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Github Copilot extension disabled after upgrading to Visual Studio 17.10.2

After upgrading my Visual Studio to 17.10.2, I got a warning that my Github Copilot and Github Copilot Chat extensions are incompatible with my Visual Studio version and will be disabled.

The following extensions are disabled because the installed version if not compatible with Visual Studio Pro 17.10.34505.107.
- GitHub Copilot
- GitHub Copilot Chat

I started to get a small panic because once you are used to have a Copilot assistant you never want to go back.

So after my Visual Studio was up and running, I opened the extension window and indeed both extensions were disabled:

I first tried to reinstall the extension but I got the same incompatibility message.

Does this mean that I can no longer use Copilot? Luckily the answer is no.  Starting from Visual Studio 17.10.2 Github Copilot and Copilot Chat are no longer separate extensions but became part of Visual Studio.

So although the extensions are no longer there, Copilot (Chat) was still available as I found out.

A better message would have helped to avoid the panic but the good news is I can continue my AI assisted code journey.

Happy coding!

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