[ES Debugger] Can't launch script using Photoshop

[tmmls]

Hi,

Using the Visual Studio Code ExtendScript Debugger plugin, I'm not able to run a script which targets Photoshop. An error is thrown.

Scripts targeting Indesign work well. I'm targeting Photoshop 2019, which is installed on my machine.

Thanks

Tim

[erinferinferinf · Accepted solution]

Hi Tim!

I just saw a pull request for a more specific error message, so we're working on this. Meanwhile...

In the current version only one instance of the plugin works at a time. So you can't have two VSCode workspaces open, with one targeting InDesign and the other targeting Photoshop.

Have you tried following the following troubleshooting steps?

• Make sure the ExtendScript ToolKit stand-alone application is closed
• Close the target application (or in your case all the target applications)
• Close Visual Studio Code
• Make sure there are no VS "Code Helper" processes in the Activity Monitor (Mac) or Task Manager (Windows)
• Restart Visual Studio Code
• Does it work then?
• If not, does a reboot help?

Let us know!

[tmmls]

Hi. The problem seems to be fixed. Thanks for all your help.