vscode: externalConsole cant be opend anymore
Type: Bug
Since the update from today, vscode cant launch the external console on windows anymore.
Error
The following argument was not expected: /c Run with --help for more information.
OK
I didnt change anything, so the paths are still to the normal cmd.exe etc.
VS Code version: Code 1.86.0 (05047486b6df5eb8d44b2ecd70ea3bdf775fd937, 2024-01-31T10:28:19.990Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631 Modes:
System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | Intel® Xeon® W-11855M CPU @ 3.20GHz (12 x 3187) |
| GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled |
| Load (avg) | undefined |
| Memory (System) | 31.20GB (20.61GB free) |
| Process Argv | –crash-reporter-id 3d4f82e6-876d-4a51-a2f5-ceaad9319641 |
| Screen Reader | no |
| VM | 0% |
Extensions (15)
| Extension | Author (truncated) | Version |
|---|---|---|
| vscode-eslint | dba | 2.4.4 |
| gpt-commit | Dmy | 1.0.5 |
| copilot | Git | 1.156.0 |
| copilot-chat | Git | 0.12.0 |
| vscode-clangd | llv | 0.1.26 |
| csharp | ms- | 2.15.30 |
| vscode-dotnet-runtime | ms- | 2.0.1 |
| cmake-tools | ms- | 1.16.32 |
| cpptools | ms- | 1.18.5 |
| cpptools-extension-pack | ms- | 1.3.0 |
| prettyxml | Pra | 4.1.1 |
| vscode-xml | red | 0.26.1 |
| LiveServer | rit | 5.7.9 |
| vs-code-prettier-eslint | rve | 5.1.0 |
| cmake | twx | 0.0.17 |
(1 theme extensions excluded)
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About this issue
- Original URL
- State: closed
- Created 5 months ago
- Reactions: 2
- Comments: 20 (3 by maintainers)
the problem is this - vs code runs
wt.exe -d C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe /c ""c:\Users\paulm\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.cpptools-1.18.5-win32-x64\debugAdapters\vsdbg\bin\VsDebugConsole.exe" "\\.\pipe\Microsoft-VisualStudio-Debug-Console-{69E7F460-A1FB-47CC-A7A3-F0C2539DC35B}" "Local\{69E7F460-A1FB-47CC-A7A3-F0C2539DC35B}" "/AutoExit" & pause"wt.exe is reading the /c as an argument to it, the whole string after -d needs to be quoted, so that cmd reads it not wt
This issue is same as issue#204039.
Did the same and can confirm its definitely an issue with 1.86 🤣