Iam facing an issue where VS Code Live Server (by Ritwick Dey) is not refreshing any of my browsers automatically after saving files.

Environment:

• OS: Windows 10
• VS Code: Latest version
• Live Server Extension: by Ritwick Dey

What Ive Tried:

1. Removed All Extensions: I uninstalled all extensions (including from the setup directory in Windows 10) to rule out conflicts.

2. Cleared Browser Cache: Disabled cache from the Network tab in DevTools.

3. Tested Different Timing Settings: Set Live Server’s reload delay and wait time to 0.

4. Tried Another Live Server: Installed a different Live Server extension, but it didnt work either.

5. Multiple Browsers: Tested on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge with no success.

My settings

    "liveServer.settings.CustomBrowser": "chrome",
    "liveServer.settings.donotShowInfoMsg": true,
    "liveServer.settings.donotVerifyTags": true,
    "liveServer.settings.root": "",
    "liveServer.settings.wait": 0,
    "liveServer.settings.port": 5500,
    "liveServer.settings.reload.delay": 0,
    "liveServer.settings.useWebExt": true,
    "liveServer.settings.ignoreFiles": [
        "/.vscode/",
        "/node_modules/"
    ],

    "files.autoSave": "afterDelay",
    "files.autoSaveDelay": 0
    ```

Iam facing an issue where VS Code Live Server (by Ritwick Dey) is not refreshing any of my browsers automatically after saving files.

Environment:

• OS: Windows 10
• VS Code: Latest version
• Live Server Extension: by Ritwick Dey

What Ive Tried:

1. Removed All Extensions: I uninstalled all extensions (including from the setup directory in Windows 10) to rule out conflicts.

2. Cleared Browser Cache: Disabled cache from the Network tab in DevTools.

3. Tested Different Timing Settings: Set Live Server’s reload delay and wait time to 0.

4. Tried Another Live Server: Installed a different Live Server extension, but it didnt work either.

5. Multiple Browsers: Tested on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge with no success.

My settings

    "liveServer.settings.CustomBrowser": "chrome",
    "liveServer.settings.donotShowInfoMsg": true,
    "liveServer.settings.donotVerifyTags": true,
    "liveServer.settings.root": "",
    "liveServer.settings.wait": 0,
    "liveServer.settings.port": 5500,
    "liveServer.settings.reload.delay": 0,
    "liveServer.settings.useWebExt": true,
    "liveServer.settings.ignoreFiles": [
        "/.vscode/",
        "/node_modules/"
    ],

    "files.autoSave": "afterDelay",
    "files.autoSaveDelay": 0
    ```

• vscode-extensions
• liveserver

1 Answer 1

After trying all the suggested solutions here with the same Tags and even granting my current user full privileges, I decided to test using an administrator profile on the same PC.

✅ Surprisingly, Live Server worked perfectly without any changes to the configuration.