PowerShell won't start in VSCode

[devedse]

Issue Type: Bug

For some reason I can't use PowerShell inside vscode anymore. It just says "Loading the PowerShell extension is taking longer than expected". I've tried to reinstall the PowerShell extension and also VSCode. But none of these steps fixed it.

The issue happens whenever I open VSCode and try to do anything with a PowerShell file. (E.g. run it)

Anyway, when I first start VSCode this error shows up:

The terminal process "C:\Users\devedse\.dotnet\tools\pwsh.exe '-NoProfile', '-NonInteractive', '-ExecutionPolicy', 'Bypass', '-Command', 'Import-Module 'c:\Users\devedse\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\modules\PowerShellEditorServices\PowerShellEditorServices.psd1'; Start-EditorServices -HostName 'Visual Studio Code Host' -HostProfileId 'Microsoft.VSCode' -HostVersion '2020.6.0' -AdditionalModules @('PowerShellEditorServices.VSCode') -BundledModulesPath 'c:\Users\devedse\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\modules' -EnableConsoleRepl -StartupBanner "=====> PowerShell Integrated Console v2020.6.0 <=====
" -LogLevel 'Normal' -LogPath 'c:\Users\devedse\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\logs\1595937929-6615e5c2-13e0-4ed4-855a-50639ff76d871595937927968\EditorServices.log' -SessionDetailsPath 'c:\Users\devedse\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\sessions\PSES-VSCode-21592-527545' -FeatureFlags @() '" terminated with exit code: 1.

Here's the files mentioned in C:\Users\devedse\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\logs\1593015143-28af1fd9-3db7-4b8f-b7e9-83453c652a221593015141446\

EditorServices.log:

2020-06-24 18:12:27.026 +02:00 [INF] PowerShell runtime version: 5.1.18362.752, edition: Desktop
2020-06-24 18:12:27.831 +02:00 [INF] highlight handler loaded

StartEditorServices.log: (It's empty)

vscode-powershell.log:

24/06/2020 18:12:23 [NORMAL] - Language server starting --
24/06/2020 18:12:23 [NORMAL] -     PowerShell args: -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command Import-Module 'c:\Users\devedse\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\modules\PowerShellEditorServices\PowerShellEditorServices.psd1'; Start-EditorServices -HostName 'Visual Studio Code Host' -HostProfileId 'Microsoft.VSCode' -HostVersion '2020.6.0' -AdditionalModules @('PowerShellEditorServices.VSCode') -BundledModulesPath 'c:\Users\devedse\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\modules' -EnableConsoleRepl -StartupBanner "=====> PowerShell Integrated Console v2020.6.0 <=====
" -LogLevel 'Normal' -LogPath 'c:\Users\devedse\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\logs\1593015143-28af1fd9-3db7-4b8f-b7e9-83453c652a221593015141446\EditorServices.log' -SessionDetailsPath 'c:\Users\devedse\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\sessions\PSES-VSCode-18556-120503' -FeatureFlags @() 
24/06/2020 18:12:23 [NORMAL] -     PowerShell executable: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
24/06/2020 18:12:23 [NORMAL] -     PowerShell Editor Services args: Import-Module 'c:\Users\devedse\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\modules\PowerShellEditorServices\PowerShellEditorServices.psd1'; Start-EditorServices -HostName 'Visual Studio Code Host' -HostProfileId 'Microsoft.VSCode' -HostVersion '2020.6.0' -AdditionalModules @('PowerShellEditorServices.VSCode') -BundledModulesPath 'c:\Users\devedse\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\modules' -EnableConsoleRepl -StartupBanner "=====> PowerShell Integrated Console v2020.6.0 <=====
" -LogLevel 'Normal' -LogPath 'c:\Users\devedse\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\logs\1593015143-28af1fd9-3db7-4b8f-b7e9-83453c652a221593015141446\EditorServices.log' -SessionDetailsPath 'c:\Users\devedse\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\sessions\PSES-VSCode-18556-120503' -FeatureFlags @() 
24/06/2020 18:12:23 [NORMAL] - powershell.exe started.
24/06/2020 18:12:23 [NORMAL] - Waiting for session file
24/06/2020 18:12:25 [NORMAL] - Session file found
24/06/2020 18:12:25 [NORMAL] - Registering terminal close callback
24/06/2020 18:12:25 [NORMAL] - Registering terminal PID log callback
24/06/2020 18:12:25 [NORMAL] - {"status":"started","languageServiceTransport":"NamedPipe","languageServicePipeName":"\\\\.\\pipe\\PSES_bw0u3xdz.c3c","debugServiceTransport":"NamedPipe","debugServicePipeName":"\\\\.\\pipe\\PSES_k3plnz52.ng3"}
24/06/2020 18:12:25 [NORMAL] - Connecting to language service on pipe \\.\pipe\PSES_bw0u3xdz.c3c...
24/06/2020 18:12:25 [NORMAL] - Language service connected.
24/06/2020 18:12:25 [NORMAL] - Language server started.
24/06/2020 18:12:25 [NORMAL] - powershell.exe PID: 24456
24/06/2020 18:13:32 [NORMAL] - powershell.exe terminated or terminal UI was closed

