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Terminal process failed to launch #311370

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@sminu16

Type: Bug

The terminal process failed to launch: A native exception occurred during launch (Cannot launch conpty). Winpty has been removed, see https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_109#_removal-of-winpty-support for more details. You can also try enabling the terminal.integrated.windowsUseConptyDll setting.

VS Code version: Code 1.116.0 (560a9db, 2026-04-15T00:28:13Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.14393
Modes:

System Info
Item Value
CPUs Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8259CL CPU @ 2.50GHz (4 x 2500)
GPU Status 2d_canvas: unavailable_software
GPU0: VENDOR= 0x1414, DEVICE=0x008c [Microsoft Basic Render Driver], DRIVER_VENDOR=Google, DRIVER_VERSION=10.0.14393.9060
GPU1: VENDOR= 0x1414, DEVICE=0x008c [Microsoft Basic Render Driver], DRIVER_VERSION=10.0.14393.9060
Machine model name:
Machine model version:
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: disabled_software
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: disabled_off
rasterization: disabled_software
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
skia_graphite: disabled_off
trees_in_viz: disabled_off
video_decode: disabled_software
video_encode: disabled_software
webgl: unavailable_software
webgl2: unavailable_software
webgpu: unavailable_software
webnn: unavailable_software
Load (avg) undefined
Memory (System) 15.82GB (9.52GB free)
Process Argv --crash-reporter-id fcfad097-d153-4f67-b100-9e7888c9beb7
Screen Reader yes
VM 0%
Extensions (5)
Extension Author (truncated) Version
copilot-chat Git 0.44.2
gitlens eam 17.12.1
rainbow-csv mec 3.24.1
theme-monokai-pro-vscode mon 2.0.13
playwright ms- 1.1.17
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