Zig: Run Zig command fails to launch in Windows Powershell

[xyx0826]

On Windows, the Zig: Run Zig command attempts to invoke a command line in Powershell. This command fails for the following:

PS C:\[redacted]> "c:\[pathto]\zig.exe" run "c:\[pathto]\main.zig"
At line:1 char:113
+ ... age\ziglang.vscode-zig\zig\windows-x86_64-0.13.0\zig.exe" run "c:\Use ...
+                                                               ~~~
Unexpected token 'run' in expression or statement.
    + CategoryInfo          : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnexpectedToken

A workaround I've found is to start the command line with an ampersand, &, known as the Powershell call operator.

PS C:\[redacted]> & "c:\[pathto]\zig.exe" run "c:\[pathto]\main.zig"
Hello, World!

[nurpax]

Works for me though. Here's what I see in the Terminal output when invoking Zig: Run Zig:

PS C:\Users\janne\dev\aoc2024\rest_of_days> C:\Users\janne\scoop\shims\zig.EXE build run

[xyx0826]

Your path to zig doesn't have quotes. I just tried running my command without quotes and it worked without ampersand. Not sure what the logic is for adding quotes though.

[jlopezr]

Same issue here... the problem is when the path contains spaces. In my case "c:\Users\j_lop\AppData\Roaming\Code - Insiders\User\globalStorage\ziglang.vscode-zig\zig\windows-x86_64-0.13.0\zig.exe".

One workaround is to set in vsc the default terminal profile to command prompt.