Intellisense error breaks all intellisense in VS2022 -- Help?

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Hi all,

I keep getting an issue where after a few changes in a given file, Intellisense seems to flag the first line in a .cpp or .h file as the following error:

command-line error: specified directory via --current_directory option isn’t a directory: [path to project]\Intermediate\ProjectFiles\\

^ There are indeed two slashes at the end of that path

This error tends to start breaking the rest of intellisense, including showing functions/variables, keyword detection and color coding, etc. Does anyone know what could be causing this?

Steps I’ve taken to troubleshoot this:

  1. Searched the error online
  2. Installed the UnrealVS extension (.vsix file) – instructions: Install Visual Studio Tools for Unreal Engine | Microsoft Learn and https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.3/en-US/using-the-unrealvs-extension-for-unreal-engine-cplusplus-projects/
  3. Made sure I open the project from the active UE session via Tools > Open Visual Studio

Side note: Refreshing the project via Unreal’s Tools > Refresh Visual Studio Project option seems to help, but not sure how much that’s coincidence vs addressing the cause.

Screenshot of the error:
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Any help is greatly appreciated!

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What version of VS2022 and Unreal are you using?

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I’m using VS 2022 17.8.3 and UE 5.2.1

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How long have you had the solution open? Looks like someone experienced the same thing here:

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It’s possible that this is just an idle issue. If it’s alright, I’d like to watch it for a few days and verify if that’s the case before calling it resolved. Thanks for the link!

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