Why does VS Code throw "Cannot find module 'typescript'. ts(2307)" while the module is there?

Question

I'm using import * as ts from "typescript"; to import typescript in a .ts file.

The file runs fine, but VS Code is telling me Cannot find module 'typescript'. ts(2307).

Is there any way to suppress this problem?

Edit: the file can be compiled and run successfully

Answer 1

You want to change these two settings in VS Code's settings.json:

"typescript.validate.enable": false,
"javascript.validate.enable": false,

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