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Prettier Code Formatter for VS code fails with 'No loader specified for extension ".cjs"'

In VS Code, When I select Format Document With... then choose Prettier - Code Formatter, I get the following error:

Command 'Format Document' resulted in an error (No loader specified for extension ".cjs", so searchPlaces item ".prettierrc.cjs" is invalid)

From what I can gather this has something to do with underlying TypeScript in VS Code not having a loader available for .cjs files and Prettier searching for prettierrc.cjs but I can't quite see how that all fits together, or how to work around it.

Has anyone else encountered, found a work around or solved this or a similar issue in VS Code?

Solution

  • I tried disabling the Prettier VS Code extension and enabling it again and that fixed the issue for me.

    Credits @NikolajDamLarsen