle\\bin;C:\\Program Files\\Python313;C:\\Program Files\\Python313\\Scripts;",
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                "C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\",
                "C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\OpenSSH\\",
                "C:\\Program Files\\PuTTY\\",
                "C:\\Program Files\\dotnet\\",
                "C:\\Program Files\\LLVM\\bin",
                "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\IVI Foundation\\VISA\\WinNT\\Bin\\",
                "C:\\Program Files\\IVI Foundation\\VISA\\Win64\\Bin\\",
                "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\IVI Foundation\\VISA\\WinNT\\Bin",
                "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\",
                "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\NVIDIA Corporation\\PhysX\\Common",
                "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd",
                "",
                "C:\\Program Files\\NVIDIA Corporation\\NVIDIA app\\NvDLISR",
                "C:\\Ruby33-x64\\bin",
                "C:\\Users\\Boompy\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsApps",
                "C:\\OpenSSL-Win32\\bin",
                "C:\\Users\\Boompy\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\bin",
                "C:\\Program Files\\srecord\\bin",
                "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\teraterm",
                "C:\\Users\\Boompy\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\\bin",
                "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs",
                "C:\\Users\\Boompy\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm",
                "C:\\Users\\Boompy\\AppData\\Local\\particle\\bin",
                "C:\\Program Files\\Python313",
                "C:\\Program Files\\Python313\\Scripts",
                ""
            ]
        },
        "homeDir": "C:\\Users\\Boompy",
        "particleDir": "C:\\Users\\Boompy\\.particle",
        "particleToolchainDir": "C:\\Users\\Boompy\\.particle\\toolchains"
    },
    "env": {
        "ALLUSERSPROFILE": "C:\\ProgramData",
        "APPDATA": "C:\\Users\\Boompy\\AppData\\Roaming",
        "BossRepoPath": "C:\\PARTICLE_LOCAL\\BossApp",
        "CARBON_MEM_DISABLE": "1",
        "CHROME_CRASHPAD_PIPE_NAME": "\\\\.\\pipe\\crashpad_9056_LQLWRHOYRKKWTZTW",
        "COMPUTERNAME": "TOMS_TOWER",
        "ComSpec": "C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe",
        "CommonProgramFiles": "C:\\Program Files\\Common Files",
        "CommonProgramFiles(x86)": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files",
        "CommonProgramW6432": "C:\\Program Files\\Common Files",
        "DOWNLOADSPATH": "E:\\Downloads",
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