VSCode Typescript Version and linter not working

On Visual Studio code IDE I had the following issues:

• The TypeScript version at the bottom right of the screen was not showing.
• Linter not working for any of my projects.
• "Typescript : Select Typescript Version" setting was missing from the command palette

This is after trying the suggestions from other stackoverflow articles:

• How to force VSCode to use locally installed TypeScript

And lastly attempting to follow along with VSCodes documentation in order to attempt to fix the problem.

• https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/typescript/typescript-compiling

Installing typescript globally did not rectify this issue either.