Unable to load PowerShell

[toniino38]

Hello,

I am facing an issue with PowerShell.

Here my logs (verbose mode) :

02/04/2019 09:19:45 [NORMAL] - Path specified by 'powerShellExePath' setting - '' - not found, reverting to default PowerShell path.
02/04/2019 09:19:45 [NORMAL] - Language server starting --
02/04/2019 09:19:45 [NORMAL] -     args: C:\Users\XXX\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-1.12.0\modules\PowerShellEditorServices\Start-EditorServices.ps1 -HostName 'Visual Studio Code Host' -HostProfileId 'Microsoft.VSCode' -HostVersion '1.12.0' -AdditionalModules @('PowerShellEditorServices.VSCode') -BundledModulesPath 'C:\Users\XXX\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-1.12.0\modules' -EnableConsoleRepl -LogLevel 'Verbose' -LogPath 'C:\Users\XXX\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-1.12.0\logs\1554189585-9fb7402d-29cb-486d-a08d-f0ba3cdfc77d1554189581112\EditorServices.log' -SessionDetailsPath 'C:\Users\XXX\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-1.12.0\sessions\PSES-VSCode-12272-277559' -FeatureFlags @()
02/04/2019 09:19:45 [NORMAL] -     exe: C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
02/04/2019 09:19:47 [NORMAL] - powershell.exe terminated or terminal UI was closed
02/04/2019 09:21:46 [NORMAL] - Language server startup failed.
02/04/2019 09:21:46 [ERROR] - The language service could not be started: 
02/04/2019 09:21:46 [ERROR] - Timed out waiting for session file to appear.

VScode version :

1.32.3
a3db5be9b5c6ba46bb7555ec5d60178ecc2eaae4
x64

Extensions :

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PSversiontable :

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.17763.316
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.17763.316
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

Thanks a lot !

[toniino38]

I downgraded on 1.11.0 and everything's working well.
There is a bug with 1.12.0 my colleague is in the same situation.

[SydneyhSmith]

@toniino38 thanks for reporting this, we are looking into the issue, Is the device you are using, restricted or locked down in anyway, for example with Group Policy?

[TylerLeonhardt]

To add to @SydneyhSmith's response... could it be an anti virus software? We've gotten similar issues: #1831

[toniino38]

We have no restrictions by GPO, however we have Bitdefender as antivirus software, I'll tried to get a laptop in the same configuration without antivirus installed to check it.

[toniino38]

I tried with and without BitDefender on a brand-new laptop and it works. I don't know why the extension doesn't work on our laptops :(

[rjmholt]

Looks like #1831, which has had a fix merged and will be in the next release.

Deduplicating this issue to #1831. If it turns out to be a different problem, we can reopen.

[hvCoder2k18]

I also had a similar issue last week. Besides, run selection would also not work.

To resolve this, I tried reinstalling vscode, reinstalling powershell extension in vain.

Finally, went into the powershell extension settings and found the path for powershell.powerShellExePath to be empty. Once I defined a path to powershell.exe there everything started working again

[TylerLeonhardt]

@hvCoder2k18 thanks!

That issue should be fixed in the next preview as we are removing that setting for something better.