Also reported here: https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/issues/11896

The easiest solution for you is to re-run the Windows installer. You can point it to an existing copy of ESP-IDF (v5.1) so the download won't take extra time.

Are you using the official Vscode plugin from https://github.com/espressif/vscode-esp-idf-extension? There is an "SDK Configuration editor" option which replaces "idf.py menuconfig". Probably that is why windows curses is not installed. Here is an installation guide to help you: https://github.com/e...

Have you run "idf.py build" successfully? Maybe check the logs from there first.

The documentation refers to the text flash_args files. Notice that there are no file extension used there. You are using the JSON file, so the formatting is wrong.

Please switch the documentation to the version of ESP-IDF you are using. These commands were added only recently. If you are on an older ESP-IDF then the documentation will reveal the previous way to invoke the coredump tools.

"9" is not a proper port name. Ports start with "COM" on Windows. So it should be something like COM9, but most probably COM3 or COM4. You can check this in your Device manager and see which one appears when you connect your device.

Have you seen https://github.com/espressif/idf-eclips ... hrough-usb?

The image shows the "Flash over" option.

If you prefer to use vscode then please follow the instructions on this page: https://github.com/espressif/vscode-esp-idf-extension, especially https://github.com/espressif/vscode-esp ... install.md.