如何解决“找不到任务 C/C++：gcc 构建活动文件”。 VSCode 中的错误？

Question

I am working on a C program in VSCode, and I am on Windows running Ubuntu 20.04 via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 1.0). Everything was working fine for the last few weeks until today when I encountered the error message in the title of this post. I will include both the tasks.json and launch.json below (both are in the.vscode folder).

tasks.json file:

{
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
    {
        "type": "cppbuild",
        "label": "C/C++: gcc build active file",
        "command": "/usr/bin/gcc",
        "args": [
            "-g",
            "${file}",
            "-o",
            "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}"
        ],
        "options": {
            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
        },
        "problemMatcher": [
            "$gcc"
        ],
        "group": {
            "kind": "build",
            "isDefault": true
        },
        "detail": "compiler: /usr/bin/gcc"
    }
]
}

And the launch.json file:

{
// Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
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"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
    {
        "name": "gcc - Build and debug active file",
        "type": "cppdbg",
        "request": "launch",
        "program": "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}",
        "args": [],
        "stopAtEntry": false,
        "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
        "environment": [],
        "externalConsole": true,
        "MIMode": "gdb",
        "setupCommands": [
            {
                "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
                "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
                "ignoreFailures": true
            }
        ],
        "preLaunchTask": "C/C++: gcc build active file",
        "miDebuggerPath": "/usr/bin/gdb"
    }
]
}

In the terminal output, I receive the following message when trying to run a basic program:

Error: The cppbuild task detection didn't contribute a task for the following configuration:
{
    "type": "cppbuild",
    "label": "C/C++: gcc build active file",
    "command": "/usr/bin/gcc",
    "args": [
        "-g",
        "${file}",
        "-o",
        "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}"
    ],
    "options": {
        "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
    },
    "problemMatcher": [
        "$gcc"
    ],
    "group": {
        "kind": "build",
        "isDefault": true
    },
    "detail": "compiler: /usr/bin/gcc"
}
The task will be ignored.

Answer 1

It turns out downgrading the C/C++ extension was the answer. A recent update caused this issue to occur.

Answer 2

instead of:

"type": "cppbuild",

it worked for me:

"type": "shell",