VS Code - cannot enable or install again TypeScript and JavaScript Language Features extension

Question

It began with "The TypeScript language service died unexpectedly 5 times" error. I thought to reinstall this extension so I uninstalled it and now I don't know how to install it again. I found that this is the built-in extension, so I tried to find it in Extensions tab but it is no longer on the list. I've found the vsix file containing this extension, I've installed it manually by "Install from VSIX..." option but it didn't work. Reinstalling VSCode didn't work.

What else can I do with it?

Answer 1

In VS Code go to extensions and type:

@builtin typescript

Then you will see the built-in extension and will be able to enable it again!

Refer to this picture below:

Btw. I don't think there is any intuitive way of checking if this package is enabled.

And, without it... you basically loose all typescript.* options in settings view in VS Code.