The terminal process command 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe' failed to launch (exit code: 2)

[Seng-Jik]

• VSCode Version:
  Version: 1.28.2 (system setup)
  Commit: 7f3ce96
  Date: 2018-10-17T00:23:51.859Z
  Electron: 2.0.9
  Chrome: 61.0.3163.100
  Node.js: 8.9.3
  V8: 6.1.534.41
  Architecture: x64

• OS Version:10.0.17134.345

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open VSCode
2. Open a folder
3. Ctrl + Shift + `
4. Error Message:The terminal process command 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe' failed to launch (exit code: 2)

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

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• vscode c file outline not working (#61933)

[Tyriar]

Are you on a locked down machine? You should also try the user installer instead of the system installer https://code.visualstudio.com/Download

[Seng-Jik]

Are you on a locked down machine? You should also try the user installer instead of the system installer https://code.visualstudio.com/Download

I has installed VSCode with user installer,but terminal not works too.

Message:
The terminal process command 'C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe' failed to launch (exit code: 2)

[Tyriar]

is this a personal machine or managed by your organization?

[Seng-Jik]

is this a personal machine or managed by your organization?

Yes,it is my personal machine.

[Tyriar]

Does it work when you switch to powershell? https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/integrated-terminal#_windows

[Seng-Jik]

Does it work when you switch to powershell? https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/integrated-terminal#_windows

The terminal process command 'C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe' failed to launch (exit code: 2)

[Tyriar]

I'm a bit stumped on this one, hopefully it will be fixed by changing the way we create the process which will likely land in 1.31 #45693

[Seng-Jik]

Thanks.

[faridrafati]

Thanks.

Just remove deleted files from your work space in vs code it works for me

[c10udg0d]

I also had this issue, because I renamed one of the folders leading to a workspace.

Check to see in the Workspace explorer if there's a "!" symbol next to any of the workspaces' names. If so, just remove the Workspace and add it again.

Hope this helps.

Anyway, this shouldn't prevent the Terminal from being launched, unless you're trying to open the terminal in the directory of the workspace with the error (and even then, it should give a proper error, not "Exit Code 2")

I'm using:
Version: 1.31.0-insider (system setup)
Commit: e02e44464c02d617b98d0a3265bf5efef7794436
Date: 2018-12-21T06:22:58.579Z
Electron: 3.0.10
Chrome: 66.0.3359.181
Node.js: 10.2.0
V8: 6.6.346.32
OS: Windows_NT ia32 6.3.9600)