The CMake helper in the build method chose the generator of "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" based on arch = x86_64, which CMake errors out on when CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM is defined as "x64", ala the CMakeToolchain generator. So the default CMake helper is incompatible with the ...
"cmake.platform": "x64", "cmake.toolset": "v140" Command palette / CMake: Delete Cache and Reconfigure [proc] Executing command: D:\DevTools\CMake\bin\cmake.EXE --no-warn-unused-cli -DSTATIC:STRING=ON -DBUILD_UNIT_TESTS:STRING=ON -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS:BOOL=TRUE -Hd:/...