Toolkit not showing as Installed in Visual Studio 2022. Amazon Q not working.

[paulguz-datapa]

Describe the bug

On opening Visual Studio 2022 (17.10.3), I received the error message "The AWSToolkitPackage did not load correctly".

I tried to re-install it via Manage Extensions, but it no longer shows as being installed. On installing again, a message pops up to say it is already installed, but as it does not show in Manage Extensions, I cannot uninstall it.

I manually removed the extension from C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\IDE\Extensions, then reinstalled.

AWS Toolkit now shows under the Extensions menu, but it still does not show in Manage Extensions.

I have followed the Getting Started steps, but Amazon Q does not work. Nothing happens in Amazon_Q_Inline_Examples as it should. The Amazon Q logo does not show at the bottom-left of Visual Studio.

Expected behavior

I should be able to use Amazon Q. Alt-C should produce suggestions. There is no Amazon Q Chat window under the View menu.

Toolkit Logs

Development System (please complete the following information):

• Windows Version: Windows 11 Pro 10.0.22631 Build 22631
• Visual Studio Version: 17.10.3
• AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Version: 1.54.0.1 log_2024-07-04_11-15-58_4352.txt log_2024-07-04_11-09-22_14972.txt log_2024-07-04_10-58-48_14600.txt log_2024-07-04_10-51-18_25844.txt

At least two other people have raised this issue on Stack Overflow.

[shruti0085]

Hi @paulguz-datapa, it appears you are seeing the same issue reported in https://github.com/aws/aws-toolkit-visual-studio/issues/441, if you are able to try the re-install instructions here: https://github.com/aws/aws-toolkit-visual-studio/issues/441#issuecomment-2208273869, we're interested in knowing if this addresses the issue for you.

[paulguz-datapa]

I didn't try 441, my manual reinstall yesterday seems to have fixed it after a restart. Thanks for the update.