[codingdave]

The underlying spirit of marshughes comment sounds on the right track, though - something changed on your system. Maybe it was VS Code, maybe it was something else, but if this is a recent change, you should troubleshoot what actually changed. If it really is VS code, then yes - find a new editor. But I'm not seeing much about what troubleshooting you've done?

Maybe you've already done this, but if I were you, I'd take note of everything that has been installed and updated in the last month. Walk back installs and updates until your problem goes away, and then you'd know exactly what is causing the problem behavior.