State

State: Global User settings.json

    "C_Cpp.default.browse.databaseFilename": "k:\\.vscode\\cache\\browse\\${workspaceFolderBasename}\\global.vs.db"

1. Setting: C_Cpp.default.browse.databaseFilename
2. Value: "k:\\.vscode\\cache\\browse\\${workspaceFolderBasename}\\global.vs.db"

State: Cache directory

• k:\\.vscode\\cache
• No subdirectories except for ipch (intellisense cache)
• k:\\.vscode\\cache\\browse isn’t created yet

State: System

• Windows 10 (latest)
• VSCode (1.43.1)
• Build Tools for Visual Studio 2019 (latest)

State: Extensions

• cpptools | ms- | 0.26.3

Results

It works, but you have to start VSCode twice:

Results: First Startup

1. VSCode creates k:\\.vscode\\cache\\browse
2. \\${workspaceFolderBasename}\\global.vs.db is not created
3. C++ Debug console:

Failed to open the file k:\.vscode\cache\browse\MyApp\global.vs.db

4. Tag Parser doesn’t work

Results: Second Startup

1. ${workspaceFolderBasename}\\global.vs.db gets created now that k:\\.vscode\\cache\\browse subdirectory has been created (on the first start of VSCode)
2. OS shows correct path has been created: k:.vscode\\cache\\browse\\MyApp\\global.vs.db
3. Tag Parser works as expected

Irrelevant State (Probably)

State: Global User settings.json

  "C_Cpp.intelliSenseCachePath": "k:\\.vscode\\cache",
  "C_Cpp.default.browse.path": [ ],
  "C_Cpp.default.browse.limitSymbolsToIncludedHeaders": true,
  "C_Cpp.default.compilerPath": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2019\\BuildTools\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.25.28610\\bin\\Hostx64\\x64\\cl.exe",
  "C_Cpp.loggingLevel": "Debug"