Tools for AI Start Page needs to be neutered

[EdDore]

I have explicitly set my Environment.Startup settings to "Show empty environment".
Yet the "Tools for AI Start Page" always pops up when I start the VS 2017 IDE.

Most of my workload is not related to the AI tools.
Why does this package even load into the IDE at startup time?

Extensibility packages are supposed to load on demand, and not at startup. At a bare minimum, the "Show empty environment" at startup, should be honored. But in reality, you probably shouldn't even have your package loaded during startup.

[linmajia]

@EdDore , thank you very much for the feedback.

Please scroll the "Tools for AI Start Page" to the bottom, and uncheck the "Open this page on next start-up" option. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[Ark-kun]

I have the opposite problem. The checkbox is checked, but the page never shows.

[linmajia]

@Ark-kun , thank you very much for the feed back.

Are you using VS Tools for AI or VS Code Tools for AI? We have an installer page to help set up the AI dev environment and a startup page which shows examples, AI resources etc. Which page has the issue?

Thanks.

[Ark-kun]

@linmajia I have "VS Code Tools for AI". As a workaround, I know how to access that page manually. But the bug is still there.

[linmajia]

@Ark-kun , it is not a bug of VS Code Tools for AI. Actually, we add some heuristics not to show the page too often. This is because that each time when users switch directory, workspace / open another VS Code instance, our extension is reinitialized automatically by VS Code. Therefore the page could be reopened frequently if the checkbox is on. Such behavior may not be expected by users, so we decide not to show it too often. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Thanks.

[Ark-kun]

BTW, It's different with Windows and Linux. On Windows I always get it. On Linux I never get it.

[christenurs]

My Startpage is in CHINESE.... Why? How can I change that language?
Thank you for any assistance.
kind regards
Urs

[linmajia]

@christenurs , thank you very much for the feedback.

This is a known issue that Tools for AI displays Chinese start page by mistake if Visual Studio's language is set to non-English. It will be fixed in the new release. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Currently, there are two workarounds:

1. Set Visual Studio's language to English and the start page will be English too, from the menu Tools > Options > Environment > International Settings > Language.
2. Keep your current language setting and disable the start page:
   • Change Visual Studio's language to English first and restart VS.
   • Scroll the start page to the bottom, and uncheck the "Open this page on next start-up" option. Please follow the above comments.
   • Change Visual Studio's language back to the previous one.

Thanks.

[christenurs]

Thank you very much for your fast reply!
KInd regards Urs