Dennis N

This approach worked for me. https://stackoverflow.com/a/60170425

The CSharpier output I posted at the beginning was with enabled debug logging.  

Sometimes it starts.  What I did differently now is: 1) ran the command: `dotnet tool update csharpier` 2) deleted the 'global.json' file 3) closed the Visual Studio a few...

The difference between these two is: in the first screenshot Visual Studio on start doesn't check for 'dotnet-tools.json'. The solution which contains the `.config` directory (with `dotnet-tools.json`) has several C#...

But this solution is temporary. After I restart the computer - it doesn't work again.

This is the output when it starts. You are correct, it starts with `Starting` 

So I closed the Visual Studio and re-opened it. Now the extension version is 1.7.2 I got this message:  Clicking on the link opened this page: https://csharpier.com/docs/EditorsTroubleshooting And this...

Deleting the global.json, running the 'dotnet tool update csharpier' and reopening VS helps.

Maybe on timeout try to start the process on one/several default port(s)?