I looked at similar issues too, but found no resolution:
#1673

VS Code version: Code 1.47.2 (17299e413d5590b14ab0340ea477cdd86ff13daf, 2020-07-15T18:22:06.216Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.18363

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz (12 x 2592)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled flash_3d: enabled flash_stage3d: enabled flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on oop_rasterization: disabled_off protected_video_decode: enabled rasterization: enabled skia_renderer: disabled_off_ok video_decode: enabled viz_display_compositor: enabled_on viz_hit_test_surface_layer: disabled_off_ok webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	31.90GB (18.01GB free)
Process Argv	C:\XGit\TestRepo
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (12)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
azure-blockchain	AzB	1.5.0
terraform	has	2.1.1
solidity	Jua	0.0.74
vscode-azureterraform	ms-	0.3.1
vscode-cosmosdb	ms-	0.14.0
vscode-docker	ms-	1.4.1
python	ms-	2020.7.96456
remote-wsl	ms-	0.44.4
azure-account	ms-	0.8.11
powershell	ms-	2020.6.0
vsliveshare	ms-	1.0.2478
vetur	oct	0.25.0

[TylerLeonhardt]

Are you running as admin by chance?

[devedse]

@TylerLeonhardt , it fails both when I run it as Administrator and as normal user.

[thenecroscope]

I've been having this exact same issue on one of my work test servers for a while now and I could never get to the bottom of the issue.

The server in question is a 2012 R2 machine, so quite old.

Everything works fine with Powershell 7.0/7.1, as soon as switch to Powershell 5.1 the system is unable to load the module. I've tried the latest Preview Powershell extension same issue (2020.7.0). The only way I managed to fix this after trying uninstalling, deleting VS cache, trying different versions of VS, trying different user profiles was to downgrade the Powershell extension to 2020.1.0 and now both 5.1 and 7.1 are working for me.

Running as Admin or non admin, same issue.

[rjmholt]

as soon as switch to Powershell 5.1 the system is unable to load the module

Is there an error message when it fails? What's the .NET version on the machine?

[thenecroscope]

Thank you. Details to follow shortly once I'm properly back online.

[devedse]

It seems both issues differ a little though since I'm having the issue with the latest PowerShell version too. Do you guys need any additional information to further investigate this? (Or do you want to setup a call?)

[thenecroscope]

Thanks. At the minute I'm struggling a bit to get access to the server in question. Once I get back online I will try and include some additional information that will help you out. Updates to follow.... Thanks again 👍

[nelswad]

I had the same issue where PowerShell 7 works but Windows PowerShell 5.1 did not. I noticed the problem when I realized PSScriptAnalyzer wasn't worked as expected in PS7. Tried to change to WinPS and the prompt never came up.

What fixed the problem for me was opening the folder where my PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1 file was located. Don't think it was completely necessary to open this specific folder, but it cleared the error about having a null or empty workspaceRootPath.

Now both PS7 and WinPS work no problem. Even after closing the folder, I am unable to duplicate the problem.

[devedse]

When I start PowerShell in cmd then I'm also at version 5.1:

Name             : ConsoleHost
Version          : 5.1.18362.752
InstanceId       : 421d9d82-64e8-47e3-b92f-2d0120d071f8
UI               : System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserInterface
CurrentCulture   : en-US
CurrentUICulture : en-US
PrivateData      : Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost+ConsoleColorProxy
DebuggerEnabled  : True
IsRunspacePushed : False
Runspace         : System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalRunspace