installation on Windows & VS Code not working (Remote Containers extension does not exist; VS Code does not find git)

So I'm abandoning the classic CleanIDE in favour of Windows + VS Code to have access to the state-of-art iTask repository. I follow the instructions in the README.md:

  1. Install docker for you operating system/architecture [done]
  2. When using Linux... [no]
  3. Install VSCode [already installed, done]
  4. Install the Remote - Containers visual studio code extension. [there is no such extension available in VS Code; best approximation: "Dev Containers" (by Microsoft), "Remote Development" (by Microsoft), "Remote Explorer" (by Microsoft). I have installed those]
  5. Open the folder containing this project in VSCode, click the icon at the bottom-left corner of the screen [in VS Code, open folder containing this README.md, no need to click the icon because VS Code proceeds with "Reopen in container"]
  6. Select "Reopen in container" [confirm]

VS Code reports that it starts Dev Container and starting server, but then reports the error message that Git can't be found:

VS_Code_Git_not_found

Git is installed. In VS Code, I add the path to git.exe via menu command 'File:Preferences:Settings:Extensions:Git':

VS_Code_settings_git_path

Save, reopen VS Code, following step 4 above. Unfortunately, this does not remove the error report.

Help is appreciated :-)