diff --git a/webview-sample/.vscode/launch.json b/webview-sample/.vscode/launch.json
index 55853019..8e89e0e7 100644
--- a/webview-sample/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/webview-sample/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
             "stopOnEntry": false,
             "sourceMaps": true,
             "outDir": "${workspaceRoot}/out/src",
-            "preLaunchTask": "npm"
+            "preLaunchTask": "npm: watch"
         }
     ]
 }
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diff --git a/webview-sample/.vscode/settings.json b/webview-sample/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe4def97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webview-sample/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "typescript.tsc.autoDetect": "off"
+}
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diff --git a/webview-sample/.vscode/tasks.json b/webview-sample/.vscode/tasks.json
index ab90a436..604e38f5 100644
--- a/webview-sample/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/webview-sample/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -1,28 +1,20 @@
-// Available variables which can be used inside of strings.
-// ${workspaceRoot}: the root folder of the team
-// ${file}: the current opened file
-// ${fileBasename}: the current opened file's basename
-// ${fileDirname}: the current opened file's dirname
-// ${fileExtname}: the current opened file's extension
-// ${cwd}: the current working directory of the spawned process
-// A task runner that calls a custom npm script that compiles the extension.
+// See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
+// for the documentation about the tasks.json format
 {
-    "version": "0.1.0",
-    // we want to run npm
-    "command": "npm",
-    // the command is a shell script
-    "isShellCommand": true,
-    // show the output window only if unrecognized errors occur.
-    "showOutput": "silent",
-    // we run the custom script "compile" as defined in package.json
-    "args": [
-        "run",
-        "compile",
-        "--loglevel",
-        "silent"
-    ],
-    // The tsc compiler is started in watching mode
-    "isWatching": true,
-    // use the standard tsc in watch mode problem matcher to find compile problems in the output.
-    "problemMatcher": "$tsc-watch"
+    "version": "2.0.0",
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "type": "npm",
+            "script": "watch",
+            "problemMatcher": "$tsc-watch",
+            "isBackground": true,
+            "presentation": {
+                "reveal": "never"
+            },
+            "group": {
+                "kind": "build",
+                "isDefault": true
+            }
+        }
+    ]
 }
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