Prettier extension fails with "cannot format [filetype]-files" error on all file types

Hey, this is a known issue with the Prettier extension after a recent update.

There’s a workaround here: No longer eligible as formatter for many types of files · Issue #3906 · prettier/prettier-vscode · GitHub

The issue is on the Prettier VS Code plugin side (not a Cursor bug), but the workaround helps. A similar report was already closed yesterday: Prettier broke after updating Cursor to 2.39.41

Try the workaround from the GitHub issue, it should help. Let me know if it doesn’t work.

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