IntelliSense not showing up; C/C++: Select IntelliSense Configuration command not showing up

[lyrecat]

Environment

• OS and Version: Windows 11 Pro
• VS Code Version: v1.130
• C/C++ Extension Version: 1.32.2
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Bug Summary and Steps to Reproduce

Bug Summary: IntelliSense not showing up; C/C++: Select IntelliSense Configuration command not showing up

Steps to reproduce:

1. Go to 'ctrl+shift+p'
2. Search on 'C/C++: Select IntelliSense Configuration'
3. No clickable commands show up/see error

Expected behavior: 'C/C++: Select IntelliSense Configuration' command shows up and allows you to click to change configuration

Configuration and Logs

MAIN LOG:
2026-07-28 12:31:13.153 [info] StorageMainService: creating application shared storage
2026-07-28 12:31:13.185 [info] [shared storage] Creating shared storage database at 'c:\Users\Vega\.vscode-shared\sharedStorage\state.vscdb' (wasCreated: true)
2026-07-28 12:31:13.187 [info] [shared storage] Initializing fallback application storage (path: c:\Users\Vega\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\globalStorage\state.vscdb)
2026-07-28 12:31:13.191 [info] [shared storage] Fallback application storage initialized with 3 items
2026-07-28 12:31:13.192 [info] update#setState idle
2026-07-28 12:31:43.224 [info] update#setState checking for updates
2026-07-28 12:31:43.291 [info] update#setState idle
2026-07-28 12:53:28.361 [info] Extension host with pid 20208 exited with code: 0, signal: unknown.
2026-07-28 12:53:29.480 [info] AgentHostProcessManager: agent host started
2026-07-28 12:53:29.989 [error] [AgentHost:stderr] (node:15096) [DEP0169] DeprecationWarning: `url.parse()` behavior is not standardized and prone to errors that have security implications. Use the WHATWG URL API instead. CVEs are not issued for `url.parse()` vulnerabilities.
(Use `Code --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)

2026-07-28 13:00:58.666 [info] Extension host with pid 12860 exited with code: 0, signal: unknown.
2026-07-28 13:08:32.632 [info] Extension host with pid 18996 exited with code: 0, signal: unknown.
2026-07-28 13:13:21.309 [info] Extension host with pid 21116 exited with code: 0, signal: unknown.
2026-07-28 13:31:43.231 [info] update#setState checking for updates
2026-07-28 13:31:43.487 [info] update#setState idle
2026-07-28 13:48:18.305 [info] Extension host with pid 22156 exited with code: 0, signal: unknown.
2026-07-28 14:01:47.607 [error] vscode-file: Refused to load resource \$(loading~spin) from vscode-file: protocol (original URL: vscode-file://vscode-app/$(loading~spin))
2026-07-28 14:31:43.233 [info] update#setState checking for updates
2026-07-28 14:31:43.430 [info] update#setState idle
2026-07-28 14:40:21.693 [info] Extension host with pid 21552 exited with code: 0, signal: unknown.
2026-07-28 14:40:32.838 [info] Extension host with pid 11392 exited with code: 0, signal: unknown.
2026-07-28 14:45:17.633 [info] update#setState checking for updates
2026-07-28 14:45:17.831 [info] update#setState idle
2026-07-28 14:51:02.377 [info] Extension host with pid 15084 exited with code: 0, signal: unknown.
2026-07-28 14:53:40.568 [info] Extension host with pid 17500 exited with code: 0, signal: unknown.

Other Extensions

No response

Additional context

I was attempting to install the MinGW builder and compiler on Windows for to VS code, and I was unable to complete the installation due to being unable to find the C/C++: Select IntelliSense Configuration in the command bar.

[sean-mcmanus]

@lyrecat Are there any C/C++ commands? The extension might be failing to activate for some reason. I think we may be disabled in certain cases, such as if C_Cpp.intelliSenseEngine is set to "disabled".