How to setup ZLS correctly?

[alan-X73]

So I want to try out Zig and already got the compiler working on my Windows 11. I programm over VS Code and installed all the extensions needed and also wanted to Debug my first programs. While Zig just has test and not a real debbuger it comes with, I found a guide on Reddit to set up a debbuging option for Zig.

Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/Zig/comments/hqjw0n/how_i_setup_zig_on_windows/

I also installed zls in C:\Program\zig\zls\zig-cache\bin and put the zls.exe and zls.json file in there. But in cmd the zls command always throws me an error that it cant find the .json file.

So since I'm bloody new to Zig any help will be apreciated :)

[Vexu]

If you install the offical VSCode Zig extension you can have the extension manage installing both Zig and ZLS for you.

[alan-X73]

When I try to install it again I'll get this error: Unable to install Zig: Error: ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '\?\c:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\globalStorage\ziglang.vscode-zig\zig_install'

[Techatrix]

There may be an old installation of zig in the global vscode storage that is being removed for some reason.
I would suggest to remove the c:\Users\nick\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\globalStorage\ziglang.vscode-zig\ directory and try to install again.

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@Vexu any Idea how this is happening?
I suspect it is coming from here:
https://github.com/ziglang/vscode-zig/blob/bf09c1f3cc2e4bcc385340fe2fe50ac2ab63e3d4/src/zigSetup.ts#L58C15-L58C15
But it is recursive and force so why is it failing with directory not empty?

Edit:
Should that line call fs.rmdirSync instead of fs.rmSync since the path is a directory and not a file

[alan-X73]

So I deleted everything in that folder, was asked again to install Zig and installed it again with the same results. Maybe a config file is false initilised? I get the same errors after installing zig. When trying to compile the zig file in VS, it gives me an error that it cant find the command zig.

[Techatrix]

Zig is not available in your terminal unless you add the installed Zig executable to your PATH.
The path to the installed Zig executable can be found in your settings.json.

[alan-X73]

Ok. Set the Path Variable to my zig and zls installation and zig works now in cmd. When trying to compile the programm I get this error.

error: the following command failed with 'Unexpected':
C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\zig\o\64cfcde33b7f1e851932420ad1ca34d9\main.exe

This is what "zig run" ouputs.

Edit: The Path to my zig installation is not written in my settings.json