PowerShell Integrated Console does't start: Running the contributed command: 'PowerShell.ShowSessionMenu' failed.

[theCoffeeProject]

Issue Description

The PowerShell Integrated Console does not start at all. The problem occurs with every single start of VS Code on my system. So I didn't manage to get the PowerShell Integrated Console running once. There is a notification saying:

Running the contributed command: 'PowerShell.ShowSessionMenu' failed.

Screenshot

I have test the PowerShell and the PowerShell Preview extension seperatly and the problem occurs with both.

This is a fresh portable installation of Visual Studio Code with (only) the PowerShell extension. Although I have also tested the global installation of Visual Studio Code on my Windows system. I deleted the directories %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Code and %USERPROFILE%\.vscode in advance to reset VS Code. The results were the same as with the portable version.

I have added all required and some extra information down below according to the template. Please tell me if I can provide any more useful information!

Attached Logs

.\VSCode-win32-x64-1.53.2\data\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2020.6.0\logs\1613468378-ed04d92c-7e5f-45a0-bfa3-6a2d61483c0c1613468364188:

EditorServices.log
StartEditorServices.log
vscode-powershell.log

Output of the PowerShell Integrated Console in Visual Studio Code:

Output.txt

Environment Information

Visual Studio Code

Name	Version
Operating System	Windows_NT x64 10.0.17763
VSCode	1.53.2
PowerShell Extension Version	2020.6.0

Installation directory (portable mode)

|- VSCode-win32-x64-1.53.2
|   |- Code.exe
|   |- data
|   |   |- user-data
|   |   |   |- ...
|   |   |- extensions
|   |   |   |- ...
|   |- ...

PowerShell Information

Name	Value
PSVersion	5.1.17763.1490
PSEdition	Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions	1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.1.17763.1490
BuildVersion	10.0.17763.1490
CLRVersion	4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion	3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion	2.3
SerializationVersion	1.1.0.1

Visual Studio Code Extensions

Tested with both, the PowerShell and the PowerShell Preview extension seperatly.

Test 1

Extension	Author	Version
powershell	ms-vscode	2020.6.0

Test 2

Extension	Author	Version
powershell-preview	ms-vscode	2020.9.0

[theCoffeeProject]

I just noticed that somebody created an issue about the exact same problem right before me (#3186), but I hope the additional information I provided is still useful.

[GuruGarrett]

I have found I can temporarily resolve the issue on my system by deleting the contents of the following directory, then it will work once:

%AppData%\Code - Insiders\User\workspaceStorage

If I close VS Code or kill the terminal, I need to clear that directory again. For anyone else with this issue, it is a temporary workaround at least.

[andyleejordan]

I can repro this locally, so I'll try to get this sorted out.

[andyleejordan]

@GuruGarrett Can you confirm that this repros with the latest preview extension? I'm trying to repro it under the debugger (and so with the preview extension) and haven't seen it yet. About to try installing the preview instead of building it.

Edit: Nevermind, repro'd fairly quickly with the preview. Now just to get it to happen with the debugger.

[andyleejordan]

@GuruGarrett and @theCoffeeProject, can you please try to repro with the extension I've zipped and attached to this comment? It's built off the latest master, which means it has a few package updates since the most recent preview extension. I can't seem to repro with this build, which explains why I couldn't repro under the debugger (I was launching with this freshly built package). I installed it manually (so removing the debugger from the equation) and still couldn't repro. 🤞

PowerShell-insiders.zip

Uninstall your current PowerShell extension, unzip this, and then install the VSIX within it via code --install-extension .\PowerShell-insiders.vsix.

[GuruGarrett]

Thanks for your fast response in trying to solve this.

I get an error with that build of the extension saying could not start language service. The (slightly redacted) logs it displays are below.

2/16/2021 8:39:13 PM [NORMAL] - Visual Studio Code v1.54.0-insider 64-bit
2/16/2021 8:39:13 PM [NORMAL] - PowerShell Preview Extension v2020.9.0
2/16/2021 8:39:13 PM [NORMAL] - Operating System: Windows 64-bit
2/16/2021 8:39:13 PM [NORMAL] - Language server starting --
2/16/2021 8:39:13 PM [NORMAL] -     PowerShell executable: C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
2/16/2021 8:39:13 PM [NORMAL] -     PowerShell args: -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command Import-Module 'c:\Users\redacted\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-preview-2020.9.0\modules\PowerShellEditorServices\PowerShellEditorServices.psd1'; Start-EditorServices -HostName 'Visual Studio Code Host' -HostProfileId 'Microsoft.VSCode' -HostVersion '2020.9.0' -AdditionalModules @('PowerShellEditorServices.VSCode') -BundledModulesPath 'c:\Users\redacted\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-preview-2020.9.0\modules' -EnableConsoleRepl -StartupBanner '=====> PowerShell Preview Integrated Console v2020.9.0 <=====
' -LogLevel 'Normal' -LogPath 'c:\Users\redacted\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-preview-2020.9.0\logs\1613529553-5a5819fd-c90a-44da-b858-ff85bfaf85711613529551509\EditorServices.log' -SessionDetailsPath 'c:\Users\redacted\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-preview-2020.9.0\sessions\PSES-VSCode-25012-829905' -FeatureFlags @() 
2/16/2021 8:39:13 PM [NORMAL] -     PowerShell Editor Services args: Import-Module 'c:\Users\redacted\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-preview-2020.9.0\modules\PowerShellEditorServices\PowerShellEditorServices.psd1'; Start-EditorServices -HostName 'Visual Studio Code Host' -HostProfileId 'Microsoft.VSCode' -HostVersion '2020.9.0' -AdditionalModules @('PowerShellEditorServices.VSCode') -BundledModulesPath 'c:\Users\redacted\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-preview-2020.9.0\modules' -EnableConsoleRepl -StartupBanner '=====> PowerShell Preview Integrated Console v2020.9.0 <=====
' -LogLevel 'Normal' -LogPath 'c:\Users\redacted\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-preview-2020.9.0\logs\1613529553-5a5819fd-c90a-44da-b858-ff85bfaf85711613529551509\EditorServices.log' -SessionDetailsPath 'c:\Users\redacted\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-preview-2020.9.0\sessions\PSES-VSCode-25012-829905' -FeatureFlags @() 
2/16/2021 8:39:13 PM [NORMAL] - powershell.exe started.
2/16/2021 8:39:13 PM [NORMAL] - Waiting for session file
2/16/2021 8:39:15 PM [NORMAL] - Session file found
2/16/2021 8:39:15 PM [NORMAL] - Registering terminal close callback
2/16/2021 8:39:15 PM [NORMAL] - Registering terminal PID log callback
2/16/2021 8:39:15 PM [NORMAL] - powershell.exe PID: 14224
2/16/2021 8:39:15 PM [NORMAL] - Language server started.
2/16/2021 8:39:15 PM [NORMAL] - {"status":"started","languageServiceTransport":"NamedPipe","languageServicePipeName":"\\\\.\\pipe\\PSES_x1js0zil.wyy","debugServiceTransport":"NamedPipe","debugServicePipeName":"\\\\.\\pipe\\PSES_pcyuj5yi.fm2"}
2/16/2021 8:39:15 PM [NORMAL] - Connecting to language service on pipe \\.\pipe\PSES_x1js0zil.wyy...
2/16/2021 8:39:15 PM [NORMAL] - Language service connected.
2/16/2021 8:39:15 PM [ERROR] - Could not start language service: 
2/16/2021 8:39:15 PM [ERROR] - Error: Connection to server got closed. Server will not be restarted.