Cannot create process, error code 740

[PhilMEFL]

Issue Type: Bug

As soon I install the Powershell extension, I get the message The terminal process failed to launch: A native exception occurred during launch (Cannot create process, error code: 740).

Extension version: 2020.6.0
VS Code version: Code 1.47.3 (91899dcef7b8110878ea59626991a18c8a6a1b3e, 2020-07-23T13:12:49.994Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19041

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3687U CPU @ 2.10GHz (4 x 2594)
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: unavailable_off protected_video_decode: unavailable_off rasterization: unavailable_off skia_renderer: disabled_off_ok video_decode: enabled viz_display_compositor: enabled_on viz_hit_test_surface_layer: disabled_off_ok webgl: enabled webgl2: unavailable_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	7.87GB (0.90GB free)
Process Argv
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

[SydneyhSmith]

Thanks @PhilMEFL it would be really helpful if you could also attach the logs--instructions for how to do that are here

[rjmholt]

In addition to the logs, any extra info about where you see this error and how would be useful. The most useful is a screenshot or a gif of the error occurring and the full text of it.

[asdgfdf329329]

i'm getting the same error, too

[rjmholt]

i'm getting the same error, too

Please see the comments above. We need more information to help you

This issue is being closed as inactive, if this issue is still occurring it will be re-opened

[BestUsernameEver2]

Hi,
While I can't speak for OP, I can say that this is currently happening for me. Just got Visual Studio Code today since PowerShell ISE doesn't support powershell 7 by default.
It happens only when I'm running Visual Studio Code as a standard user. If I run Visual Studio Code with administrative rights, it works fine, which is not ideal.
Also, is your ms-vscode.powershell extension supposed to be a Preview? Because that's what it's set to. You have two 'Preview' powershell extensions of different versions, but no production/non-preview extension. The second one is ms-vscode.powershell-preview.
I tried installing 2020.4.0 of ms-vscode.powershell but still get the "Cannot create process, error code: 740" error

I'll get some logs tomorrow and e-mail those to vscode-powershell@microsoft.com and run procmon on VSC to see what it's getting hung up on.