Exception encountered starting EditorServices

[Daniel-Gull]

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Summary

I get this error message when I open an empty file named xxx.ps1 in VSCode.

PowerShell Version

Name             : ConsoleHost
Version          : 5.1.19041.3570
InstanceId       : d8ee5b8a-20a6-4d8b-9adc-e1dbbf1133e8
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

Visual Studio Code Version

PS C:\Users\username> code --version
1.95.3
f1a4fb101478ce6ec82fe9627c43efbf9e98c813
x64

Extension Version

PS C:\Users\username> code --list-extensions --show-versions | Select-String powershell
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Steps to Reproduce

drag and drop an empty file with the name "xxx.ps1" into VS Code with the above referred PowerShell extension from Microsoft

Visuals

No response

Logs

Exception encountered starting EditorServices. Exception logged in C:__w\1\s\src\PowerShellEditorServices.Hosting\Commands\StartEditorServicesCommand.cs on line 239 in EndProcessing:
System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILoggerFactory Serilog.SerilogLoggerFactoryExtensions.AddSerilog(Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILoggerFactory, Serilog.ILogger, Boolean)'.
at Microsoft.PowerShell.EditorServices.Hosting.EditorServicesServerFactory.Create(String logDirectoryPath, Int32 minimumLogLevel, IObservable1 hostLogger) at Microsoft.PowerShell.EditorServices.Hosting.EditorServicesRunner..ctor(HostLogger logger, EditorServicesConfig config, ISessionFileWriter sessionFileWriter, IReadOnlyCollection1 loggersToUnsubscribe)
at Microsoft.PowerShell.EditorServices.Hosting.EditorServicesLoader.LoadAndRunEditorServicesAsync()
at Microsoft.PowerShell.EditorServices.Commands.StartEditorServicesCommand.EndProcessing()

11/30/2024 7:43:16 AM [NORMAL] - Visual Studio Code: v1.95.3 64-bit on Windows 64-bit

11/30/2024 7:43:16 AM [NORMAL] - PowerShell Extension: v2024.4.0

11/30/2024 7:43:16 AM [NORMAL] - Starting 'Windows PowerShell (x86)' at: C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

11/30/2024 7:43:16 AM [NORMAL] - PowerShell process started with PID: 15696

11/30/2024 7:43:33 AM [WARNING] - PowerShell process terminated or Extension Terminal was closed, PID: 15696

11/30/2024 7:43:33 AM [ERROR] - Extension Terminal is undefined.

11/30/2024 7:43:33 AM [ERROR] - PowerShell Language Server process didn't start!

[JustinGrote]

Thanks for the report! Try the latest extension preview, we have removed serilog which causes these conflicts. If you also use PowerShell 7, that should resolve the issue as well.

[JustinGrote]

Dupe of #5084