ipynb files opening in JSONformat in VSCODE

Question

I am trying to open ipynb files in VSCODE in Ubuntu. But the files are not opening as notebook editor. Instead it is showing as raw json format. can you please help?

Python version: 3.8 ipykernel=5.5.0

tried uninstalling the jupyeter extension but it did not work.

Update:

When I open a new notebook from the below command in vscode (via ctlr+shift+p) and Jupyter: Create Blank New Jupyter Notebook it opens a new notebook as expected but I am unable to save the file. VSCode prompts the below message

Test_Python_Folder/Untitled-1.ipynb is not supported by Jupyter.

Please make sure the file name matches following patterns:

Thanks, Dhinesh

Answer 1

Per this customer confirmation here: Open ipynb on Visual Studio Code, display json the current workaround is to re-install VS Code.