I have used this a few times in the past several months without an issue.My computer took a hit and I had to reload some of the software. My issue is that I am not able to get my ESP8266 to compile .I hope I posted this correctly ,still a newbie at all this.I tried re-flashing the board using software found on arduino site, I reloaded CH341 software,updated Board manager and was able to see the board properly loaded on com5 .Been all over the net trying to figure it out also loaded a blank program to the board which wiped out any program it recently had. Open serial monitor at 9600 bps and reset board via button , get NodeMCU 0.9.5 build 20150318 powered by Lua 5.1.4,lua: cannot open init.lua.
So IDE seems to see the board but have not been able to get past the Error compiling for board NodeMcu 1.0 (ESP-12E Module).I would greatly appreciate any help or criticism here.I know that there a lot of dumb questions and people like to be spoon fed but at this point I have spent weeks trying to resolve it on my own.
Windows 10 64 bit
Lolin NodeMcu V3 ESP-12E
[Arduino: 1.8.9 (Windows Store 1.8.21.0) (Windows 10), Board: "NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module), 80 MHz, Flash, Disabled, All SSL ciphers (most compatible), 4M (no SPIFFS), v2 Lower Memory, Disabled, None, Only Sketch, 115200"
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\ArduinoLLC.ArduinoIDE_1.8.21.0_x86__mdqgnx93n4wtt\arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\ArduinoLLC.ArduinoIDE_1.8.21.0_x86__mdqgnx93n4wtt\hardware -hardware C:\Users\HP\Documents\ArduinoData\packages -tools C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\ArduinoLLC.ArduinoIDE_1.8.21.0_x86__mdqgnx93n4wtt\tools-builder -tools C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\ArduinoLLC.ArduinoIDE_1.8.21.0_x86__mdqgnx93n4wtt\hardware\tools\avr -tools C:\Users\HP\Documents\ArduinoData\packages -built-in-libraries C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\ArduinoLLC.ArduinoIDE_1.8.21.0_x86__mdqgnx93n4wtt\libraries -libraries C:\Users\HP\Documents\libraries\libraries -fqbn=esp8266:esp8266:nodemcuv2:xtal=80,vt=flash,exception=disabled,ssl=all,eesz=4M,ip=lm2f,dbg=Disabled,lvl=None____,wipe=none,baud=115200 -vid-pid=1A86_7523 -ide-version=10809 -build-path C:\Users\HP\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_818926 -warnings=all -build-cache C:\Users\HP\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_cache_154052 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc.path=C:\Users\HP\Documents\ArduinoData\packages\esp8266\tools\xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc\2.5.0-3-20ed2b9 -prefs=runtime.tools.xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc-2.5.0-3-20ed2b9.path=C:\Users\HP\Documents\ArduinoData\packages\esp8266\tools\xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc\2.5.0-3-20ed2b9 -prefs=runtime.tools.mkspiffs.path=C:\Users\HP\Documents\ArduinoData\packages\esp8266\tools\mkspiffs\2.5.0-3-20ed2b9 -prefs=runtime.tools.mkspiffs-2.5.0-3-20ed2b9.path=C:\Users\HP\Documents\ArduinoData\packages\esp8266\tools\mkspiffs\2.5.0-3-20ed2b9 -prefs=runtime.tools.python.path=C:\Users\HP\Documents\ArduinoData\packages\esp8266\tools\python\3.7.2-post1 -prefs=runtime.tools.python-3.7.2-post1.path=C:\Users\HP\Documents\ArduinoData\packages\esp8266\tools\python\3.7.2-post1 -verbose C:\Users\HP\Downloads\ISS\ISS.ino
Board nodemcuv2 (platform esp8266, package esp8266) is unknown
Error compiling for board NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module)./code]