Unable to start PowerShell extension on Windows without PS 6+ installed

[mohammedha]

Hi there,

After the the extension upgrade to 2019.9.0, I started to get the following error

30/09/2019 11:02:49 [NORMAL] - Visual Studio Code v1.38.1 64-bit
30/09/2019 11:02:49 [NORMAL] - PowerShell Extension v2019.9.0
30/09/2019 11:02:49 [NORMAL] - Operating System: Windows 64-bit
30/09/2019 11:02:49 [NORMAL] - Path specified by 'powerShellExePath' setting - '' - not found, reverting to default PowerShell path.
30/09/2019 11:03:15 [ERROR] - <ConsoleFeature>: Unable to instantiate; language client undefined.

Installed the previous version 2019.5 and was able to load the integrated terminal and run PS cmdlets

VERBOSE: 
#-- Console Encoding ---------------------------------------------------------
VERBOSE: System.Text.ASCIIEncoding
VERBOSE: 
#-- Updated PSModulePath to: -------------------------------------------------
VERBOSE: C:\Users\mohamed\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules
VERBOSE: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules
VERBOSE: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules
VERBOSE: c:\Users\mohamed\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2019.5.0\modules
VERBOSE: 
#-- Check required modules available -----------------------------------------
VERBOSE: Testing module availability PowerShellGet 
VERBOSE: Populating RepositorySourceLocation property for module PowerShellGet.
VERBOSE: Loading module from path 'C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\2.2\PSModule.psm1'.
VERBOSE: Populating RepositorySourceLocation property for module PowerShellGet.
VERBOSE: Loading module from path 'C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\2.1.4\PSModule.psm1'.
VERBOSE: Populating RepositorySourceLocation property for module PowerShellGet.
VERBOSE: Loading module from path 'C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\2.0.4\PSModule.psm1'.
VERBOSE: Loading module from path 'C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1'.
VERBOSE: PowerShellGet  found

Versions

> code --list-extensions --show-versions
akamud.vscode-theme-onedark@2.1.0
bmuskalla.vscode-tldr@1.0.0
CoenraadS.bracket-pair-colorizer@1.0.61
Darfka.vbscript@1.0.4
DougFinke.vscode-PSStackoverflow@0.0.2
eamodio.gitlens@10.0.1
formulahendry.code-runner@0.9.14
ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl@0.39.5
ms-vscode.powershell@2019.9.0
Shan.code-settings-sync@3.4.3
Tyriar.shell-launcher@0.3.0

> code -v
1.38.1
b37e54c98e1a74ba89e03073e5a3761284e3ffb0
x64

> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.18362.145
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.18362.145
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

vscode-powershell.log

[TylerLeonhardt]

Thanks for the info! Can you also attach the logs here so we can get a better idea of what's going on?

[mohammedha]

uploaded to the original post

[TylerLeonhardt]

Can you attach the other log files as well? We're looking for a PowerShellEditorServices log file. Or is that the only file that appears in the directory? Please make sure you've turned on Diagnostic logging:

"powershell.developer.editorServicesLogLevel": "Diagnostic"

Also, this is not a requirement for the extension but I'm wondering - do you have PowerShell 6+ (aka PowerShell Core, aka pwsh) installed on your machine?

[Bummibaer]

I have the same issue, additionaly to the log above, get:
BTW: I'm not allowed to execute unsigned scripts...

1.10.2019 10:45:51 [NORMAL] - Language server starting --
1.10.2019 10:45:51 [NORMAL] - exe: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
1.10.2019 10:45:51 [NORMAL] - args: c:\Users\foo.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2019.9.0\modules\PowerShellEditorServices\Start-EditorServices.ps1 -HostName 'Visual Studio Code Host' -HostProfileId 'Microsoft.VSCode' -HostVersion '2019.9.0' -AdditionalModules @('PowerShellEditorServices.VSCode') -BundledModulesPath 'c:\Users\ADNetz.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2019.9.0\modules' -EnableConsoleRepl -LogLevel 'Diagnostic' -LogPath 'c:\Users\ADNetz.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2019.9.0\logs\1569919551-b833b993-4e56-4bc7-9a8f-cf4bec56ec0a1569919463806\EditorServices.log' -SessionDetailsPath 'c:\Users\ADNetz.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-2019.9.0\sessions\PSES-VSCode-9508-733185' -FeatureFlags @()
1.10.2019 10:45:52 [NORMAL] - powershell.exe started, pid: 17664
1.10.2019 10:45:52 [ERROR] - : Unable to instantiate; language client undefined.
1.10.2019 10:45:53 [NORMAL] - Language server started.
1.10.2019 10:45:53 [NORMAL] - {"languageServiceTransport":"NamedPipe","languageServicePipeName":"\\.\pipe\PSES_engwrsub.1dd","debugServiceTransport":"NamedPipe","status":"started","debugServicePipeName":"\\.\pipe\PSES_zundodvk.chg"}
1.10.2019 10:45:53 [NORMAL] - Connecting to language service on pipe \.\pipe\PSES_engwrsub.1dd...
1.10.2019 10:45:53 [NORMAL] - Language service connected.
1.10.2019 10:46:25 [NORMAL] - Shutting down language client...
1.10.2019 10:46:25 [NORMAL] - Terminating PowerShell process...

[mohammedha]

Can you attach the other log files as well? We're looking for a PowerShellEditorServices log file. Or is that the only file that appears in the directory? Please make sure you've turned on Diagnostic logging:

"powershell.developer.editorServicesLogLevel": "Diagnostic"

Also, this is not a requirement for the extension but I'm wondering - do you have PowerShell 6+ (aka PowerShell Core, aka pwsh) installed on your machine?

Unfortunately this is the only log file available even the log level is set to Diagnostic
I have PS 5.1.18362.145 only.

[TylerLeonhardt]

@mohammedha do you work in an environment that is locked down via Group Policy or similar?

[mohammedha]

@TylerLeonhardt not really, also I am running Code as Admin.