Deleted all shortcuts in IFS Browser and unable to reconnect to AS/400

[NicholasRicher]

Hello,

I'm new to Code for IBM i and I accidentally deleted the default "/" root directory shortcut in the IFS Browser instead of simply removing it. Now I have no shortcuts in my IFS Browser. I've sense disconnected from my AS/400 and upon trying to reconnect I get a "No response from server" error message. I've tried deleting the settings.json file for Code for IBM i, uninstalling/reinstalling the extension, and uninstalling/reinstalling VSCode but am still getting the error. I also tried resetting VSCode's global settings by deleting the .vscode folder and removing code-for-ibmi.connections from my User Settings json file.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

[worksofliam]

Are you able to connect with other SSH clients or from the terminal using SSH?

[worksofliam]

@NicholasRicher if you tried to delete root, it would try and delete everything below that that your user would have authority too and would stop when it fails to delete at any point.

[NicholasRicher]

What would you do to try to restore it? Can you offer any ideas? I really appreciate your timely communication.

[worksofliam]

@NicholasRicher honestly I would consider looking into a backup. If you use the IFS in any production manner I'd look into checking those objects/directories/files exist and if they don't restore them from backup.

[worksofliam]

@NicholasRicher if you need emergency help (non-IBM vendor service) shoot me a DM on LinkedIn and I can put you in contact with them. Thanks!

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[NicholasRicher]

Thank you very much. I believe this issue can be closed.

[chrjorgensen]

Code for IBM i uses SSH as transport method, so please check SSH is available on the server by connecting using an SSH client, e g. Putty.

[NicholasRicher]

Yes I've still been able to connect to my AS/400 with a 5250 emulator. The Code for IBM i runtime status also displays an uncaught error, "Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'name')" when I try to connect.