From b33271f4c315a463bcc0e24328ef5ee0ce41050e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lior <liorshalmay1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 23:52:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fixed bug in issue #1709

---
 src/extension.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index e4764ebf..de9693bd 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
             const usingBundledArduinoCli = arduinoContextModule.default.arduinoApp.settings.usingBundledArduinoCli;
 
             // Ask the user to switch to the bundled Arduino CLI if we can't resolve the specified path.
-            if (!usingBundledArduinoCli && (!arduinoPath || !validateArduinoPath(arduinoPath, useArduinoCli))) {
+            if (!usingBundledArduinoCli && !useArduinoCli && (!arduinoPath || !validateArduinoPath(arduinoPath, useArduinoCli))) {
                 Logger.traceError("InvalidArduinoPath", new Error(constants.messages.INVALID_ARDUINO_PATH));
                 await askSwitchToBundledCli(constants.messages.INVALID_ARDUINO_PATH + " " + constants.messages.SWITCH_TO_BUNDLED_CLI);
             } else if (!commandPath || !util.fileExistsSync(commandPath)) {