amend to fix for #48806

extensions/npm/package.json

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
   "activationEvents": [
     "onCommand:workbench.action.tasks.runTask",
     "onLanguage:json",
-    "onView:npm"
+    "onView:npm",
+    "workspaceContains:**/package.json"
   ],
   "contributes": {
     "views": {

extensions/npm/src/main.ts

@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ async function registerExplorer(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 	if (vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders) {
 		let treeDataProvider = vscode.window.registerTreeDataProvider('npm', new NpmScriptsTreeDataProvider(context));
 		context.subscriptions.push(treeDataProvider);
+		updateExplorerVisibility();
 	}
-	updateExplorerVisibility();
 }
 
 function configureHttpRequest() {